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10 Memorable Conversations From 15 Years of the Book Review’s Podcast Talks with Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, Reginald Dwayne Betts and others, from the eras of both the show’s hosts, Sam Tanenhaus and Pamela Paul. Image Clockwise, from top left: Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, Reginald Dwayne Betts; Andrew Solomon.Credit...From top left: Michael Lionstar/Alfred A. Knopf, via Associated Press; Lily Richards; Mamadi Doumbouya; Sara Krulwich/The New York Times This month weâ€...

The Hill, September 27, 2016]. Similarly, the Black Lives Matter movement, which involves blacks and mentally unstable whites, has made it clear that, regardless of devastating contrary evidence, they will riot—“cities will burn”—if Derek Chauvin, the police officer involved in the death of black criminal George Floyd, is not found guilty of murder [ Law Enforcement Today, April 5, 2021]. Question: could blacks possibly not care as much about “fairness” as white people? Answer: yes....

Jungle in Montréal, November 2017 I did something the other day that I hadnt done in well over a year: I bought concert tickets. If all goes as planned, Ill head down to Boston in early October to commune with British electro-soul outfit Jungle, my current favorite band to see live. Im beyond stoked, especially because a dear old friend of mine moved to Boston during the pandemic. I cant wait to impose on her this fall. I imagine Ill have ...

A panel of Vanderbilt Department of Political Science faculty explored the factors that led to the Jan. 6 riot in a virtual event, "Dissent, Disorder and...

Giacomo Gambineri There has been a lot of talk of bubbles over the past year. I don’t mean the pandemic kind but rather being stuck in an echo chamber, hearing from people with similar values and perspectives on life. It’s a concept with which we’ve become pretty familiar, especially in the US, which just went through one of the most divisive presidential elections in its history. The media that we trust, the social media feeds we follow and our own social circles have all become more ins...

In response to “Read what’s on your mind?” by Jack Batson published in the Daily Republic on Jan. 18, I ask, what’s IN your mind/soul? The columnist may be erudite but he misses or misinterprets some messages. Yes, we have many blind spots as humans. Most conservatives are no

Why Americans Take All Riots In The U.S. Capitol City As A Desecration January 22, 2021 Every nation holds some things sacred. America is often said to be a nation based on an idea. Indeed, it’s true that the United States was founded on principles of limited government and ordered liberty that remain with us today. As important as those national ideas are, however, it is also true that America has become a distinct nation since the Revolutionary War. Just as the nations of the Old World did ...

Caste: America’s deep problem By Frank Robinson on January 13, 2021 at 10:17 PM Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Suns, about Blacks leaving the Jim Crow South, was inspiring. Her new book Caste is dispiriting. Wilkerson defines caste as a cognitive system situating people in a social hierarchy, governing who’s on top and what others are deemed allowed to do. Captured in that old locution about Blacks “knowing their place.” She brackets America with the caste syst...

“What the hell is wrong with those people?” If the events of recent weeks (or years) have you asking yourself that, the answer is:  not very much. They simply suffer from a small but  crucial error in the way their brains create models of the world around them. 1  a 2014 book I reread this weekend. The insights of author Will Storr are applicable not only to the current political mayhem but to traders and investors. Indeed, anyone who makes important decisions based on their subjecti...

Can you love multiple partners? By Frank Robinson on December 17, 2020 at 4:37 PM Having multiple sex partners is common enough. But what about love? This was a question discussed at a social gathering; an intellectual group. Earlier we’d discussed whether love is a “choice.” The consensus was pretty much in the negative; that it’s just something that happens, outside of one’s control. Well, we do make choices. But the real issue is how we make them. A powerful metaphor is Jonat...