Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson: the first review Melanie McDonagh
It’s not every self help book that’s prefaced by an exhaustive description of the author’s ill health but Jordan Peterson’s latest, Beyond Order, starts with an Overture, a journey through his grisly experiences in a succession of hospitals, which could usefully be summed up as: Avoid Benzodiazapine. (Incidentally, as a rule of life that has a lot going for it.)
But there’s a point to sharing his vicissitudes. When he emerged from his ordeal, he revised this book in the light of what he’d been through, only keeping the bits that still made sense. His remarkable openness about an illness, which meant he lost track of time and couldn’t button his shirt or stand upright, did make a useful point about his own vulnerability.
out are getting crushed. and he said abandon ideology. mr. bush says that s an abandonment, but that s the toxic vote on the trail. and he s the only one talking about it. jest knows t.a.r.p. is being repaid. who is talking about it. it s unpopular because people still don t understand why we bailed the banks out. they don t grasp the concept. it s in america s best interest if bush doesn t talk about it. if you talk to voters, they plame obama for t.a.r.p. it started under bush, but maybe it s the ideology. maybe he could afford a better backdrop for that. smoke in the background. thanks. when we come back, a lot more to discuss. npr fires juan williams.