vikram chandra is an indian writer who has won awards and critical acclaim for his novels and short stories. he is married to writer melanie abrams who like chandra teaches creative writing at the university of california berkeley. chandra currently divides his time between mumbai bombay india and oakland california full text .
biography on his website on ...... [Show More]
is eddie marsan the finest male cinema actor working in britain today aon the basis of happy go lucky id say yes.
i was so impressed with him and this film that i actually called into an npr show npr that mike leigh was on in order to ask him a question i called under a false name of coursecause really its a bit fan boy innit.
go see h...... [Show More]
frozen financial markets. a rising wave of home foreclosures. plunging consumer spending. soaring unemployment. gm ford and chrysler teetering on the brink. as washington lurches from crisis to crisis one thing is clear the united states needs a coherent strategy that will help it better respond to unforeseen events and longterm challenges in public education energy health care and the env...... [Show More]
james michael curley Post Source: www.radioboston.org Posted: Nov 13 2008 20:18:24
statue of james michael curley. photo credit molly feit
im irish and i grew up in massachusetts. never mind that i grew up in the western part of the state in the pioneer valley a place true bostonians believe is so far west its practically upstate new york. growing up i thought of boston as the big city and loved my occasional visits with my family mostly to go to fenway park....... [Show More]
i just heard an interview this morning where new yorker writer george packer said the key to post partisan politics is rooted in toning down rhetoric. in other words there is room for disagreement on policies but it is partisan rhetoric that must go.
i find that a helpful distinction in both politics and religion. its when our rhetoric becomes inflammatory and combative...... [Show More]
via the nation
democracy now had excellent coverage yesterday. nfp board member patrick jones recently discussed some of the terrible issues involved in this war.
onpoint veterans day show looks into american women at war ....... [Show More]
stuart pimm tracks extinction from madagascar to the amazon to south florida and maybe your backyard. out in the world where cuban crocodiles and indian tarantulas caspian seals and florida panthers are in trouble.
he tracks species onebyone panther by panther antbird by antbird in the everglades and brazilian rain forest. and he tracks the big picture where he warns a quarte...... [Show More]
this is going to be a good day with jon meacham vernon jordan and parrot researcher irene pepperberg on the guest roster. the new yorker continues to shape the weeks talk agenda with george packer scheduled to discuss his eloquent article on liberalism in the age of obama .
diane rehm new mortgage modification plans from fannie mae and freddie mac. plus the life of andrew jackson...... [Show More]
diane rehm an update on caring for the nations twentyfour million veterans and the latest on the conflict in eastern congo.
on point american women at war in iraq and afghanistan and what a new generation of women in uniform has seen at the battlefront. in hour 2 william least heatmoon author of blue highways and riv erhorse 8221 reports on america8217...... [Show More]
stuart pimm one of the worlds leading experts on extinction was todays guest on nprs species at the brink on on point with tom ashbrook . according to pimm up to one half of the worlds species could be extinct within 100 years. but instead of trying to frighten people into joining the cause by provoking our deepest fears he provides worthwhile achie...... [Show More]
diane rehm presidentelect obama addresses the troubled economy. in hour 2 newsweek columnist jonathan alter on covering some of the most important stories of the past two decades.
on point harvard business guru michael porter on economic crisis american competitiveness and the road ahead. and a scientist who has traveled the world studying exactly how species go extinct and how to bring...... [Show More]
i get emails almost every day from people who are visiting argentina or about to move here. many of these people that is many of you already have or are about to start a blog. such is the case of katie alley whos moving from philadelphia to necochea argentina and plans to write about her experience here . if youve got a blog about argentina and want others to know abou...... [Show More]
the msmblog axis Post Source: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com Posted: Nov 07 2008 15:20:00
an addendum to my post on 538 ...its also worth remembering that silvers statistical model was entirely dependent on other peoples polling data. this doesnt detract from his accomplishment its just a healthy reminder that even new media gurus depend on traditional reporting more than wed like to admit. its a fairly banal observation but the future of internetbased med...... [Show More]
diane rehm news roundup the transition republicans regroup californians give new rights to pigs and chickens take away rights from gays.
on point news roundtable in the first hour then remembering michael crichton from the andromeda strain to jurassic park er and state of fear.
fresh air remembering studs a replay of a...... [Show More]
the morning after the morning after a night of blue state euphoria. the postcelebratory hangovers have likely abated in the blue states by now though the inevitable fingerpointing and recriminations in the wake of the republican drubbing guarantee a fair share of headaches among grand old party faithful for some time to come.
two features i want to call to your attention to that explore thi...... [Show More]
historian joseph ellis was on the election day on point and if you missed this conversation about the founders their view of elections and original intent you should circle back as i did yesterday.
highlights ellis explains the electoral college from the viewpoint of men like madison and jefferson and talks about its current relevance or lack thereof. there821...... [Show More]
dont expect much topical variety today. the key will be the guests. diane rehm has mack mclarty the clinton chief of staff on in the first hour with others to talk about the transition. robert kuttner is on fresh air.
diane rehm the transition is the first hour but joan baez joins diane in hour two to talk about her new album.
on point the republican party rethinks. and the sh...... [Show More]
sense a theme a lot of rehashing but ive tried to pick out some of the gems on todays talk shows.
diane rehm plenty of day after analysis.
on point american historians david kennedy and nell irvin painter on the weight of the election.
fresh air day after reflections with mark sawyer director of the center for the study of race ethnicity and politics at ucla micke...... [Show More]
diane rehm the voting experience plus new discoveries and therapies in the war on cancer.
on point ashbrook and company succeed with a great show on a day when its tempting to just keep shoveling it. historian joseph ellis on americas first tumultuous decades and novelist david rhodes on his new book dri ftless.8 221
fresh air dion yes him talking about his n...... [Show More]
longtime readers of denniskennedy.blog will know that i regularly listen to my ipod in the shuffle mode and sometimes notice patterns in the randomness. yesterday was an example i think of an interesting pattern.
although i did not technically get the three items ill mention here exactly in a row it was close enough that ill take the liberty of saying that i did.
firs...... [Show More]
if you missed nprs on point a couple of days ago you can listen to me tina brown and nick lemann debate the impact of blogging on the future of journalism here....... [Show More]
diane rehm its the friday news roundup because its well friday. the candidates make their final pitches the treasury and fdic consider aid to struggling homeowners and pakistan protest u.s. missile strikes along its afghan border.
on point obama buys prime time mccain is running out of time. then relief from politics in hour 2 yale historian john demos about the 2...... [Show More]
i moved to the blogosphere because i wanted to take part in the conversation of our times. i dont believe that print is where that conversation is. tina brown...... [Show More]
diane rehm where obama and mccain stand on the big issues and what they can do to sway the undecideds. the second hour gets into clean coal technology.
on point in the first hour its a survey of the key battleground states. then in hour 3 margaret atwood on what makes us human.
fresh air referendums on abortion are on the ballots in three states. how has the issue of abortion...... [Show More]
a controversy is brewing in the blogosphere over whether blogs are a thing of the past or the wave of the future. my last piece the value of blogging is certainly an expression of my enthusiasm for the future of the medium. others though are not so confident. about a week ago paul boutin posted a piece titled twitter flickr facebook make blogs look so 2004 over at wired writing t...... [Show More]
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