Connective Visions

Deep sorrow at this weekend’s events in Norway sparks recollection of the multicultural nature of the encounter of nations.

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

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.

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

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

The collusion of slavering media and slaves to fear makes for the worst bedfellow.

There is no holiday from the headache of running into ignorance.

A trip to a Scandinavian supermarket is a riveting attraction for the touring American.