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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Cantwell and Bill Friskics-Warren are the co-authors of “Heartaches by the number: Country Music’s 500 Greatest Singles.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cory Doctorow is a writer and digital activist who works to defend electronic freedom.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Criminologist Nils Christie's Dangerous Idea? Treat prisoners as people.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Walter Kirn bookmarks "The Dog of the South" by Charles Portis.

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