Yes, I read Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, and I'm not ashamed of it...

I'd like to think that I was ahead of the curve in feeling embarrassed by Malcolm Gladwell, but I'm probably not. As a writer, he so perfectly exemplifies the middlebrow that I'm pretty sure he's attracted criticism almost from the moment that he started. The common criticism of Gladwell is not just that he tells comforting, oversimplified fables about …