With the Super Bowl just a few days away, we are treated to the annual round — the — clock analysis of which team will prevail, by how much, and why. Is it defense that wins? What advantage do the Patriots have because many of their players’ have Super Bowl…

For a variety of reasons, perception doesn’t match reality when it comes to paying highly skilled sports stars. — In June, Forbes published its annual list of the world’s highest paid athletes. Of the top 25, nine are Americans employed by teams in the NBA or NFL. At first glance, $77 million in total income for LeBron James — he of the World Champion Cleveland Cavaliers and arguably the…

Americans don’t know how to assess risk, especially when it comes to radical Islamist terrorism at home. We should be outraged by the December mass shootings in San Bernardino, but what is really fear-worthy? Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, fewer than 50 people have died in the United States at…

Harvard Research on Social Progress — An Embarrassment? Even at Harvard University, one of the most respected research universities in the world, faculty can put out drivel. I was appalled after reading the article “Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity[1]” in a recent issue of Harvard Magazine. A Harvard…