In 2006, global praise and validation of institutionalized microcredit lending for the poor came in the form of the Nobel Peace Prize. And almost immediately thereafter, newspapers teemed with stories of Bangladeshi women who acquired... Read More

At a time when everyday life is fully dependent on technology, the idea of cyber warfare seems increasingly plausible. As "Hiding in Sunshine"’s main protagonist, Gavin Brinkley, notes, “Everyone is connected and our lives are the... Read More

Harvard scientists recently concluded that adding fluoride to water can probably cause significant neurological damage in children. Yet many conventional dentists would work to keep the chemical added to the water supply for benefits to... Read More

Wall Street is a “casino” where the dice are “loaded in favor of the bankers and the ultra-rich,” according to economist Susmit Kumar in his frighteningly thought-provoking work, "Casino Capitalism". Hedge fund managers have... Read More

High school seniors and their parents put a lot of money, time, and effort into choosing a college, and there are plenty of books available that give advice on how to dress up a high school transcript or college application, or how to... Read More

While there are many cookbooks that provide recipes suitable for feeding families, the library of cookbooks for single eaters is fairly small. Stephanie Bostic, a nutritionist at the Harvard School of Public Health, adds a new volume to... Read More

“In the United States alone 80% of those incarcerated have been in the foster care system. They lag behind their same-age peers by a year or more in school and even futher in terms of their emotional and behavioral controls … So how... Read More

As a book reviewer I am usually at once attending to both the words on the page and what should be said about them. With Twelve Breaths a Minute, however, I could not think beyond these essays. I could only read, unblinkingly, imagining... Read More