A fascinating blog at The Huffington Post that takes a look inside the jury room of the Scooter Libby trial. It’s a diary from Juror #9, Denis Collins. An excerpt: Defense attorney Theodore Wells addresses the jury. “Karl Rove had to be protected. The one […]
Peter Berkowitz has some interesting things to say about the power of a liberal education. I have always felt well-served by the professors at the various schools I’ve attended over the years. Yet, this essay has some interesting things to say about secondary education in […]
What do philosophy and retail have in common? As this article from the Economist highlights, what a few French Marxists had to say about culture and authority might provide much insight into how modern capitalist markets behave. “Modern retailers are only just getting to grips […]
The University of Cambridge has just posted the complete works of Charles Darwin online. It’s a very interesting site, filled with more than just the text of his important works. From their site: “This site currently contains more than 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 […]
A couple of things that have caught my attention since I’ve been away from my blog: 1. From Folio magazine: “Fifty-four percent or 348 of the 654 consumer magazines that report their total paid, verified and analyzed non-paid circulation numbers to the Audit Bureau of […]
I am back in the blogging world again. It has been a couple of weeks since I posted a comment, and I feel like my blog has been neglected. But I do have a good reason: I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro. I loved […]
Abby Ellin has written a very interesting article in today’s New York Times that builds on an earlier post regarding the value of a business education. Ever since I highlighted the Atlantic article on my blog a few posts ago, my friends and I have […]
There is a very good article in the June issue of The Atlantic. It’s called “The Management Myth.” Matthew Stewart, a former business consultant, writes “most of management theory is inane … if you want to succeed in business, don’t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy […]
An interesting new study has been published that adds to what Malcolm Gladwell discusses in his wonderful book, Blink. When you have a tough decision to make, stop thinking about it for awhile. “In a series of studies with shoppers and students, researchers found that […]
I read today that more companies are beginning to add research and development activity in their outsourcing strategies. According to an article in the New York Times, “The first jobs to be moved abroad are typically simple assembly tasks, followed by manufacturing, and later, skilled […]