David Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most counter-insurgency efforts fail because foreign armies usually galvanize opposition from local people.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
Ayelet Waldman talks with Jim Fleming about maternal ambivalence and loving children when you don't like them.
Erik Trinkaus tells Steve Paulson that many of our assumptions about them, and our other "cave man" ancestors are just plain wrong.
Dean Sluyter is a film critic and meditation teacher who combined his interests to write "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies."
How did the Coca-Cola Company become such a powerhouse? Bart Elmore's the guy to ask. He's the author of an environmental history called "Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism."
BookMark: Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
Daniel Tammet may be the most remarkable mind on the planet.
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