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U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company prepare for a foot patrol in Khalis, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2007. ((Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway))
The Army's Vice Chief of Staff says that the American military is planning to be fighting for the next twenty to thirty years. We examine what two decades of sustained military conflict might do to the structure and recruitment of our current all-volunteer military. Also, the latest pulse of the Democratic campaign, anti-pornography laws that restrict reporters and how to talk knowledgeably about books you’ve never even read.
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Dems Debate Again
Andrew Sullivan, Atlantic Magazine columnist, and author of The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back (HarperCollins, 2006), and Andrea Bernstein, WNYC political director, run down the most recent in the slew of democratic debates.
Faking It
Pierre Bayard, author of How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read (Bloomsbury USA, 2007) on why we don't need to know about the books we talk about.
How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Following up: "Persistent Conflict"
Colonel Sam Gardiner, a retired Air Force colonel who has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College, joins us to follow up on some things we heard from the vice chief of staff Richard Cody on the Veterans Day program.
Open Phones
Listeners react to Michelle Obama's wake-up call for African Americans.
Following Up: When Reporting Breaks the Law
Debbie Nathan, freelance reporter and the author of Pornography: A Groundwork Guide (Groundwood Books, 2007), argues that reporters are prevented from adequately covering the issues around pornography because of overly restrictive laws.