Inside the Control Rooms on September 11, 2001

A chapter from the first draft of ‘Top of the Morning’

At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, when an American Airlines jet crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Matt Lauer was…

Arriving at Auschwitz, October 4, 1944: From the Diary of Helga Weiss

What We Breathe When We Fly

From toxic fumes to pesticides, an aviation consultant shares the facts…

The Fire Alarm Is Ringing. What Are You Waiting For?

How a fear of change can prevent you from acting…

Yes, America Has Another Secret Spy Drone—We Pretty Much Already Knew That

Amid mounting evidence…

One Man Private Army

Invading an impoverished country mostly by himself, legendary gun-for-hire Bob…

Punctuation Tips

How to properly use dashes, hyphens, parentheses, quote marks (double and single)…

Social Media Is Making Us Anxious and Paranoid

So why can’t we stop using it?

FYI, We Just Won a War in the Philippines

Did you know the U.S. was at war in the Philippines?

Red Bull Gives You a Business Strategy

In the summer of 1982, thirty-six-year-old Austrian toothpaste salesman Dietrich Mateschitz boarded a plane for a routine business trip to Thailand. There was nothing about Mateschitz at the moment that would have tipped you off that he was about to make a…