Mar 09,2009
The Household is Flat: The Rise of the Core Competency Mom
“A job is, in essence, a bundle of tasks that have been clumped together and assigned to an individual. There is no reason to assume, however, that tasks must continue...
Mar 08,2009
Random incident or ill portent of things to come?
When I saw the headline at CNN.com stating “British troops shot as they lay on ground” I callously thought “Another day in Iraq.” This is not the case: The execution-style...
Mar 08,2009
Decline and Fall …
Kenneth Brannagh’s version of ‘Henry V’ and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s version of ‘The Running Man’ both just came on. Guess which one I chose to click on.
Mar 07,2009
Apropos nothing
I was pondering the debate over gay marriage when this wonderful Chesterton quotation popped into my head: Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors....
Mar 07,2009
Does democracy promotion matter?
I’m posting in San Francisco right now, after spending the past couple of days at a Stanford conference on democratic transitions and the role that international actors play in supporting...