Dorsey Launches New Podcast “SharkCast” to Explore Business Litigation Risks
MINNEAPOLIS — Dorsey & Whitney LLP has launched a new podcast, “SharkCast,” to explore litigation risks facing businesses today. Hosted by Dorsey attorney and author…
Books
Reimagining the HR Playbook: ‘Make Work Better’ Proposes a New Approach to Performance
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Organizations that insist on following traditional performance management practices might go the way of Borders Books, which lost business to Amazon….
Kiss the Ground explores Indigenous origins of regenerative agriculture
LOS ANGELES — Kiss the Ground, a 10-year-old environmental nonprofit leading voice in bringing awareness to regeneration through its storytelling, education and advocacy, has announced…
The 10 best books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan
It was a particularly good year for excellent books and 10 is way too few. In order of authors’ names: “Planes” (Knopf) by Peter C….
Book review: Bob Dylan’s new book about songwriting is fascinating, amusing and not what was expected
”The Philosophy of Modern Song” by Bob Dylan; Simon & Schuster (338 pages, $45) ——— Bob Dylan has thrown us another curveball. Surprise. Surprise. His…
Frank Biondi ran Viacom and built Nickelodeon, and now his daughter is helping to tell his story
LOS ANGELES — In an industry teeming with publicity-hungry executives, the late Frank Biondi stood apart. An architect of modern-day Hollywood, he quietly shaped media…
An entertaining and occasionally edifying look at European immigrants making movies in Hollywood during World War II.
”Mercury Pictures Presents,” by Anthony Marra; Hogarth (432 pages, $28.99) In fiscal year 2021, the United States welcomed fewer refugees than any comparable period since…
Corporate profits vs. doing the right thing. No contest, as “Wastelands” shows us once again.
“Wastelands,” by Corban Addison; Alfred A. Knopf (464 pages, $30) Given all that’s going on in the world, I thought I’d reached my limit of…
Deborah Cohen’s new book brings back to life 1920s reporters who warned the world of the war that was coming
There is no immortality for newspaper reporters. One of them, Ben Hecht, addressed this matter in a short poem written long ago: “We know each…
Review: ‘The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis De Tocqueville,’ by Olivier Zunz
About the book “The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis De Tocqueville” by Olivier Zunz; Princeton University Press (456 pages, $35) Commissioned by…