Simply put, Will Ferrell is a funny man. And “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” is just what we need right now, among all of the extremely-not-funny things going on in the world. A lot of us like to consider ourselves film connoisseurs, choosy and particular about what we spend our time and money…

James C. Hunter’s book “The Servant,” is hardly something new in the business-leadership genre: its theme, that execs should be not taskmasters but facilitators of their employees’ growth as human beings, was first struck by Robert Greenleaf in his 1977 book “Servant Leadership.” Hunter’s small innovation—putting his wisdom in the mouth of a Wall St.-wise…

Patricia Leigh Brown, a reporter from The New York Times travel section, tried her hand at the ever-more popular ayurvedic spas popping up all over southern India to cater to Westerners, and describes the experience in her rather humorous article from this Sunday’s Times, “In the Land of Four-Star Asceticism.“ Ayurveda is a “3,500-year-old herb-based…

Bono, the lead singer of U2 turned celebrity AIDS activist wants to know why Christian churches are virtually absent from the effort to address the AIDS pandemic, and whether they are willing to rectify their reluctance. How is Bono leading this charge? By joining forces with Billy Hybels, a widely known megachurch pastor with connections…

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