No one really knows exactly how the first beer came into being ... Suffice it to say that, around 10,000 years ago, somebody let a primordial barley and hop concoction stand long enough for it to ferment. The result not only made anonymous history...

No one really knows exactly how the first beer came into being ... Suffice it to say that, around 10,000 years ago, somebody let a primordial barley and hop concoction stand long enough for it to ferment. The result not only made anonymous history...

It seems they've been busy on the isle of Vanuatu ... That's where a company called Global Digital Transfers Inc ('GDT') placed their headquarters for DXinOne, the e-currency exchange system that is the main topic on Longer Life's Opportunity page...

What we need is the Dewey Decimal System to go digital ... Specifically, someone needs to coax their keepers into putting some logical order into how computer viruses are sorted. Recently, warnings abounded about the Kama Sutra virus quickly pr...

"Stay long precious metals" ... I'm beginning to think that's Graeme Irvine's mantra. He's the business columnist on Longer Life's Bourse page, and I'll leave it to you to discover his reasons for this four-word chant. Amidst Graeme's siren cal...

Pakistan did the USA a favor recently ... All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil. The situation is well-explained by London's Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition: Pakistan 'delay let bin Laden escape US raid...

Years ago, upon my first-ever arrival in Paris, there was no doubt as to where I would begin my itinerary ... I went immediately to the Père Lachaise cemetery. That's the final resting place of such luminaries as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Sarah Be...

Historians teach that the USA emerged from its isolationist ways when it entered World War I ... Geography teachers may dispute that point. Whenever an American media outlet wants to re-emphasize the issue, they merely find one of many studies ...

Business always moves faster than government ... It's no surprise that a great deal of lawmakers' time is spent reacting to advances in commerce and science. It's also no surprise that one of their favorite tactics is to call on their enforcement ...

I think I've just seen another miracle on ice ... The National Hockey League is back on one of the major American broadcast networks. Some would call that a miracle in itself, but I'm taking higher ground. Specifically, I'm referring to the qualit...