The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’

“I come across a lot of people who say, ‘Oh, I was an only child,’ or, ‘I have an only […]

Here’s how much debt Americans have at every age

Credit cards, student loans, mortgages, car loans, personal loans: Most Americans have a combination of these sources of debt. And […]

And the world’s laziest countries are …

Many Americans are downright lazy. And it’s making us fat. That’s among the findings of a study by Stanford University […]

The real reason my startup was successful: privilege.

I am a millionaire. The first in my family. A self-made success. It’s the story we love to tell ourselves […]

Pakistan Beats India, Again

After beating India in equity markets, Pakistan beat India in another metric recently: Geopolitics. The country’s leaders have skillfully leveraged […]

3 ways America should be more like Canada

    By Rick Newman .View photo Source: Thinkstock Its middle class is thriving, its people are universally liked and its […]

Borderlands: Hungary Maneuvers

Geopolitical Weekly By George Friedman I am writing this from Budapest, the city in which I was born. I went to […]

American Soccer and American Marketing

The current year of 2014 became characterized as the year of the entrance of soccer to the new level of […]

America’s 10 most dangerous infrastructure problems

Pressing problems All things being equal, it would be better for the country to have less debt. Nobody seriously disputes […]

Repent now. Geographers map & deadly sins

A remedial Sunday school lesson: The seven deadly sins (for those who don’t concern themselves with such things and/or have […]