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3 Short Books To Live By (And They're Not On Any Bestseller List)

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

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Rabbi David Wolpe

There are some books that really can change your life. They are not written to the demands of the bestseller list. They are short, borne out of deep experience, and filled with wisdom.

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Read All Day: And I Did

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

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Nina Sankovitch

In the past year I have read a book a day. Every day for 365 days. I didn't just read, I also wrote and posted on my website my response to what I'd read, my personal and visceral reaction to the book.

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Does the Ivy League Turn You Into a Moron? Walter Kirn Critiques Princeton in "Lost in the Meritocracy"

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Anis Shivani

Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.

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Education in Chicago: Wringing The Passion Out Of Higher Learning

Bill Sweetland | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago

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Bill Sweetland

Here is the unacknowledged truth of undergraduate life in 2009: Everyone, students included, feels alienated and bored by what we have made our universities.

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Dr. Frankenstein, CEO

Tom Morris | Posted 05.07.2009 | Home

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Tom Morris

We're told from many quarters that the humanities are in serious trouble now because of our tough economic times. But it's precisely a lack of ground...

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