A new social media website named Blippy answers the question: “What are your friends buying?” by making their credit card transactions public.

The House of Representative narrowly passed a sweeping financial reform bill that creates new government oversight boards; now the bill goes to the Senate.

Everyone’s running their mouth about COP15 this week. No progress will be made; great progress will be made!; developed countries won’t put enough money on the table; developed countries will […]

Multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider visited Big Think today for a conversation that, like her work, spanned genres and art forms. Topics covered included the influence of dance […]

Professor Luke Timothy Johnson (author, "Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity") examines the relationship between Greco-Roman paganism and early Christianity and its implications for Christians today.

A key assumption in many social sciences is that people have preferences, and that these are both knowable and stable. That's the point of surveys on every subject from whipped […]

In a recent NPR interview, National Book Award finalist Daniyal Mueenuddin spoke with arresting candor about Pakistan, using the word "feudalism" to describe the structure of life in the Indus […]

It was easy when you knew which writers were writing what in your favorite newspapers. Now, if you’re like the rest of us, you’re constantly combing the internet for fresh […]

CEO of Sherman’s Travel Media, Jim Sherman reflects on one major shortcoming when launching his company.

Jim Sherman weighs in on his experiences as an entrepreneur, and who his role models are.

Underwhelmed with a trip to Whistler, founder and CEO of Sherman’s Travel Media Jim Sherman decided to build a company that offers guides and deals.

A conversation with the founder and CEO of Sherman’s Travel Media.

I joined a panel yesterday on BBC Radio’s “World Have Your Say” that included former Nobel Peace prize winner Jody Williamson to talk about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Speech. […]

In recent years, the ancient debate over how male and female brains differ has generated competing parenting theories, academic scandals, and heated media debate. In her Big Think interview, Chicago […]

Though Ed Koch served terms as mayor and has been celebrated as the "quintessential New Yorker" ever since, his decision to close down a Harlem hospital is still a source […]

Aside from medical issues, the beguiling effect of letter-writing is the only thing that the former mayor is losing sleep over.

Conventional wisdom says it take 10 years in the city to become a "New Yorker." According to Ed Koch, however, all it takes is 6 months, a quicker mouth and […]

They must be educated, says Ed Koch, who was an early champion of anti-discrimination measures in the mid-1980s.

Party divisions ruin friendships, and New York is just one of many cities begging Washington for fiscal relief.

There are a variety of reasons why Ed Koch remains one of New York’s most esteemed former mayors.