malcolm gladwell

Don’t Blame ‘Big College’ Coaches for Creating Institutionalized Corruption

Allen Barra / Truthdig Feb 1, 2017 Clemson’s win over Alabama in college football’s national championship game didn’t impress sports writer Dave Zirin. But his scathing critique in The Nation missed the point. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Hurricane Katrina, the Politics of Disposability and the Racial Insensitivity of Malcolm Gladwell

By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch Sep 10, 2015 The neoliberal shill Malcolm Gladwell reached a new low in arguing that Hurricane Katrina provided new opportunities for many of the poor blacks involuntarily displaced by the storm. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

David and Goliath

Tracy Quan / Truthdig Oct 25, 2013 Malcolm Gladwell's new book explores "lopsided conflicts," though he warns us that "we consistently get these kinds of conflicts wrong. … Giants are not what we think they are," and we often mistake privilege for strength."Giants are not what we think they are," Malcolm Gladwell tells us in his new book. And we often mistake privilege for strength. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Tylenol’s Dangers Revealed Thanks to Investigative Journalism

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2013 ProPublica's series on the dangers of the acetaminophen found in Tylenol highlights the importance of investigative work; a poem written by an Alexandrian poet in 1898 about the government's idleness is extremely relevant these days; meanwhile, research shows apologizing, even for something outside your control, establishes trust. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Care and Feeding of a Corporate Propagandist

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 21, 2012 Over the last decade, New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell has managed to metamorphose from a trained shill for Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and the deregulatory movement into an intellectual darling of mainstream "liberal" America. How did he do it? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )