Investment Bankers as “Crumb Catchers” So, I’m not the only one who well remembers one of the best books about Wall Street (and best contemporary American novels, period): Thomas Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987). Set in late 1980’s Manhattan, it chronicles life as a “master of the universe” through the prism of one Sherman...Read More
The Hardest Date for Dyslexic’s First, “12/12/12” got everyone’s attention. Then, the would-be Mayan Apocalypse — yesterday, 12/21/12 — loomed large. But yesterday was especially challenging for a group of people without a doomsayers’ streak: those with dyslexia (I’ve got a mild case). Surviving the Apocalypse and Other Challenges (Like, Spelling It) As if the...Read More
