Malcom Gladwell, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point, decided to focus on "The Story of Success" in his next book, Outliers, by explaining where it comes from, and why. With the release of an excerpt,...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh, Yes, the Gansta Lexicon of Languages spoken by our Kids regardless that they would not know a Gangster if it slapped them upside the head. My own...
" After Google, what's next? Writing at Times (UK), Jonathan Richards talks to the "real" inventor of the world wide web (sorry Goracle), Tim Berners-Lee, and speculates on the future of the internet. A fascinating article indeed. Here is an excerpt:
" The semantic web is...
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Judging how her husband is faring in prison, I am certain this Mother will get her Christmas Wish.q url="http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/12/20/4733729-sun.html"]ST. THOMAS -- It would have been easier if...
"A former White House press secretary has said the US president was involved in misinforming the public over the leaking of a CIA agent's identity.
In an excerpt from his book, Scott McClellan says George W Bush helped mislead the public over the role in the affair of two...
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"In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame.
"There was one problem. It was not true,"...
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It was just a matter of time before the military would begin censoring private news websites that post information from military officials that contradict the offical White House party line. Establishment...
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"Two stories from two different and internationally renowned media houses, both about African economies, one bleak and one bright. One story by Thomas L. Friedman, acclaimed author of "The World Is Flat" talks...
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This is kind of cool. I accidentally did a search on Amazon for NowPublic and we're in two books:"
Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them
by Bob Walsh
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"This excerpt from chapter three of G.K. Chesterton's classic work, Orthodoxy discusses the misuse of intellectual modesty in our culture. Are we too quick to admit we may be wrong? Read this and then come to the Coffee Shop to discuss.
THE phrases of the street are not only...
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"In his book Blood Brothers, TIME senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf weaves his own tale of losing a hand in Iraq with the stories of three soldiers who also spent time at Amputee Alley, Ward 57 of Walter Reed...
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