William Shakespeare
In addition to book reviews, interviews, and commentaries, I also re-read several classics each calendar year. My perennials include Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Shakespeare’s four mature tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth), Ecclesiastes (Old Testament) and St. Paul’s…
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I agree with Albert Einstein‘s two observations. There is a compelling need for authenticity in human relationships. For centuries, we have been marinated in bromides. For example: o “Say what you mean and mean what you say.” o “Talk…
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In addition to book reviews, interviews, and commentaries, I also re-read several classics each calendar year. My perennials include Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Shakespeare’s four mature tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth), Ecclesiastes (Old Testament) and St. Paul’s…
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Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments Stefan H. Thomke Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) How to fully deploy the scientific method in almost any organization The potential power and value of experimentation in business would not be…
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We know very little about William Shakespeare (1564-1616), although we know a great deal about the world in which he lived. We also know that Simon Callow (born in 1949) is one of the most talented (albeit underappreciated) actors who…
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Years ago, Warren Buffett observed: “Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about…
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This spring is the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, seen here in a 1609 oil portrait. Credit: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collection/Getty April 23rd is believed to be the date on which Shakespeare was born in 1564 as…
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In his eponymous work, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters and his comments also apply to other authors such as Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Joyce. Nicolson suggests, “Homer matters because Homer, in a godlike way, understands what mortals do…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Kyle Peterson that appeared in The Wall Street Journal. One of his observations is that Hillsdale College takes no federal or state money—but bureaucrats are still plotting ways to regulate its…
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Kurt Vonnegut: How To Write With Style
Kurt Vonnegut was a writer, lecturer and painter. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an…
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