Connective Visions

An often overlooked Viking turns an exploratory eye on Philadelphia, past and present.

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

A Facebook meme on the literary canon resembles the Internet tendency toward self-referentiality.

A downside to freelancing (“self-employment” in the happy words of government agencies) is that the celebrated U.S. tax refund is slightly rarer than a UFO sighting: the independent contractor almost always owes money. So I emerged yesterday after a