Articles by Dan Lewis

A marathon is 26.2 miles long, the approximate distance from Marathon, Greece, to Athens.  The race gets its [...]

In the 1950s and 60s, American television sitcoms seemed to have a similar theme — folksy, lightweight [...]

  In 1845, French economist Frederic Bastiat drafted a petition to the French government, ostensibly [...]

When disaster strikes, swift and decisive actions are typically required. Waffling — as [...]

Ever year, the President of the United States delivers an address to Congress called the State of the Union. [...]

Sometimes, when voters go to the polls, they find themselves not liking any of the candidates up for [...]

Holograms are — or at least, when done in their coolest, best way, can be — three-dimensional [...]

Travel about 150 miles southeast from Halifax, Nova Scotia and you’ll hit something: Sable Island. [...]

When a young child loses a baby tooth, tradition instructs that we place the tooth under the child’s [...]