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In the Name of God
Does Islam really say that terrorists will be rewarded with heavenly bliss? Or is anger toward the US more about hated American foreign policies than religious zealotry? Talk with John Esposito, a noted scholar on political Islam, as he clarifies misunderstandings of the religion and the supposed “clash of cultures.”
Keep Your Options Open: Bush's Meagre action on Corporate Stock Options
Gregg Ipp Economics reporter for the Wall Street Journal
Can Homelessness Be Eliminated? The Mayor's Plan To Provide Each Body A Roof And Four Walls
Linda Gibbs Commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services for New York City
Rebels With A Cause? A Brief History of Community Radio
Jesse Walker Associate Editor of Reason Magazine and Author, Rebels on the Air (NYU Press, 2002)
What Would Martin Luther Do? Should Lutherans Participate In Interfaith Events?
Rev. David Mahsman Director of News and Information for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and Executive Editor of The Reporter and The Lutheran Witness
What Would Mohammed Do? The Threat In The Islamic World
John Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and Author, Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam (Oxford University Press, 2002)
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [41]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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