Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/14 05:24PM

A new research paper says there is evidence that five major banks may have been improperly colluding to manipulate the price of gold for the past decade. Shocking behavior, if true.

Heart of Blandness: A Walking Tour of Silicon Valley

Ken Layne · 02/28/14 05:19PM

Walking is the only pleasant form of traveling by land. You need no special equipment, training, money, e-tickets, antidepressants, or Twitter followers. Whatever clothes you're wearing will do fine; a hat and shoes are optional. When I've got a few days to spend somewhere, I spend them walking around. So I spent a few days walking around Silicon Valley.

Obama to Russia: "There Will Be Costs" for Intervention in Ukraine

Taylor Berman · 02/28/14 05:16PM

In a press conference this afternoon, President Obama said he was "deeply concerned" by reports of Russian troops mobilizing in Ukraine's Crimea region. Obama also emphasized that "there will be costs" for any military intervention in Ukraine.

Zen Koans Explained: "Soldiers of Humanity"

Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/14 03:43PM

The concept of "wisdom" is often thought of something that straddles the corporeal-ethereal border, a sort of empyrean package that we "carry" in our minds. Those who truly possess wisdom, though, will tell you that it's more like a horse.

Sarah Hedgecock · 02/28/14 02:25PM

[A pedestrian blocks the heavy winds with her umbrella in Los Angeles on Friday. The first wave of a powerful Pacific storm spread rain and snow through much of California, where communities endangered by a wildfire just weeks ago now faced the threat of mud and debris flows. Image via Damian Dovarganes/AP.]

Ga. Man Who Shot Confused Elderly Alzheimer's Sufferer Walks Free

Adam Weinstein · 02/28/14 02:14PM

Local prosecutors said Friday that they won't pursue any charges against a North Georgia man who shot and killed a disoriented septuagenarian who'd wandered the neighborhood in search of his home one dark morning late last fall.