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The main gate at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in Oceanside, CA (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Vanity Fair’s William Langewiesche investigates what happened in Haditha last November—when U.S. Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians, including women and children. Then, Arnold Steinhardt talks about his lifelong passion for the violin. And Lemony Snicket shares the thirteeth and final installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Plus: we explore how image consultants shape campaigns on Please Explain.
The Haditha Killings
Last November, US Marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians—including women and children—in Haditha. In “Rules of Engagement,” Vanity Fair’s William Langewiesche says this kind of violence against civilians is not a complete aberration.
The Church vs. the Mall
Notre Dame economics professor Dan Hungerman on what happens when states and counties repeal blue laws. Hungerman and MIT's Jonathan Gruber have written a paper called "The Church vs. the Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?" They found that when states eliminated blue laws (which prohibit ...
Arnold Steinhardt's Violin Dreams
In Violin Dreams, Arnold Steinhardt talks about his lifelong passion for the violin, and his forty-year tenure with the Guarneri String Quartet.
Events: Arnold Steinhardt will be speaking, playing the violin and signing books
Friday, October 13 at ...
Violin Dreams is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Arnold Steinhardt will be speaking, playing the violin and signing books
Friday, October 13 at ...
Lemony Snicket on The End
Lemony Snicket completes his account of the gruesome adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, with the thirteenth and final installment of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Events: Lemony Snicket will be speaking and singing books with illustrator Brett Helquist
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The End is available for purchase at amazon.com
Events: Lemony Snicket will be speaking and singing books with illustrator Brett Helquist
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Please Explain: Image Consulting
On today's Please Explain, Trevor Parry-Giles and Susan Estrich uncover how image consultants shape political campaigns. Trevor Parry-Giles is a former political consultant and an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland. Susan Estrich served as Campaign Manager for Michael Dukakis in 1988, and is now ...
Booker and Nobel winners
Orhan Pamuk, winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature
Kiran Desai, winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Finalists for the 2006 National Book Awards
Ken Kalfus, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
Dana Spiotta, Eat the Document
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