by Naomi Schaefer Riley
From Philanthropy magazine, Fall 2011
Robert Rosenkranz was frustrated by the echo chambers he found among people on both right and left. His idea: elevated, erudite debates between two evenly matched sides. The result: Intelligence Squared, a high-quality debate series in which the two sides try to persuade the audience—not grandstand for those who already agree with them.
by Naomi Schaefer Riley
From Philanthropy magazine, Summer 2008
Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--and How We Can Get More of It by Arthur Brooks Basic Books, 2008 277 pp., $26.95 One of the small but unexpected joys of...