Chris Ayres was more comfortable reporting on celebrities in Hollywood when the Times of London sent him to Iraq.
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Can a video game actually teach kids to meditate? Tammi Kral describes an innovative project at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
Donald Richie grew up in Ohio during the 1930's where he came to prefer the reality of the cinema. When he moved to Japan, he learned the culture by going to the movies.
Emily Gould became an Internet celebrity for her writing on Gawker, a popular New York City blog.
Acrassicauda means Black Scorpion and is the name of an Iraqi heavy metal band.
Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.
Chuck Klosterman tells Steve Paulson why Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash is associated with Marxism, and how he picks subjects to write about.
Writer Asra Nomani traveled alone in India and Pakistan on what became a personal, spiritual journey.
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