Malcolm Gladwell News

Malcolm Gladwell News From AOL News

Who Deserves Credit for GM's Revival?

(Nov. 17) -- Punctuating an astonishing turnaround, General Motors will offer its stock to the public Thursday in what could be the biggest IPO in U.S. history. As investors line up to place their bets, it's striking to think that just 16 months ago the automaker was on its deathbed. With that in mind, who deserves credit...

Should Americans Stop Playing Football?

(Oct. 18) -- "Football is going to turn into the Army. It'll be one of those things that middle-class parents don't want their kids doing." So predicted New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell earlier this month, well before Rutgers defensive back Eric Legrand suffered paralysis from the neck down after tackling an Army kickoff...

Opinion: Sherrod, Vilsack and the Dangers of Our Clip Culture

(July 22) -- The Shirley Sherrod saga is political theater at the most profound level. It's got layers: nuclear partisanship, racial freight, rich personal narratives -- making it part Greek tragedy, part Southern Gothic. Like Faulkner said, in the South the past isn't history -- it isn't even past. But these red meat,...

HausCast 23: MDS on Kornheiser, Gladwell and MMA

The FanHouse Podcast: Because bloggers are much sexier on the phone. In Episode 23, FanHouse's Michael David Smith joins Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson to talk about Tony Kornheiser's departure from Monday Night Football. Jon Gruden now has the gig, but is it a one-year deal? And is there a chance that should Gruden return...

Rebuild Without the Draft? Impossible in The NBA

Disclaimer: I enjoy Malcolm Gladwell a great deal. I read his books, columns and blog. There's a substantial backlash against him, especially in the sports world, but I'm not a part of it. He has great gifts in distillation and (in my opinion) telling stories. I'm a fan. (I also generally like Bill Simmons, for the...

Malcolm Gladwell News From AOL

THE HUFFINGTON POST

'Creating Innovators'

Research shows that human beings are born with an innate desire to explore, experiment, and imagine new possibilities -- in a word, to innovate.

COMEDY 23/6 - HUFFINGTON POST

WATCH: Hilarious Book Trailer Features Dick Cavett And Malcolm Gladwell

Comedian and musician Dave Hill has written a memoir.

Malcolm Gladwell News From the Web

05/29/12 You mean people have more then 150 facebook friends? I... Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia Next time a person swears at you in traffic, why not wave giddily at them so they'll spend the rest of the day wondering which acquaintance they had just insulted.
05/20/12 Vinod Kumaar Ramakrishnan: As a team memberâ¦ Source: ThoughtBlogs Malcolm Gladwell mentions an example in his book "The Tipping Point" that when the number of people who can act in the scene increases then the number of people who will act will decrease considerably.
05/19/12 Author to speak at city event Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba - Canada MALCOLM Gladwell has a knack for interpreting new ideas exactly at the time our society is most susceptible to thinking about them.
05/19/12 If there's one thing at which I excel, it's being... Source: Guelph Mercury This is not intended as a complaint or even as a sneaky bit of humble brag, just a passing observation on the chaotic juggling act that is my everyday life.
05/18/12 Saturday's Child: Why We Should Ban College... Source: Bleacher Report Most of us relish the spectacle of college football on crisp Saturday afternoons, sitting in the stands at a mammoth football stadium in the heart of the Big Ten or the SEC.