Snobbery

Joseph Epstein on “Old Age and Other Laughs”

July 26, 2018

In his latest anthology of essays, The Ideal of Culture, Joseph Epstein devotes a chapter to “old age and other laughs.” He was 75 when he wrote the essay in 2012 for Commentary magazine. He and I are among the…

Read More

It is the one thing that can’t be learned; it is also a sign of genius.

June 23, 2018

In The Ideal of Culture, his latest and best anthology of essays, Joseph Epstein devotes one of his chapters to a discussion of wit. He observes, “Wit is the expression of those who understand and are able to formulate and deflate…

Read More

Mass Affluence: A book review by Bob Morris

January 30, 2012

Mass Affluence: Seven New Rules of Marketing to Today’s Consumer Paul Nunes and Brian Johnson Harvard Business Review Press (2004) Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Customer’s Way Nunes and Johnson help to increase our understanding of an especially…

Read More