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Bayley On Speaking Terms

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Friday, December 19, 2003

Human progress depends on the lessons learned by stupid mistakes. Stephen Bayley, author of A Dictionary of Idiocy explains how this is necessary for human progress. Also, the Freedom Tower, Sharon considers a unilateral move, balkan exile communities, and France and secularism.

Freedom Tower

Andrea Bernstein WNYC Reporter
with details on the "freedom tower", live from Federal Hall and Martin Filler Architecture critic for the New Republic
on the unveiling of the World Trade Center freedom tower and Ric Bell Executive Director of the American Institute ...

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On the Road

David Shipler Former New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief and Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book,Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land (Penguin, 2002)
on Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's speech on the road map

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Bayley On Speaking Terms

Stephen Bayley Author,A Dictionary of Idiocy (Gibson Square Books, 2003, UK release only)
shares his expertise on idiocy

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Kosovo Calling

Paul Hockenos political analyst and author, Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism And The Balkan Wars (Cornell University Press, 2003) explains how exile Balkan communities influence Balkan politics. Also discusses the Milosevic trial

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France's Stance

Peter Ford Chief European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, based in Paris
states that the ban on headscarves in France shows problems with their integration policies

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