The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

(The inspiration for this post comes from here , and from a coffee conversation with The Grinch, who asked me the subject line bluntly durin...

If you, like me, were a nerdy type-A personality at school, you probably loathed getting put into groups for assignments. Inevitably, you...

I'm always amazed by the number of jobs and services that are paid or charged by the hour. Charging by the hour makes the most sense fo...

From Boston.com , comes this absurd story from Italy: Seven scientists and other experts went on trial on manslaughter charges Tuesday for...