Andrew Sullivan says the real conflict after September 11th is between religious absolutists with a medieval mindset and the cultural values of the West - freedom and individuality.
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Anousheh Ansari became the first Muslim woman to venture into space when she traveled aboard the International Space Station.
For 26 years, Dan Pierotti knew — really knew — that his days were numbered. In 1988 he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. In this second installment of his story, Dan and his wife Judy talk about the dealing with medication, hospice and Dan's decreasing mobility. And they consider whether or not he will stop taking the medicine that keeps him alive.
Alexandra Fuller was the child of white farmers in the former Rhodesia. Her memoir is called “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.”
Amy Vedder and Bill Weber founded the Mountain Gorilla Project in Rwanda some twenty five years ago. They explain how they envision eco-tourism preserving the gorilla habitat.
Don't ask Anna Dietrich if she invented a car that can fly. No one can do that she says. She did, however, invent a plane that can drive.
Chronic homelessness can seem like an intractable problem in America, but there's a new experiment going on across the country that's offering a bold new solution. The answer? Give people homes without any preconditions attached. It's called Housing First, and it's changing the way social workers think about homelesness.
Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton. And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.
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