Archive for September, 2010
Robert Reich: Soak the rich for their own good
Click to listen to Chris’ conversation with Robert Reich (43 minutes, 21 mb mp3)
Robert Reich is the point man in economics of the “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party,” as Howard Dean used to say. That is, he’s been the burr under the saddle of the Wall Street wing that chased Reich, …
Daniel Kehlmann’s Fame: The Self in the Cyber Century
Daniel Kehlmann, with the novel "Fame," looks and sounds like Germany's strong young entry in the global fiction game.
Andrew Bacevich: how war without end became the rule
Andrew Bacevich, soldier turned writer, explains the American doctrine of global war forever that he's dubbed Washington Rules.
Arianna Huffington: who will change the conversation?
Arianna Huffington, queen of the media transformation, comments on why the public conversation sounds so idiotic.
Real India: Ashis Nandy’s post-colonial "intimate enemies"
Real India: How India won and England lost the great soul struggle of colonialism -- in the analysis of a beloved Indian thinker, Ashis Nandy.
Real India: Namita Gokhale: the revolution will be written!
Real India: The biggest boom in the New India may be the literary explosion -- using digital tech to advance an an old Sanskrit project.
