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Book Review: James Surowiecki's book The Wisdom of Crowds 9 Sep 2008 | 08:03 pm
Businessweek called James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds the Best Book of the Year. Its core observation is that, in many situations, crowds make wiser decisions than even the smartest individuals ...
Book Review: David F. Swensen's book Unconventional Success 9 Sep 2008 | 08:02 pm
The author, David F. Swensen, is the chief investment officer of Yale University. He most famous for achieving a 16.1% per year return for their endowment over two recent decades, which is quite remar...
Book Review: Tim Harford's book The Logic of Life 9 Sep 2008 | 08:01 pm
In several previous issues, I wrote about behavioral economics. It is the relatively new study of the irrational biases humans frequently apply to financial decisions. Tim Harford’s 2008 book The Logi...
Should you go to, or stay at, West Point? 10 Jul 2008 | 07:41 pm
Like all West Point graduates, I am often asked by young people if they should go there. Sometimes, current cadets ask whether they should stay there. I am only one graduate. I advise anyone reading t...
New Book: 2nd Edition of Succeeding 10 Jun 2008 | 08:00 pm
How to succeed during a time of crisis: Succeeding has never been easy. But sometimes, it’s harder than others. This is one of those times. I just came out with the second edition of the book I sell t...
Torture 11 Nov 2007 | 07:15 pm
Should the U.S. torture prisoners to get information out of them? No. Torture is immoral. It’s immoral and it costs us the moral high ground that we held for over 200 years. It gives aid and comfort t...
Should you go to, or stay at, West Point? 24 Oct 2007 | 08:30 am
The short answer to the question "Should I go to West Point" is...
Success stories and reader comments about Coaching Youth Flag Football by John T. Reed 24 Oct 2007 | 08:27 am
"...John, I almost feel guilty your book is excellent!!! I would be doing everything wrong if I hadn't read the book. We are installing the defense tonight. This is a lot of fun..."
General Petraeus' report to Congress 24 Oct 2007 | 08:22 am
Some of the Democrats, like Lantos, made asses of themselves. Had I been Petraeus, I would have walked out and given my statement on the front steps of the Congress and taken questions from the press,...
Darfur 11 Aug 2007 | 01:44 pm
There is much hand-wringing at present about genocide in Darfur. In 1959, there was a Kingston Trio song called The Merry Minuet with the lyric: "They’re rioting in Africa." The meaning of the lyrics ...
