From Ink to Inc.

James Wolcott, Vanity Fair, March 19, 2014 Big-name literary branding isn’t new—look at Twain or Hemingway. But today, even novice writers must nurture a social-media presence. Arianna Huffington, Nate Silver, and Ezra Klein have branded their way to the...

A Call for Help

Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, March 10, 2014 Plucking a few events out of the vastness of the world and declaring them to be the news of the day is a mysterious and complicated project. But a few crimes do become news, big news, and hold the public’s...

Love People, Not Pleasure

Arthur C. Brooks, The New York Times, July 18, 2014 The search for fame, the lust for material things and the objectification of others follows a formula that is elegant, simple and deadly: Love things, use people. But, according to this article’s...