February 2012

Forbes magazine recently published a bio of Manoj Bhargava, the mysterious figure behind 5-Hour Energy. In its brief eight-year history, 5-Hour Energy has become a…

Two ’15s brave Occom Pond Although the lack of snow and mild weather has cancelled many of the usual Winter Carnival events, one benefited from the…

Last week, France fined Google because its Google Maps service is free. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographes, claimed that Google’s free service undercut the market and allowed…

Candidate Santorum celebrating his three-state sweep. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, in a big night, swept Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota. Missouri was a “beauty contest”…

Today marks the 200th birthday of English literary giant, Charles Dickens. The iconic writer was famous for chronicling injustices of Victorian society in classics like…

The true confessions of a White House intern. Mimi Alford, a White House intern during the Kennedy administration, will release her memoirs on Wednesday. From…

Webster Avenue was abuzz this past Saturday night, though perhaps not for the expected reasons. While some of the row’s action was due to the…

The patron saint of progressivism? For ’tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petard, an’t shall go hard But I will…

The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3%, the second straight decline taking us to the lowest jobless rate since February 2009.  The gain of 243,000…

A unlikely Republican ally? Founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Nancy Brinker announced that SGK will no longer fund groups that are under…