Fred Kaplan

Fred Kaplan appears in the following:

The Mission in Afghanistan

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Fred Kaplan, columnist at Slate.com, and Bobby Ghosh, senior editor at Time, discuss General McChrystal's assessment of the war in Afghanistan and the effort to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda there.

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1959

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Slate columnist Fred Kaplan argues that it was in 1959 that the country shifted from its pre-WWII traditions to the individualistic, question-authority world of today. In 1959: The Year Everything Changed, he discusses three key events served as catalysts for vast changes that ushered in the modern world: ...

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Our Foreign Policy Daydream

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Fred Kaplan, author and "war stories" columnist for Slate.com, discusses his new book Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power.

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But Was It Good For Democracy?

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Super Tuesday saw heavy turnout at the polls, but revealed a patchwork of primaries, caucuses, and confusing delegate counts. Robert George, Benjamin Barber, and David Epstein join us to discuss whether our primary system is damaging our Democracy. Plus: A new series celebrating black history month, and Fred Kaplan discusses ...

Iraq War: Budget Breakdown

Friday, August 31, 2007

Fred Kaplan, who writes the "War Stories" column for Slate.com, offers analysis on military spending in Iraq, and the additional $50 billion Bush plans to ask Congress for.

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