In this lengthy piece, Shenk writes of a 72 year study of Harvard men and their well-being. It is an interesting read. Specialization in fields (sociology vs. biology vs. psychiatry vs…) is a good thing, but a side effect is that it has turned academia into a place that is not very welcoming to...
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Once More to the Recycling Bin by Kevin R. Kosar I came across the book in a recycling bin; it was piled in there with other titles from three or more decades back. Their authors were the pop stars of their time, DeVries, Simenon, Michener, and Ludlum. The books had been discarded because the...
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The Lexington Institute has published a guide which touched on some of the fundamental facts about the U.S. Postal Service: Lexington Institute, A Quick Reference on the U.S. Postal Service (Arlington, VA: July, 2009)
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What ITunes Is To Music… by Kevin R. Kosar I’ve known Ken since—gasp—1989. He is a man of eclectic interests, including world travel, art, film, music, and campy Mexican wrestling movies. It seems that each month he is expanding his palate and discovering new things that delight his senses. Since the late 1990s, he...
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Once More to Brooklyn with Betty by Kevin R. Kosar, November 17, 2007 I actually did not especially enjoy the first 100 pages of this novel from 1943. The central character, Francie Nolan, a child from a hardscrabble Irish-Austrian family in Brooklyn, came off as a bit idealized and saccharine. Then, though, the book...
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