Amidst all the talk this past week about Pamela Druckerman’s new book, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting, there was one phrase that immediately lodged itself in my mind. It was in a sidebar that ran with the Wall Street Journal adaptation of her book, “Why French Parents Are [...]
Last week, prize-winning novelist and occasional bomb-thrower Jonathan Franzen dismissed e-books as lacking a “sense of permanence.” Aside from the fact that e-books are very much here to stay and just might revive the book industry — between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, the most popular format for 84% of USA Today‘s best selling books was electronic, [...]
It seems everyone has an opinion about what colleges and universities should do with their endowments. Use them to lower tuition! Let students attend for free! Improve facilities! Hire more professors! When the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) released its annual report on endowments last week, the big numbers grabbed headlines [...]
The hottest video on YouTube right now is a 5-minute spoken-word composition titled “Why I Hate Religion, But I Love Jesus.” Recorded by 22-year-old Seattle resident Jefferson Bethke, the clip has been viewed more than 18 million times since it was posted on Jan. 10. Bethke’s message — “If religion is so great, why has [...]
There is no doubt that being a spouse of a top athlete is tough. If you want to spend a lot of time with him or her, you most likely have to put whatever personal goals you have for yourself aside to be available in those rare moments when he or she has true downtime. [...]
President Obama made a broad appeal to the American people in his pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer that spoke to both his psychological strengths and limitations. Known for his last-minute, come-from-behind successes, Obama shares an attitude with winner-take-all quarterback Eli Manning. And eager to get his message to as big an audience as possible, [...]
I found Fat Chef, the Food Network’s new reality show about, well, fat chefs, surprisingly hard to watch. But I also found that I couldn’t stop watching it. It was depressing and inspiring at the same time, an emotional speedball. I can’t say I really approve of it, but I know that I’m going to [...]
The Pew Foundation discovered in a recent poll that tensions over inequality in wealth now outrank tensions over race and immigration. But income inequality isn’t really the problem. A new upper class is the problem. And their wealth isn’t what sets them apart or creates so much animosity toward them. Let’s take a guy — [...]
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