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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism
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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral
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The Best Way to Stop a Negative-Thought Spiral

Psychologist Ethan Kross ’07GSAS suggests strategies to root out negative self-talk 

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology
Archive photo of Franz Boas reenacting a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama
Boas reenacts a Kwakiutl ceremonial dance to assist Smithsonian Institution sculptors building a diorama. (Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives)

Genius at Work: How Franz Boas Created the Field of Cultural Anthropology

A century ago, when people believed that human potential was determined by race and gender, a maverick Columbia professor decided everyone was wrong

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True Crimes of Greedy Masterminds
Cover of Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
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True Crimes of Greedy Masterminds

A review of Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks, by Patrick Radden Keefe ’99CC

Why the Great Books Still Matter
Portrait of Columbia American-studies professor Roosevelt Montás by Michelle Kondrich
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Why the Great Books Still Matter

In Rescuing Socrates, American-studies professor Roosevelt Montás ’95CC, ’04GSAS makes the case for a liberal-arts education

It’s Time to Start Taking Reality TV More Seriously
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It’s Time to Start Taking Reality TV More Seriously

Sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann ’10GSAS takes an intellectual dive into a popular but maligned genre

10 Great Books Written at the Hungarian Pastry Shop
the Hungarian Pastry Shop in Morningside Heights
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10 Great Books Written at the Hungarian Pastry Shop

Here are just a few of the acclaimed books written, at least in part, at the shop’s cramped tables

Review: Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart
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Review: Our Country Friends

By Gary Shteyngart

The Remarkable Power of Poop
Cover of The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health, by Lina Zeldovich
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The Remarkable Power of Poop

In The Other Dark Matter, journalist Lina Zeldovich ’12JRN says we are wasting a valuable scientific and economic asset

Review: The Magician
Cover of The Magician by Colm Toibin
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Review: The Magician

By Colm Tóibín 

6 Books to Get You Through Winter
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6 Books to Get You Through Winter

New works by Columbia authors

Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?
Illustration by Jonny Ruzzo of writer Carla Power
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Can a Terrorist Ever Be Rehabilitated?

In Home, Land, Security, National Book Award finalist Carla Power ’95JRN grapples with this thorny question

11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights
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11 Novels that Will Transport You Back to Morningside Heights

Revisit some of your favorite haunts in these novels set on or near Columbia

Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart
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Why America’s Obsession with Civil Liberties Is Tearing the Country Apart

A Columbia law professor offers a provocative new take on constitutional rights

Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
Cover of Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
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Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

By Rivka Galchen ’06SOA

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