Monday, April 20, 2026

Books in My Reading Stack

 


- Old School: Future-proof yourself. AI-proof your career by Nicholas Bate. I'm starting this today.

- Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans by James Gill.

- The Monastery of the Damned: From the Ivy League to the French Foreign Legion by Nicholas Tobias.

- AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee

- Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews

- Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang

- Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III by Shyam Sankar

- Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939 - 1945 by Ian Buruma

On My List

 


Still The One

 


When a person who has not seen the film versions of A Tale of Two Cities said that the BBC is planning one, I advised her to see this one first. 

 

Memorable with a great cast.

Just In

 


A Need for Candor


Tough Love has an opposite.

My Substack essay is out.

Bravo!

 


Sunday, April 19, 2026