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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kent Walker is the son of Sante Kimes, who is currently incarcerated for the murder of a New York woman. Walker is the author of a memoir called “Son of A Grifter.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If evolution is a game called survival of the fittest, how do you explain altruism? The “altruism equation” is a mathematical rule discovered by George Price...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joe Garden is features editor at the satirical newspaper, "The Onion."  He tells Jim Fleming the campaign season was a great one for comedy, but it went on way too long.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Intensive polling over several years in both countries shows that Americans and Canadians are developing differences in their social, political and moral attitudes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Freshman Representative Joe Walsh is considered the unofficial spokesman for the “no compromise” faction of the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicholson Baker talks about his new novel, "House of Holes: A Book of Raunch," which is set in a sexual theme park.

Nicholson Baker's "House of Holes" page on Simon and Schuster's website

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Laura Miller tells Anne Strainchamps why she thinks Stephanie Meyers' "Twilight" books are such a phenomenal success with young women, even though the lead female character is so lacking in gifts or accomplishments.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Galenson teaches Economics at the University of Chicago, and he's the author of a book called "Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity." His theory is that most artists are either old masters like Cezanne or young geniuses like Picasso.

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