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...There’s a great deal of wisdom buried in here somewhere—we’re given plenty on inefficient Cabinet power struggles, the need for a sensible, moderate foreign policy that emphasizes diplomacy over rash action, and even a bit about current anti-American sentiment and the causes of terrorism—but, like far too many of his contemporaries, Cohen becomes bogged down by the process. If bureaucratic meetings warrant pages while Iran and North Korea are diffused in a single paragraph, then there is a serious problem with Cohen’s political priorities...
...been doing. He's freelanced as a political speechwriter, teacher, radio program host, bit-part actor and inveterate agitator. In his new memoir Days Like These (Melbourne University Press; 285 pages) Gurr reveals what's been going on in the rooms of his mind and casts his wisdom to the world beyond the writer's sanctuary. This form, he says, is radically different territory for him; less visceral, more conscious and considered. "For the first time I had to write in my own voice and learn to use the word I," he says. "Whenever you get an intimation of being...
...tenets of first-wave feminist work advice. Whereas Frankel advises women to strengthen their business muscles by learning to play sports ("Business is a game and you can win it"), the Nice authors counsel women to help their enemies and compliment the competition: "We completely disagree with the conventional wisdom that 'nice guys finish last' and 'no good deed goes unpunished.' Our culture has helped to propagate the myth of social Darwinism--of the survival of the fittest--that the cutthroat 'me vs. you philosophy' wins the day." (Alas, it may be that neither style will prove effective...
...ethical quandary: If the U.S. faced a deadly flu pandemic with only a limited supply of vaccine, who should get treated? Federal guidelines--and conventional wisdom--give priority to health-care workers, the youngest, the frail and the elderly. But Minnesota is the first state to suggest otherwise. A panel including government officials, doctors and ethicists concluded that inoculations should be given first to key workers like police and nurses, then to those who would respond best to treatment--healthy 15-to-40-year-olds, not infants or seniors. "A worst-case scenario poses the hardest questions," says panelist Karen...
Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management, wrote More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places