Papua New Guinea

Soup to Nuts: Crazy Food Taxes Penalize the Poor, Benefit the Rich

Pants on Fire

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Future Speak

The Long Now Foundation wants to assemble every human language on one nearly indestructible disk -- and, maybe, to last forever

Riff Raff

This Column Is Brought to You by the Letter M, the Letter P, the Number 3, and the Concept "Death of the Artist"; On That Note ...

The Face of Lying

UCSF's Paul Ekman, a national expert on the science of lying, helps police (and journalists) determine whether perps (or presidents) are practiced prevaricators