Day: June 1, 2004
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Book: The Tipping Point
The weekend before Memorial Day, I rattled through Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. This short book does feel like an extended New Yorker article (which it is), but that is not perjorative. I found this book fascinating, and some ideas I’ve had in my head found words… well, Gladwell found the words. I never read…
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Storm King: the forgotten sights right next door
Victor Lombardi lauds Storm King Art Center, an outdoor museum spread over 500 acres in farmland north of New York City. I grew up less than 30 miles away as the crow flies, but I’ve never visited. It took me five years in San Francisco before I made it to Alcatraz, and I’m still planning…