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In America, the idea of modern genocide is a surreal collage—distorted and unreal, comprised primarily of memoirs about the Holocaust or Khmer Rouge, and pieced together and shaded with the green of “Save Darfur” T-shirts. But in Horacio Castellanos Moya?...
Americans are always skeptical of politicians, but the financial meltdown has made it clear they no longer believe much of anything Washington's current batch of news-cycle-obsessed, responsibility-dodging wolf criers have to say. After eight years of George W. Bush's supremely confident but frequently wrong statements...
Nice timing. With Wall Street in tatters, this lesson in Business Failures 101 should have a built-in readership. The authors don't overintellectualize failure; they are strictly from the school of Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned to Repeat It. They make a persuasive case that it...
Carroll and Mui believe CEOs should create a corporate atmosphere that encourages challenge and discourages yes-men. It may even pay to designate a person to play devil's advocate--an official skeptic. The authors believe strongly that inside doubts deserve to be aired before outside financial disaster strikes. They...
A crisis is brewing. In light of a several recent studies underscoring the importance of sleep for strong academic performance, a number of Massachusetts colleges have become alarmed to discover just how little their students are sleeping. The problem is endemic to many institutions—according to a 2007...