Word of the day: Dissent

I’ts been a while since I’ve done Word of the Day.  Today’s word is dissent. I think dissent is pretty important.  It’s baked into the democratic system, sure, but I think it’s just as important as a business concept.  In business school...

A house without books

As you may know, I’ve been busy moving.  Yes, I’m leaving Cronin Park behind.  But not far behind, I’ve moved only a few blocks and a couple of stories.  I packed up and moved about a dozen boxes of books, some 17 running feet of shelf space.  Not a...

In the queue

In book club this month: Man Booker prize winner The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.  Halfway through, enjoying it.  Also see Adiga’s piece in the New Yorker and the discussion of White Tiger over at the Mutiny. Picked up at the Central Square Theater: Alan...

2008 reducks

It’s the season of retrospectives and clip shows.  Slow news days mean dipping into the back catalog and disguising it as the Year in Review.  So I present ten of my favorite posts of 2008.  Feel free to vote for one of these or nominate your own in the...

Cuchi Cuchi book club

I’m a member of the best book club ever. The first rule of our book club is, don’t talk about book club, so don’t tell anybody I told you. The second rule of our book club is, bring wine. There are many other rules of book club, but the best part of...