"IN PRAISE OF BOREDOM"
Dartmouth grads expected the usual boring commencement speaker. But Joseph Brodsky spoke about boredom itself, aka “your window on time.”
THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THE COMMONS
The commons was doomed, economists said. Elinor Ostrom disagreed and won a Nobel.
FAULKNER'S FINEST MOMENT
Shy and reclusive, he did not want to accept his Nobel in person. But he rose to the podium and lit a candle for humanity