Fewer Rules, Better People Classics

Fewer Rules, Better People ClassicsWherever there's a rule, there is someone with the power to apply or ignore it or add to it, in the interest of justice. From enforcing chores to issuing life sentences, decision makers deliver flawed and sometimes arbitrary outcomes. But is their use of discretion good or bad overall? As a society, should we seek to minimize or maximize discretion, with all its potential for bias and other kinds of human error? Reframing our understanding of justice

The Film Stage

The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition

Since the publication of the previous edition

and our choices for doing good for others will inspire and encourage those who come after us

'Murakami's way of making emotionally resonant images and symbols bump around on the page

the process of change

author of Address Book

this book will stimulate a baby's developing senses while encouraging interaction and play between parent and child

Can we see echoes of these movements in African politics today

including propitiation of disease-inflicting spirits

notes and other occasional pieces on writing

the snark of Class Mom