Connective Visions

The Norwegian butter crisis provides both a relief and a nuisance in the holiday season.

Small-town news from Norway provides summer relief from the usual media.

Janteloven might be the fly in the soup of contemporary notions of deserving.

As an Independence Day gift to Norwegian friends, the author suggests they – and other nations – review their U.S. bond portfolios.

A meditation on whether Americans don’t get exactly the postal service they deserve.

The author emerges from the short course in accounting that is U.S. tax time.

Camilla Läckberg’s The Ice Princess is a lesson in why writers still need serious editors and reviewers.

What is bothersome is the fact that I have been in this hospital with my father, preparing for this appointment, every week for a month – and still, no one seems to have the slightest idea who we are.

Shifting the holiday focus from sales to relationships can provide both social and economic benefits.

As I logged off from my home page last night, one of the last headlines to catch my eye via my Yahoo! feed was “Music Mogul Cowell Backs Tories.” Well, there. That should solve everything, right? It was enough to send me to bed, I assure you.