Month: February 2021
Eleanor David Michaelis Simon & Schuster (October 2020) “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt Over the years, I have read hundreds of biographies and reviewed many of them. This is one of…
Read MoreThe biographer Hermione Lee, whose new life of Tom Stoppard was published on Feb. 23.Credit…Jamie Muir Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Charles McGrath that was featured in The New York Times. To read the complete article,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Quentin Jadoul, Deepak Mahadevan, and Philippine Risch for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Keshav Parwal. Game theory has proven to be one of the most influential influences on contemporary thought. Parwal suggests what you need to know about it. * * * is the…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dane Jensen and Peggy Baumgartner for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…
Read MoreTom Stoppard on his way to Darjeeling, India, in 1990. Photo: Karan Kapoor Here is a brief excerpt of a review of Tom Stoppard, A Life that Brooke Allen wrote for The Wall Street Journal. To read the3 complete article,…
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Frank Wilczek is a theoretical physicist, author, and intellectual adventurer. He has received many prizes for his work, including a Nobel Prize in Physics. Wilczek has made seminal contributions to fundamental particle physics, cosmology and the physics of materials. His current…
Read MoreAbove: Nari Ward’s installation “Peace Keeper” (1995; recreated 2020) is a hearse encased in tar and feathers, in “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America.” The funerary work, set inside a cage at the New Museum, suggests commemoration, but…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bob Friday for InfoWorld magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by…
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Race in the workplace: The Black experience in the US private sector
Here is an excerpt from an article in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It explores the challenges that Black workers face in the private sector To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…
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