Great Book Titles

Quick Look

The trailer for "Bullets Over Broadway."

Quote of the Day

The information-rich Dark Ages: in 2010, 600,000 books were published just in English, with few memorable quotes. Circa AD zero, a handful of books were written. In spite of the few that survived, there are loads of quotes.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Campus Swamp

This Althouse post linking to an Arthur C. Brooks essay on the intellectual conformity on campus addresses a familiar topic.

It's a swamp. I'll believe something is being done about the problem when universities start to take meaningful action.

Quick Look

The trailer for "The Bookshop."

Back of the Mind Questions

1. "How will this move us forward?"
2. "Do they want to do something meaningful or do they just want to be able to say they did something?"
3. "Does that position have any relationship to reality?"
4. "Is there someone who should be here but isn't?"
5. "Does everyone have the same goal?"
6. "What is being downplayed?"
7. "Is this a real meeting or will the real meeting take place elsewhere?"
8. "If the specialists are acting like generalists, then who is bringing the expertise of the specialists?"
9. "Is anyone going to ask the IT person for a translation?"
10. "Does the lawyer really understand how that policy will be implemented in the field?"
11. "Where did that money come from?"
12. "Does anyone remember the last time we tried this?"

Great Book Titles

Quote of the Day

Don't rely on being given anything you don't ask for.

- Morton C. Blackwell

How to Fight Boredom

A classic scene from "Never Cry Wolf."

Unheard Of

Cultural Offering has a video of "Things Never Said in an Office."