David Lilienthal’s account of his years running the Tennessee Valley Authority can read like the Abundance of 1944. We still have a lot to learn from what the book says — and from what it leaves out.

How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science

A few trillion-dollar companies are powering the market’s gains. Here’s what’s happening to most other businesses in the United States. Thanks Tom!

Headlines keep pulling our attention toward high-profile clashes between politicians and elite research universities. But quietly, out of the spotlight, a far more immediate crisis is taking shape on campuses that may look "fine" from the outside: dozens of small and midsize private colleges with familiar names are far closer to the financial edge than their public statements suggest.

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The Thanksgivings of yore featured overcooked turkeys and Jell-O salad. Surely we’ve evolved.

Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan. Members of Congress attending an international security forum said Secretary of State Marco Rubio called them to say the Americans did not instigate the proposal. Related

The democratic party is falling behind while Trump accelerates technology innovation. Related: The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base

“The custom of the sea” ended with a landmark conviction in Britain.

If the menhaden decline continues, striped bass could be next to vanish.

Fundamental reform, not quick fixes, will save America’s education system. Excerpt: " Though no one has suggested it, the government’s fiscal problems could be solved by an 8 percent income tax surcharge. Nobody has suggested it because it is an absurd idea, but we have already imposed a comparable tax on K-12 students: The declines in student achievement over the past dozen years work out to similar lifetime income reductions!"

What do you do when things don’t go your way? Take a lesson from ‘Shark Tank’

Trump’s trade war is a pain, but less so than many executives expected

‘I’m the least retired person in the world,’ Amazon founder says

On 40 years of the most exuberant and curious and beloved and detested Muppet.

The administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.

Recent arrests highlight Beijing’s deep ideological hostility to religious life, which flourishes even in the face of repression

It turns out that we routinely underestimate the friendliness of the people around us.

In the realm of business, as in personal life, major breakdowns rarely happen overnight. Most relationships don’t implode in one spectacular argument or strategic rupture. Instead, they quietly fray in the day-to-day.

The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no U.S. ethnicity to back up the state.