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Self-effacing is rarely a term used to describe wildly successful venture capitalists. Yet in Tom Perkins' memoir, the Silicon Valley legend--hardly short of ego--manages that trick, revealing himself in all his "nerdy" glory and lifting the veil on the very good life. He sews dry humor through...
Reading William Kristol's commentary on why a Republican could win the White House in 2008 made me flip to the cover and double-check the date [Nov. 5]. Kristol must be living in a time warp that sent him back to 1978 if he can describe today's Republican...
Patterson: I describe it as the American odyssey. It's the hardest thing a person can do. It's a gauntlet in which privacy means absolutely nothing. Every aspect of character is exposed, and every decision can destroy a [candidacy], and perhaps even the candidate, in a way that's...
House: Dunster Concentration: Economics and Health Policy Hometown: Honolulu, Hawai’i (pronounced “Ha-why-E”) Ideal Date: Pumpkin picking or other seasonally appropriate trips to the farm. Best way for a guy to get your attention: Brilliant commentary in section. Where to find...
The “banality of evil” was a term coined by Hannah Arendt in her work on the Holocaust to describe how the great atrocities in history are generally not committed by sociopaths or crazy people. Instead, it is the ordinary people who accept the premise of...