Sunday's New York Times Links

Not necessarily all from today...but needed to get these on here:

-First from the Times, got to go to Brandeis alum Thomas Friedman who says that diplomacy needs to happen now in the Middle East.

-Next, the #1 article for Sunday: What Do Women Want?

-A really good article on the new President's Chief of Staff and his relationship with President Obama

-From the Freakonomics blog, a post about how commercials are actually helpful interruptions

-Also from the Freakonomics blog, a bunch of great links including one about whether business schools are good for their graduates...

-Lastly an article about how this bad economy spurs people to jobs viewed as safe.

I recently went to an alumni event for my business school (Brandeis University International Business School). The new dean is a former executive for Bank of America. He gave a powerpoint presentation which ended with the "top jobs you would want to have in this economy" (paraphrasing). They included consulting, public sector, risk management, energy and life sciences, among others (I pointed on to him he left off compliance from the list and he quickly reversed course...Thank God). So while some may feel like business schools may be part of the problem, in the end, they should become part of the solution.