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Retired General Anthony Zinni has over forty years of military experience, from the war in Vietnam, to operations in Somalia to targeted strikes against Al Qaeda and Iraq. But his car... (episode)
For Memorial Day we have complied a list of soldiers from the tri-state area who have lost their lives in Iraq. Please see our extended entry. (article)
These links are related to our discussion with Michael Massing about his articles in the New York Review of Books about the New York Times prewar coverage of weapons of mass destructi... (article)
In 1971, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" launched a new genre in film: blaxploitation, with director Melvin Van Peebles at its forefront. Over thirty years later, his son Mario Va... (episode)
It's Friday of Memorial Day weekend, and if you haven't got any plans yet and don't mind profanity, a trip to the cinema to see Mario Van Peebles' "Baadasssss!" may be in order. It's ... (article)
Journalist Caitlin Kelly was surprised when two middle-class girlfriends separately told her that they carried handguns. She decided to investigate the issue, and discovered that 11 t... (episode)
Tomorrow’s show will feature a segment on the Henry Kissinger transcripts released this week. They cover his conversations while he was Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor and w... (article)
In the 25 years following the Woodstock, the music business grew more than 20 percent per year. Yet in the past few years, a massive slump in sales has resulted in layoffs and bad pub... (episode)
After yesterday's interview with Joshua Foer on the political orientation of college students (see yesterday's entry), we received an interesting email from a listener. I graduated fr... (article)
In 2003, the United States Central Command moved its communications headquarters to an office in Doha, Qatar, just 20 miles from the offices of the independent Arab broadcaster Al Ja... (episode)