As I read Bernard Condon and Nathan Vardi’s fascinating recent article in Forbes, it would seem that Harvard and Lehman had rather similar investment philosophies - and ended up with similar results. Harvard, in its search for ever higher returns and a conviction that the good times would roll for...

The ongoing and very widespread economic problems are having a major impact on higher education, as I noted in a previous post.  Two recent articles in the New York Times provide some interesting examples of the problems.  The first, Tough Times Strain Colleges Rich and Poor, outlines some of the ...

The burning issue that has been exercising my mind for the past few hours is the way in which taxi drivers apply brakes to their cars. Thus I give you another entry as part of an occasional series, briefly noted... So. Why do taxi drivers brake the way they do? What accounts for their peculiar relat...