Many people think we writers are pretentious know-it-alls. With this in mind, you might think bookshelves are buckling are under the weight of writing-as-a-craft memoirs. But you would be wrong. They aren’t. Which helps explain the appeal of Mr. King’s book. Read more
John Gunther Dean’s career milestones sound almost like a recruiting ad for the Foreign Service. His action-packed memoir got me thinking: What if we Americans got the political leaders we wanted? Read more
Though less well known than 1990s spiritual blockbusters such as “Tuesdays with Morrie” or “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,” Father Ronald Rolheiser’s “The Holy Longing” is not only simpler but also more practical and challenging. Read more
While lesser known than “Animal Farm” and “1984,” George Orwell’s 1936 story “Shooting An Elephant” is the clearest, most relevant expression of Orwell’s warning about the perils of dehumanization at the hands of political ideologies and systems other than Soviet Communism. Read more
Why did Russian leader Vladimir Putin order his country to invade Ukraine? The answer is more complicated than the standard view that he remains embittered by the collapse of the Soviet Union. You can find it in a series of interviews he gave after becoming Russia’s president. Read more
What distinguishes “The Score Takes Care of Itself” from other leadership business books is the author cops to failing to live up to the principle occasionally. In his last two years as the 49ers head coach, by his own admission, Mr. Walsh did not let the score take care of itself. He attempted to control it. Read more
A couple of years ago, I got wise to an old truth: private virtue had public effects. This insight turned conventional wisdom upside down. Good character was more than an admirable quality. It could help bring justice to the abused and voiceless. Read more
I have argued professional writers should avoid self-expression and tread carefully with the use of the first person. That was my case against literary subjectivity. Nobody cares about your childhood, breakfast this morning, or opinions of world affairs, so why write about them on Facebook and T Read more
