Global warming also means global slowing and bad weather
We've all heard plenty about global warming. But there's another factor in climate change I'll bet you haven't heard about — global slowing.11 years ago
Don’t tell the bad guys…
A debate to pass a revision of the Patriot Act blew up when Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky refused to play along with fellow Republicans.11 years ago
How your commute is adding to your stress and burnout
It's not just your job. Commute times add to stress, burnout and health problems.11 years ago
Is your job at stake?
Congress is debating the Trans Pacific Partnership. Could it result in lost or gained jobs for America?11 years ago
Seattle takes another shot at public toilets
Seattle is going to get a stand-alone public toilet in Pioneer Square. Exactly one.11 years ago
You are what you slurp
A nutritional drink called "Soylent" has tech workers slurping and working.11 years ago
Face-to-face with the enemy
Fred Shiosaki, 91, will be part of a Memorial Day observance at his assisted living residence in Seattle. He's one of the happiest people you'll meet, but there is one memory from the war that keeps coming back.11 years ago
What to do with the flying postman
The man who flew a gyrocopter to the nation's capitol in a statement on government finance now faces charges for the flight.11 years ago
A generation that is addicted to their smartphones
We have a generation of smartphone addicts. How do we stop them from killing us while driving on the road?11 years ago
Your highway dollars at rest
Congress still has not been able to pass an updated transportation bill. But one representative promotes a 1.7 cent gas tax increase.11 years ago
Call them what they are
The Waco biker shootout came as not surprise to one biker-gang watchdog. And he says this isn't over.11 years ago
Is your attention span shorter than that of a goldfish?
Last week's viral science story was about a research experiment showing smart phones have shrunk human attention spans to "shorter than the attention span of a goldfish."11 years ago
A stupid question
Republican and House Speaker John Boehner responds to questions why the house cut Amtrak funding the day after the Philadelphia train crash.11 years ago
Flying suitcases
Maybe Congress will be shamed into investing in railways, before they sabotage themselves.11 years ago
The best way to help the poor
What's the best way to help poor people: creating government programs, or building character? President Obama and conservative author Arthur Brooks discuss.11 years ago
It’s not whether you believe but how strongly
The important question today is not so much what people believe, but how intense those beliefs are.11 years ago
Talk about inequality
Tom Brady has been suspended from four games in the wake of Deflategate. But that is not the whole story. There's more inequality stemming from Brady.11 years ago
Saved by a heartbeat
NASA technology is being used on Earth to help locate victims of natural disasters.11 years ago
What should happen to Tom Brady?
People are asking, seriously, what to tell their children in the wake of deflategate.11 years ago
Is America ready for Chimpanzee rights?
Two New York chimpanzees are being considered for legal personhood.11 years ago
Mike Huckabee the quote machine
You could listen to a dozen Hillary Clinton roundtables and not come away with anything close to the quotes from Mike Huckabee's announcement to run for the Republican presidential nomination.11 years ago
A way for all of us to buy Congress
As long as Congress can be bought - why shouldn't all of us be able to do the buying? That's what if.then.fund tries to do.11 years ago
