Over the course of centuries, a calendar with no leap years would eventually become totally out of sync with the seasons as we know them. Let’s see what would happen. Leap years exist because we need ...

This article is a modified and updated version of one I wrote in—oddly enough—2008 and then updated for 2012. Barring a colossal asteroid impact or a Trump presidency, I’ll probably be around to do it ...

When I was a little kid I had a friend who was born on February 29, the “leap day” we add to that month every four years. I remember we used to tease him by saying that he was only three years old. I ...

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in ...

"American society today is hardly recognizable from what it was a century ago. Integrated schools, an information economy, and independently successful women are but a few of the remarkable changes ...

KOCHI : The reduced divisible tax pool and low tax devolution, which disregards the recommendations of the Finance Commission (FC) is a matter of concern for fiscal federalism, says a new report by ...