Journalist David Swanson was embedded in ar-Ramadi with Ryan Jerabek's unit the day Ryan Jerabek died...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Katha Pollitt's Dangerous Idea? Your child is not a special snowflake.
More than 100 million people have Twitter accounts. Every moment, across the globe, they are posting thousands of short digital messages; that’s a lot of data.
Maybe it can help us keep an eye out for cultural change?
Diane Ravitch was a strong proponent of charter schools and the No Child Left Behind program. She now recognizes the political agenda behind all the recent school cuts and has changed her mind.
Christopher Taylor talks with Jim Fleming about his recent series of concerts where he performed all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, from memory.
David Greenberger transforms the words of elderly people in his series of "Duplex Planet" zines, comic books, spoken-word performances and radio plays.
Colum McCann tells Steve Paulson what made Rudolf Nureyev the greatest dancer of his time and that his life was shaped by his ambition and his physical beauty.
Canadian author and artist Douglas Coupland talks to Steve Paulson about his unconventional McLuhan biography, "Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work!"
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