Summer Reads: Silber on The Great Stagnation

Frum Forum correspondents and readers are encouraged to blog about the books they are reading this August.  Please send any entries to editor[at]frumforum.com with the subject line, “Summer Reads.” Being home under the weather for a couple of days gave me ample time to read The Great …

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Written by Kenneth Silber on Wednesday August 17, 2011

Summer Reads: Epstein on 1939: The Lost World Of The Fair

Frum Forum correspondents and readers are encouraged to blog about the books they are reading this August.  Please send any entries to editor[at]frumforum.com with the subject line, “Summer Reads.” 1939 was not a happy time. The Great Depression had just shuddered into its tenth year, …

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Written by Ethan Epstein on Tuesday August 16, 2011

Summer Reads: DiPeso on You Are Not a Gadget

The Internet has been touted as a paradise for individual liberty and democracy – a platform from which every point of view can be heard, a global town hall where the ideas of free individuals are the raw materials for the wisdom of the crowd. Not so fast, says musician, virtual reality developer…

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Written by Jim DiPeso on Sunday August 14, 2011