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 Jazeera. The new documentary "Control Room" explores how both organizations managed information on the unfolding war in Iraq.
Countdown to Sovereignty
Jonathan Schell columnist The Nation and author, A Hole In The World (An unfolding story of war, protest and the new American order) (Nation Books 2004) on his reaction to George Bush's speech
Just Conservative, No Neo-
David Keene Chairman of the American Conservative Union
Anxious In Cleveland
Ithaar Derweesh member of the Iraqi Forum for Democracy and a transplant surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio
Open Phones: Bush Speaks!
listeners react to the President's speech
Foer the war?
Joshua Foer recently graduated Yale student, editor in chief of Yale Review of Books and former contributing writer for Slate.com discusses his op-ed in the New York Times about sentiment towards the war on college campuses
King Arthur
Arthur Levitt former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and author, Take On the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know (Pantheon Books, 2002)says the little guy should have a bigger presence on company boards
Making the News
Samir Khader senior producer at Al-Jazeera
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Jehane Noujaim director of "Control Room" distributed by Magonia Pictures, documentary film maker
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Jehane Noujaim director of "Control Room" distributed by Magonia Pictures, documentary film maker
Walk the Walk
It’s that time of year again, commencement across college campuses. What makes this year different is that this year is an election year. And with the country at such a divisive point, the tension is palpable. Case in point, E.L. Doctorow’s anti-war speech this weekend at
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