Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday
A new biography of Marcus Aurelius finds the great thinker's philosophy no fun at all. But a good dose of stoicism might be just what we need.
continue reading >A new biography of Marcus Aurelius finds the great thinker's philosophy no fun at all. But a good dose of stoicism might be just what we need.
continue reading >The Vietnam War changed the cinematic hero. Catch-22 was the first war film to celebrate a shirker.
continue reading >Dan Okrent's new book suggests that Prohibition should be regarded an America's greatest venture into social engineering. Making alcohol hard to get was the one thing that it didn't do.
continue reading >David Rieff reviews a book by Father Gregory Boyle, who works with gang members in Los Angeles. Father Boyle says that love is not for the faint of heart.
continue reading >Scott didn't simply want to retell the story of the cocky archer of Sherwood Forest who captured the imagination of Elizabethan balladeer, Victorian children's writers, or previous swashbuckling movies. He had a message...from Hollywood.
continue reading >Urban Hermit Sam MacDonald lived on lentils and tuna. His friends told him it was a bad plan. You decide.
continue reading >Many critics have seen Derrick Borte's new movie The Joneses as a critique of consumer society. Emily Colette Wilkinson says it's really about American imposters.
continue reading >"It is strange," Dalrymple notes, "that Europe should be the sick man of Europe. In many ways, things have never been better on the old continent."
continue reading >Even if New York Times columnist David Brooks had not cited In Character, I would be recommending that you read his excellent and counterintuitive column on humility and business leadership.
continue reading >Staff Sgt. William James in "The Hurt Locker" has physical courage in abundance. But is it possible that he is a coward?
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