Daily Circuit

5 books to read, including a guide to happiness
Every week, Kerri asks the Roundtable guests what they are reading right now. Here’s what our guests for our show about standardized testing are reading: Brenda Cassellius: “Wonder” by R. J. Palacio and “Hardwiring Happiness” by Rick Hanson. Jim Bartholomew: “Men at Work” by George F. Will and “Clash of Kings” by George R.R. Martin. Read more →
Op-ed pick: TV shows do a poor job portraying mental illness
“She’s fabulously empathetic and intuitive, somehow able to see what all the other doctors miss (though her cases should be familiar to anyone who reads Oliver Sacks’s essays). That’s because, the show keeps reminding us, mental illness goes along with greatness.”