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Entrepreneurs reality check

“My parents were auctioneers,” Dickerson said. “There were all these kids hanging out. I organized the Cookie Tin. I got each one to bake a pan of cookies,” she said. “They sold the cookies. I, of course, took a percentage off the top.” A local example in this Las...

Culture and parenting

In South Asia—I’ve worked a lot in Nepal, and also in India—I’m very impressed by two particular parenting behaviors. One is that parents are very physically affectionate. Fathers as well as mothers, and close relatives are too. And that is combined with totally clear...

Librarian role in the future

“We’re the original search engines and we help people find things to make their lives better,” she said of librarians. Carla Hayden the new Librarian of Congress is interviewed here and describes the role of librarians in the future. Since my daughter and her husband...