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As you might imagine, I grew up with more than a few adults greeting me with, “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” followed by a big smile or, more often, laughter. It was…

Daniel Loeb is something of an iconic figure in the annals of Wall Street. The billionaire is CEO of Third Point, the hedge fund he founded in 1995. Loeb secured his place in investor history by starting Third Point with just $3 million…

After a year of spectacular gains, the stock market seems to be taking a breather to kick off the new year. Investors are justifiably cautious after the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.36%) notched gains of 43% last year. Given those stellar…

A giant, red and white striped container of popcorn, a fish wearing a top hat, an enormous garlic bulb alive with colored streams moving up its stems, and red and blue sculpted neurons. They have nothing in common except one thing:…

The last few months, I’ve been reading through Chronicles of Narnia with my daughters. It’s made bedtime reading a joy that I look forward to as much as they do. Interestingly, throughout the series I noticed a good deal of political…

On Friday's PBS NewsHour, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart was angry enough at his fellow panelist David Brooks that he claimed that President Biden's still-unknown Supreme Court nominee would probably be "more…

Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco dated for two years while making "The Big Bang Theory." Kevin Mazur/WireImageKaley Cuoco hinted that her relationship with Johnny Galecki was boring.The hint came in a Valentine's Day Instagram post…