At some point in the last fiscal quarter, Wal-Mart’s total U.S. retail square footage surpassed the land mass of Manhattan, at 22.98 square miles versus 22.7.
In addition to the mind-bending image that this creates, this...
Every week I hear another negative story about United Airlines, whether it's an experience at the airport, in the plane or on the phones. Some are amusing, others horrifying, many surreal.
Trying to book a mileage...
I recently saw Sandra Bullock's new movie Premonition on a flight between coasts. When you see it, you can't help but feel a overwhelming sense of gratitude.
It made me think of Gone with the Wind,...
I just finished Louann Brizendine's book The Female Brain, who I heard speak at PopTech in Maine last week and blogged about briefly here. It's an intense book and while incredibly informative, particularly about what...
Like this time of year in New England (and also when I lived in London and Amsterdam, although I never had a back porch in Europe), you become aware that fall is passing and winter...
It's time to comment on my favorite speakers at PopTech last week. Iraqi-born Zainab Salbi was a true standout. For years, she lived in the shadows of Saddam Hussein, where she captured those days in...
We all love storytellers. Good storytellers. When I find one buried inside a book, whether its the character or the author, I marvel in the same way I did as a child listening to one...
"Global warming doesn't affect our visceral emotions," says Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert in a session on happiness. And that's why, he acclaims that we as a society are not taking it seriously. It doesn't make...
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