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The case for a bright American future, according to billionaire Warren Buffett

June 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Niraj Chokshi for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information , please click here. Photo Credit: Nati Harnik/AP * * * Sourpusses take…

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Light: A book review by Bob Morris

February 26, 2016

Light: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age Bruce Watson Bloomsbury (2016) “For the rest of my life, I will reflect on what light is.” Albert Einstein As Bruce Watson explains, “The truth is that, despite three millennia…

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For all you folks who love word play

January 14, 2016

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are: 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted, adj.…

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The Engineer’s Lament: Two ways of thinking about automotive safety

January 6, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Construction Credit: Stephen Doyle * * * To the public,…

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Lessons from the 8 Greatest CEOs

August 19, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Tomasz Tunguz for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * In a book called The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and their Radically…

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Introducing Jennifer Aaker

June 22, 2015

A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Her research spans time, money and happiness. She focuses on questions such as: What actually makes people happy, as…

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Remembering Dave Goldberg, the Ultimate Mensch

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Adam Grant featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Most of us are lucky if…

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Malcolm Gladwell on “Albert O. Hirschman and the power of failure”

January 15, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker, dated June 24th, 2013 and included among the articles accessible in the magazine’s archive. To read all of this article and check out others, please…

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Cheap Words: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?

September 11, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by George Packer for The New Yorker in which in which discusses whether or not Jeff Bezos and Amazon are good for the book publishing industry. Opinions are sharply divided…

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Malcolm Gladwell on “The Crooked Ladder: The criminal’s guide to upward mobility”

August 14, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker during which he explains how Italian mobsters climbed up the so-called “social ladder” by way of crime. For black criminals, the story has changed.…

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