Review: Why Don’t Students Like School–A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Major Contribution, Itself a Bit Turgid, Easily in the Dirty Dozen MUST READS June 30, 2010 Daniel T. Willingham I struggled a bit with this book, which is ably and logically presented but does not tell a story as much as it delivers a lecture piece by piece. No doubt my own limitations in play, …

2005 Robert Steele: AMU Student Questions & Answers

Career Research Interview: Intelligence Studies DOC: Steele Interview with AMU Student.doc 1. What private industries or fields do you feel would most benefit from your experience and training within Intelligence? Intelligence is not about secrets. It is about advanced decision-making that makes the most of all available sources, in all languages, in near-real time but …

1995 Peters (US) INADEQUATE ANSWERS: Bureaucracy, Wealth, and the Mediocrity of U.S. Intelligence Analysis

Ralph Peters is the only author other than Will Durant to have his own shelf in the OSS/EIN/PBI library.  He can anger, infuriate, provoke and sometimes even drive insane those who are impatient with controversy.  We hold him in the highest regard as one who consistently speaks truth to power.  See the reviews of his …