Review of The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" Anthology, and a Nod to Holiday Pleasures, of the Guilty Variety

I’m on holiday vacation, offline for the most part, doing all those things one does on holiday, like witness TV programs I generally wouldn’t be caught dead watching, such as anything involving “. . . With the Stars!” in the title. Like “Skating With the Stars.” They’re upping the ante, aren’t they? But let’s take it one step further: What about “Brain Surgery With the Stars”? Let’s get Lindsay Lohan on that one.
My review of the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” anthology is here in the Dallas Morning News:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/books/stories/DN-bk_20under40_1219gd.ART.State.Edition1.436f4c2.html