Mr. Sacks writes the Fiction Chronicle for the weekend Journal.

WSJ: Book review: The Orphan Master's Son

He wasn't on assignment for the Journal over the weekend.

WSJ: Writer Michael J. Ybarra, 45, Is Killed Near Yosemite

Finally, the SEC is starting to look at the shrouded world of private equity, according to stories over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

FORBES: The Shady Side of Private Equity Deals

And the boys are the worst, or so argued an essay in The Wall Street Journal this past weekend by Kay Hymowitz, usually a shrewd and lucid observer of the relations between the sexes.

CNN: Who cares about the young and jobless?

In an interview for the Aberdeen Press and Journal at the weekend, the Bank's chief economist, Spencer Dale, said it would not be appropriate for the BoE to restart its quantitative easing programme if supply-side problems, rather than a lack of demand, were the reason for the UK's weak economic recovery.

BBC: Is the Bank of England doing enough?

But as The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, his departure seems imminent.

FORBES: Will Dudley Make Us Like BP Again?

This weekend, the Las Vegas Review-Journal ran a long interview with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com.

FORBES: Zappos: Not Leaving Las Vegas

The Wall Street Journal had reported over the weekend that a deal between the two companies was a possibility.

FORBES: Seagate To Buy Samsung's Hard-Drive Unit For $1.375B

In advance of this weekend, when the playoffs begin, the Journal compared player salary payments for this year's 12 playoff teams with the 20 franchises that didn't make it.

WSJ: How the Smartest NFL Teams Spend Money

Amy Chua created quite a stir this weekend when people caught wind of her wildly controversial essay in the Wall Street Journal on how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids.

FORBES: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior: The Video