Paternalism is having a good run these days.

Wayne County, Pa. The landmen who came here three years ago weren’t counting on Betty Sutliff. Representatives of energy heavy-hitters like Chesapeake, Hess, Newfield, and XTO came to northeastern Pennsylvania to get property owners to sign leases to allow gas exploration and drilling on their…

If Amy Chua didn’t get exactly the daughters she wanted, she certainly got her wish as a writer: to have a bestselling book and her name on everyone’s lips. The cause of her cause célèbre is her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin, 256 pp., $25.95), which chronicles her…

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