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(kouchi/flickr)China's Political Landscape
Chinese politics may come off as monolithic, but does the East actually have a variety of persuasions a la Ralph Nader and Rush Limbaugh? Author Mark Leonard unpacks the spectrum of contemporary Chinese political thought in his new book, What Does China Think?. Plus Al Qaeda in its own words, and a New Jersey High School student takes on the system, one textbook title at a time.
Brian and Andrea Bernstein will be live-blogging the election results tonight at the WNYC Vote 2008 page!
The Al Qaeda Doctrine
Gilles Kepel, professor and chair of middle east studies at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris and co-editor of Al Qaeda in its Own Words, talks about the evolution of Al Qaeda through some of the key texts of the major figures from whom Al Qaeda has drawn its direction.
Open Phones: Buyer's Remorse
As Democrats in Indiana and North Carolina go to the polls, do you wish you could change your vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? Tell us what you think!
Meet Johnny Bunko
Daniel Pink, the author of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need, imparts--via manga--what he says are the six career secrets no one ever bothered to tell you.
What Does China Think?
Do 1.3 billion minds think alike? Mark Leonard, author of What Does China Think?, illuminates a political spectrum that we don't often see.
Textbook Politics
When New Jersey High School student Matthew LaClair found what he considered conservative bias in his high school history textbook, he did more than just complain to his peers-- he wrote an op ed for a major American newspaper.
Read Matthew's op-ed
BL Archives: Matthew Talks About His Prostelytizing Teacher
NJ Hall of Fame: Your Picks
This week saw the first inductees into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. We are joined by Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran of Weird New Jersey. We also want to hear from you about your picks for New Jersey's favorite sons and daughters.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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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 [16]
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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