How did the rich get richer while the American middle class got poorer? Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker outlines the political policies that led to historic levels of income inequality.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Howard Dully was twelve when he underwent a trans-orbital lobotomy.
The guy who cuts in line at the coffee shop – people, usually men, who take advantage of others because they have a heightened sense of entitlement that they feel gives them a free pass. You and I have a word for these people. But is that really what you want to call the President of the United States?
Writer Gina Nahai grew up in Iran under the Shah and watched the growing strength of Islamic fundamentalism. Her latest novel is set in Tennessee, among a community of Appalachian Holy Rollers.
Psychiatrist Hans Breiter tells Steve Paulson that men’s brains may be hard-wired to appreciate female beauty and explains some of the science that makes him think so.
Geoffrey Colvin says that great performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing to put in the right kind of practice.
Greg Mortensen is the author of "Three Cups of Tea." The book explains how a failed attempt to climb K2 led to a program to build schools in the heart of Taliban country in Pakistan and Afghanistan with local people and donated money.
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, recalls his coming of age in his novel, “Lake Woebegon: Summer of 1956.”
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