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Grit, Spring 2009

Charlotte Hays
Marathon Men and Women

Ten Great Moments in the Annals of Grit

Wilfred M. McClay
An American Virtue

Angela Duckworth talks to IC
Interview

Walter Isaacson
Einstein's Final Quest

Sam Schulman
True Grit

Jay Mathews
Learning the Hard Way

Christine Whelan
Self-Help Yourself

Tony Blankley, Theodore Dalrymple, Jeff Faux, William Galston, Jeff Madrick, Michael Novak, and Star Parker
Does focusing on failures in the "system" undermine the psychological basis for economic recovery?

Tamar Jacoby and Mark Krikorian
Does immigration increase the "grit quotient" in the United States?

Samuel G. Freedman
Days of Their Lives

Amy Welborn
More Agony Than Ecstasy

W. Randall Jones
The Failures Club

Noemie Emery
Gritbiscuit

David M. Kennedy
Joblessness 2.0

Walter Shapiro
The Drudge Report

Joseph Epstein
Blood, Sweat, and Words