Malcolm Gladwell's life has changed; he has not
On Tuesday, a new Malcolm Gladwell book comes out. And if history is any guide, it will be a bestseller. "They're stories about ideas," he said. "They have characters. They have plots. I'm usually trying to say something about the world."His first book, "The Tipping Point," published in 2000, established the Gladwell recipe: he explores a theme through anecdotes and little-known scientific studies. "'Tipping Point' was about the epidemic as an incredibly useful way of understanding how ideas move through society," Gladwell said. "And epidemics have rules. Let's learn the rules, right?" His seven New York Times bestsellers have sold...
Skip Bayless gives revisionist history of Shannon Sharpe departure
No sports media divorce has gotten more coverage than the end of Undisputed and Shannon Sharpe’s departure from FS1 and his long partnership with Skip Bayless. Yet Bayless still seems to be on a very different page than Sharpe and the rest of the sports world. In a recent Washington Post profile of Bayless’ next chapter Read more... The post Skip Bayless insists he was ‘shocked’ at Shannon Sharpe departure from FS1 appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Briggs: Yes, the Browns are a disaster, but Mayfield revisionist history is just wrong
It would be natural to watch Baker Mayfield enter the MVP race — not to mention Joe Flacco ride in on his white steed and rescue another team in distress — and conclude the people running the Browns are idiots. Join the club. In a not-too-distant alternate universe, Mayfield would still be in Cleveland and slinging the Browns into Super Bowl contention. In this universe, he is starring for the first-place Tampa Bay Buccaneers while the last-place Browns are an irredeemable disaster, stuck with a broken-down quarterback they gave up everything — three first-round picks, $230 million, their shame — to acquire. Cleveland is 1-3 against the softest part of its schedule (its opponents are 2-10 against teams not named the Browns).
Columbus Monument Corp.: ‘We cannot erase history’ (Your Letters)
“CNY community is ready to reconcile Columbus statue controversy” (Post-Standard, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024) continues to spread a false narrative that contradicts history. References to Christopher Columbus a rapist, an enslaver, a murderer and a genocidist are factually inaccurate and misleading. This is a continuation of the hateful dialog that will further divide an already divided nation, our state, and our city.
‘Significant revisionist history’: CNN fact-checker struck by VP candidates' false claims
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale took apart claims by both Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) made during Tuesday night's first and only vice presidential debate, particularly on the issues of reproductive rights, saying “both candidates had false statements on abortion.” “What most struck me was significant revisionist history from Sen. Vance on the issues of Obamacare and January 6,” Dale told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “But I was also struck by the fact that we had a false claim from each candidate on the subject of reproductive rights.” ALSO READ: The secret weapon Republicans use to ...