John Thompson

I don’t know how I will be able to wait until Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed arrives. When his New York Times Magazine “The Harlem Project” was first published, I couldn’t wait to start reading and I nearly broke an ankle sneaking a peek while crossing the street.

Impatient fans can console themselves by reading his latest in the Magazine, “What Does Obama Really Believe In?” Tough’s analysis should be contemplated along with Steve Brill’s Class Warfare, as well as Paul Krugman’s and Robin Wells’ New York Review of Books article, “Getting Away With It.”