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Latin American "telenovelas," or soap operas, have gone global in recent years. They are found on TV sets in Poland and Indonesia and one Mexican soap has become the top-rated show in Russia. These melodramatic storylines have struck a universal chord among viewers and become part of what a writer for Foreign Affairs magazine calls the global cultural establishment.
White Noise
Philip Coyle, senior advisor at the Center for Defense Information
- on the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah
» Center for Defense Information
How Does Blair Fare?
Peter Hain, Labor member of parliament in Britain, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Wales
- on Blair's first big parliamentary defeat, and the Northern Ireland peace process
» Peter Hain's parliamentary website
» Peter Hain's No. 10 Downing Street website
Telenovelas Conquer Todo El Mundo
Ibsen Martinez, Caracas-based playwright, journalist, and contributor to Foreign Policy magazine
and
Paula Andaló, reporter for Tiempos del Mundo in Washington, D.C.
- explain how Spanish and Portuguese-language soap operas got the whole world hooked
» "Romancing the Globe" by Ibsen Martinez (FP)
» "Love, Tears, Betrayal ...and Health Messages" by Paula Andaló (Perspectives in Health)
Forget Princeton and Yale!
Andrew Hacker, professor of political science at Queens College and contributor to the New York Review of Books,
- says big research institutions are interfering with the business of teaching at top universities
» "The Truth About the Colleges" (The New York Review of Books)
Bob Woodward Too!
Kelly McBride, ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists
- on Bob Woodward's testimony in the CIA leak case, Mary apes, Judy Miller, and more
» Kelly McBride (Poynter)
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Happy 150th Birthday, Evolution!
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Richard Dawkins, biologist, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of many books on science, most recently, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, talks about Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which was published on 24 November 1859.
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What's Next for the Movement?
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In the aftermath of President Obama's campaign, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist has written a new book, Open Letters to America: Essays by Kevin Powell, outlining his thoughts about political engagement, particularly among African-American youth.
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No Logo: One Decade Later
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