David Cantwell and Bill Friskics-Warren are the co-authors of “Heartaches by the number: Country Music’s 500 Greatest Singles.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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These days, it seems motherhood has become a struggle just to stay on top of the latest self-help trend.
Criminologist Nils Christie's Dangerous Idea? Treat prisoners as people.
Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Christine Kenneally tells Steve Paulson that Noam Chomsky thought language was hard-wired in the human brain, but later researchers have shown that its development is even more complex.
Bryandt Urstadt tells Steve Paulson about the grim future the peak oilers are already getting ready for and thinks we should all buy gold.
Codebreaker, a new film by Patrick Sammon, tells the story of the brilliant life and tragic death of Alan Turing. He died at age 41, having revolutionized our world by inventing the first computer programs -- and then computers themselves.
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