In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Somewhere nearby, there lived an elf. The hobbit found a ring and carried it with him — an act of courage that led him and his kin to 2.6 billion dollars in box office revenue. The elf mostly just lazed around, thinking really slowly and […]

It is September 11, 2001. The United States is under attack. Huge commercial jets have slammed into New York’s Twin Towers. In Washington, a third commercial jet has slammed into the Pentagon. Nearly three thousand people die; hundreds more are wounded and the economic impact exceeds a trillion dollars. Nothing will ever be the same […]