Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
Take a look at any portrayal of the Dark Ages and you might come away believing it was a gruesome and violent time, but is that historically true?
So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.
Matthew Scully is a speech writer for President Bush and the author of “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering if Animals and the Call to Mercy.” Michael Pollan is a writer and the author of “The Botany of Desire.”
Frances Perkins was the woman behind the New Deal as she was sworn in as Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt.
Neil Baldwin tells Jim Fleming that Henry Ford was a virulent anti-Semite who bought a newspaper to publish his Jewish conspiracy propaganda.
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
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