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Josh Patner

Jan 12

An Embarrassment of Riches Makes ‘Maximizers’ of Us All

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, by Barry Schwartz. Ecco/HarperCollins, 288 pages, $23.95. If only every choice weren’t
By Josh Patner
Jan 24

The Girdle’s Back, and Gwyneth’s Got It!

Girdles, back when women wore them at breakfast, to the market, to bridge, were suits of armor. Imposing, certainly, and
By Amy Larocca
Jan 11

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