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Obama, Madoff and American Self-Esteem
by Dick Meyer, author of Why We Hate Us: American Discontent and the New Millennium (Three Rivers Press, 2009). Since publishing Why We Hate Us: American Discontent and the New Millennium, the single question I have been asked the most … Continue reading
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Author Response: “Why the Debate on Immigration is All Wrong”
Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother (Random House 2007). A few years ago, in a conversation with my husband’s oldest brother, I said that I thought the only … Continue reading
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Why You’re Wrong About the Crusades
by Lars Brownworth, author of Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization (Crown, 2009). There are few words as controversial—or as misunderstood—as ‘crusade’. Those who doubt that need only remember nine years ago when President George … Continue reading
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Author Response: “Legalize All Drugs Now!”
Brian O’Dea, author of HIGH: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler (Other Press 2009), responds to comments posted to his “Legalize All Drugs Now!” essay from September 23rd, 2009. I was interviewed recently by a young reporter who grew up in the midst of … Continue reading
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Your Brain on Swine Flu
by Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why and a contributor to TIME Magazine. One of the strange things about influenza pandemics is that they happen in slow motion, giving us time to reflect. Looking … Continue reading
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Why the Debate on Immigration is All Wrong
by Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother (Random House 2007). Congress and the Obama Administration are again proposing new “solutions” to curtail illegal immigration. Sadly, they are the … Continue reading
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Legalize All Drugs Now!
by Brian O’Dea, author of HIGH: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler (Other Press 2009). “The most important… revolutions all include as their only common feature the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our … Continue reading
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