Do nations need states? Do ethnic, religious, and/or linguistic groups of people – do they, in this age of globalization, do they need to form a country with borders and an army and all that comes along with that? Do they need to be a state?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Some people used to complain that the movie didn't live up to the book. Now they're saying the movie doesn't live up to its sequel.
Writer David Morris explains why "Solo Faces" by James Salter is one of his favorite books.
E. Fuller Torrey is a research psychiatrist who believes there has been a five fold increase in the incidence of insanity in the last 250 years, and that some infectious agent is to blame.
Nick Bostrom's Dangerous Idea? Societies should limit the development of harmful technologies while promoting beneficial ones.
Fleda Brown, poet laureate of Delaware reads some of her poems and talks with Steve Paulson.
Carolin Emcke tells Steve Paulson that what war survivors ask for most often is the chance to tell her their stories.
Debra Dickerson tells Steve Paulson she knows first hand that systemic racism still exists in America.
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