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Missing Jon Stewart

February 18, 2016

The new Daily Show host, Trevor Noah (above), is smooth and charming, but he hasn’t found his edge. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by James Parker for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others,…

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Daily Pulse: White Collar Criminals Beware: Why Brazil is Junk; Income Inequality Worries Even Harvard Elite

September 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from composite of mini-commentaries by Isabelle Roughol, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * The Justice Department…

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Maria Konnikova on “Hacking the Brain: How we might make ourselves smarter in the future”

May 29, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maria Konnikova for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Álvaro Domínguez * * * The perfectibility of the…

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Is it possible to balance and/or integrate work/life obligations and responsibilities?

March 24, 2015

Opinions continue to be divided — and sometimes sharply divided — with regard to whether or not it is possible to balance and/or integrate a career with a personal life. The discussions are especially lively when the focus is on…

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Kevin Ashton Describes “the Internet of Things”

February 8, 2015

During his interview by Arik Gabbai for Smithsonian magazine, Kevin Ashton weighs in on what human life will be like a century from now. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Lessons on Life and Harmony from Bruce Springstein

October 27, 2014

Photo credit: Skip Bolen/Getty Images for Blackbird Productions Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Stew Friedman for Fast Conpany in which he explains how one performing artist proves that success can come as a consequence of, not…

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A conversation with the essayist and editor Joseph Epstein

August 29, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from Katie Bolick’s superb interview of Joseph Epstein for The Atlantic, dated June 30, 1999. It happened once that GQ magazine was to photograph the editor and writer Joseph Epstein in his classroom at Northwestern…

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Invisibles: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2014

Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion David Zweig Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) “There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.” Ralph Waldo Emerson In an…

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Our Gullible Brains: How our senses influence our thoughts

April 23, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sarah Yager for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration: Rami Niemi * * * Can a person be…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/25/13)

December 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business Duff McDonald Connected: The Surprising Power of Our…

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