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Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times As a Weatherman by Cathy Wilkerson
The centerpiece of the Bush Administration’s case for war was based on the faulty intelligence of a source named Curveball. Los Angeles Times correspondent Bob Drogin believes the CIA and White House deliberately overlooked Curveball’s mental instability and dubious reportage. Also, a member of the 1960s Radical Left group, the Weather Underground, defines her brand of social activism. Plus, a guide that explains everything a girl needs to know. And: why the favorite singer of George Gershwin and Cole Porter virtually disappeared in the 1950s.
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Bob DroginThe Con Man Who Caused the Iraq War
In 1999, an Iraqi refugee code-named Curveball told German intelligence agents that Saddam Hussein had produced mobile biological weapons factories. Even though Curveball’s information seemed dubious, it became the centerpiece in the Bush administration’s case for war. Los Angeles Times correspondent Bob Drogin argues that the White House and the ...
A Manual for Everything a Girl Needs to Know
Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Kowitz have written The Daring Book for Girls, a guide to everything a girl needs to know. It’s a book for tomboys, girly-girls, or a little of both. And it covers everything from doing the perfect cartwheel to making friendship bracelets.
Weigh in: What’s one thing ...
Lee Wiley: Acclaimed But Unknown Singer
Lee Wiley was a favorite singer of George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Her sophisticated style influenced the most iconic recording artists of the 20th century. But she virtually disappeared in the 1950s and has remained largely unknown since. Award-winning performers Lois Walden and Barry Kleinbort discuss “Why Lee?: A Musical ...
Former Weather Underground Member Examines 1960s Activism
The Weather Underground was a Radical Left group that splintered off of Students for a Democratic Society in 1969; their mission was the violent overthrow of the US government. Weather Underground member Cathy Wilkerson escaped unharmed from the group’s accidental explosion of a Greenwich Village safe house in 1970. She ...
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