On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's masterpiece of children's literature, it appears some critics are itching to provide a corrective to all the millions-sold adulation. What's the matter with liking To Kill A Mockingbird? Well.
Atticus! Atticus!
"Boo Radley is a hero. Bob Ewell is a racist and a rapist [...] And yet Gladwell thinks the reason that Atticus has a different "standard" for each man is that Radley has more money!" — Isaac Chotiner [TNR]
Was Harper Lee's Atticus Finch A Classist?
The 50th anniversary of To Kill A Mockingbird is coming up in 2010, leading some to question whether Atticus Finch is really the champion of equality Harper Lee makes him out to be. Malcolm Gladwell takes the case.
Sometimes A Snap Judgment Is The Best Judgment
The next time someone tells you to "go with your gut," they're really giving you good advice. In today's New York Times, There's an interview with Gerd Gigerenzer (left), a German social psychologist whose ideas were featured in Malcolm Gladwell's best-seller, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Gigerenzer…
