Connective Visions

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.

The 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides and another take on net neutrality prompt reflection on contemporary approaches to the economy.

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

Two days after the death of Osama bin Laden, things are turning a bit crazy.

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

An inflexible mind is rather worse than an inflexible body, even if both have their pitfalls.

An author’s online tantrum at a review leads to an exploration of what really is different with the Internet.

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