Are Things Getting Better or Worse?
IT'S BETTER THAN IT LOOKS by Gregg Easterbrook makes a notable appearance in this great New Yorker piece.
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Shakespeare and the Resistance
Resisting Tudor Tyranny
Shakespearean scholar Clare Asquith reveals the hidden meaning behind two of the most challenging poems by the bard.
the space barons
we're taking off!
The space race is real and it’s happening right now! Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are fueling this race with their fortunes and their ego in an exciting quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space.
Vanishing Frontiers
together for the better
There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico.
The Road to Dawn
The Inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Road to Dawn retraces Henson’s improbable journey from slavery to freedom and restores a hero of the abolitionist movement to his rightful place in history.
Discipline issues?
the good news about bad behavior
Blending new scientific research and powerful individual stories, Lewis shows that, if we trust our children to face consequences, they will adapt and moderate their own behavior.
In the News
THE CHALLENGE CULTURE is in PW’s Top 10 for Biz and Econ in Fall
The CEO of Dunkin’ Brands shows how positive pushback—the discipline of “questioning everything without trashing anyone”—provides a results-oriented way to lead an organization to prosperity.
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Andrew Seele’s VANISHING FRONTIERS gets a nice call-out from NYT
Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute and author of “Vanishing Frontiers,” about the deeply intertwined relationship between the countries, said the current tension between the Trump administration and its counterparts in Mexico and Canada was “a short-term reality.”
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