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05 Dec 09

Jane Austen's Lessons for the Modern World - WSJ.com

How a 19th-century spinster serves as a moral compass in today's world." /><meta name="subsection" content="Life & Style" /><meta name="section" content="Article" /><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="ISO-8859-1

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01 Dec 09

Books of The Times - In ‘Outliers,’ Malcolm Gladwell, Author of ‘The Tipping Point’ and ‘Blink,’ Parses the World - Review - NYTimes.com

assessments turn individuals into pawns of their cultural heritage, just as Mr. Gladwell’s emphasis on class and accidents of historical timing plays down the role of individual grit and talent to the point where he seems to be sketching a kind of theory of social predestination, determining who gets ahead and who does not — and all based not on persuasive, broadband research, but on a flimsy selection of colorful anecdotes and stories.

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21 Nov 09

In The Shadow Of The Patriarch | The New Republic

Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine." /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/sites/all/modules/cluetip/cluetip/jquery.cluetip.css

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