From NYRB, Andrew Delbanco reviews Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment by David F. Swensen, Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education by Peter Sacks, and Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens; a review of Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage and Whose Culture? The Promise of Museums and the Debate Over Antiquities by James Cuno; and Avishai Margalit and Michael Walzer on Israel civilians and combatants. From TNR, a review of Franz Kafka: The Office Writings (and more from Bookforum). A review of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America by Beryl Satter. Book End: Jacob Weisberg on how the Kindle will change the world. From TED, Nate Silver on picking apart the puzzle of racism in elections. From The Nation, has the Wall Street Journal lost its soul? Scott Sherman investigates. Let’s hope this gift keeps on giving: A review of Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano (and more). Tracy Quan on a sex worker's guide to Craiglist. You might think Greg Beato is crazy, but a topless coffee shop is NOT a good idea.
