Point of attack. Defensive Line. Football and war have a lot in common. Former foreign policy advisor to President Clinton, Michael Mandelbaum, talks conflict and the game.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rosanne Cash is the daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, but she's forged her own very successful career in music.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is making its way up the best-seller lists for a reason — it's a fascinating blend of magic and art, with the allure of the circus and the tempered reality of dreams.
For centuries religions set moral boundaries. In his new book “The Moral Landscape” prominent atheist Sam Harris argues that science should set them.
Jennifer Jacquet explains how public shaming can be used to promote political change and social reform.
Chicago historian Tim Samuelson tells Jim Fleming about the time the City of Chicago decided to reverse the flow of the Chicago river and send its waste south along the Mississippi.
Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She is dedicated to re-foresting Africa and talks with Steve Paulson about some of her Greenbelt Movement projects. Her memoir is called "Unbowed."
Few Latin American novelists are as beloved across the globe as Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Here’s Steve Paulson’s 2006 interview with translator Edith Grossman, who’s done more than anyone to bring Garcia Marquez to the English reading world.
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