I have long believed that any American general or senior diplomat who wants to work in Iraq should have to pass a test. It would be a very simple test. It would consist of only one question: "Do you ...

What is the shortest distance between two lines? As we learned growing up in school, it is a straight line. When we look at two dots on a blank sheet of paper, that is the correct answer. Yet, unlike ...

Any kid learns by about sixth grade that the shortest distance between point A and point B is a straight line--unless drought is involved. If misery loves company, then shippers who have been held up ...

When it comes to driving, “short” has two possible meanings: a) distance and b) time. Indeed, the shortest distance between Point A and Point B might be not be the shortest distance in terms of time ...

Your location in this Universe isn't just described by spatial coordinates (where), but also by a time coordinate (when). It is impossible to move from one spatial location to another without also ...