Before last month I knew next to nothing about Bill Ackman. I probably would have recognized his name. I guess I knew he was a hedge-fund billionaire, and his reputation as kind of a jerk. “He has ...

It's not unusual for a fictional character to ring such a chord that their story shapes your life. Think of educators inspired by Robin Williams' character in "Dead Poets Society," lawyers drawn to ...

While I was enduring a bout with COVID back in February, I found an old copy of The Great Gatsby on the bookshelf of my basement quarantine refuge and read it again for the first time in many years.