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Shortcut Book Review

Shortcut Book Review

Alexander cuts the Gordian KnotShortcut: How Analogies Reveal Connections, Spark Innovation, and Sell our Greatest Ideas by John Pollack Gotham Books, 2014 $27.00; 256 pages ISBN 978-1-592-40849-8 I received this book for free as part of LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. This was a fun little book. Pollack

The Long View 2002-03-01: The European Constitutional Convention

Just today I read an article featuring a prediction about the future of the EU by Emmanuel Todd, a prominent French anthropologist. Todd is known for his work on Anglo-American exceptionalism, particularly in how families are viewed differently in England, Denmark, Brittany, the Netherlands, and parts of Norway. However, despite