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Saturday, March 20, 2010 |

Interviews

Interview with Uwem Akpan

The author talks about his searing collection of stories, "Say You're One of Them"

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Book Reviews and Articles

Netherland

James Wood, The New Yorker

Cricket makes this exquisitely written a large fictional achievement and one of the most remarkable post-colonial novels written to date.

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Videos

Max Blumenthal: Republican Gomorrah

+	Fred Kaplan: 1959
+	Open Books: Rinku Sen
+	PBC Interview: Jane Mayer on the CIA Tapes

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Around The Web

BHTV: Why Hasn't America Been Attacked Since 9/11?

Robert Wright and Robert Kagan discuss

Salon: Is the Internet melting our brains?

No! Such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself.

NPR: A �Shattered� Republican Party?

How a culture of �personal crisis� has transformed the GOP

FT: The Greatest Show on Earth

Richard Dawkins presents the evidence for evolution.

Classics

Paine: The Greatest Radical of a Radical Age

Harvey J. Kaye: You want to understand the American experience? And why you hate injustice? Read Thomas Paine's

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The Blog

Notes on books & politics

Wendell Berry: Losing Our Farming Culture

by moscarpelli Feb 10, 2010

In his collection of essays Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food, Wendell Berry often contemplates the future of farming. He warns that the waning interest of young people...more

Progressive PUT DOWN

Darrin McMahon: Reflections on Edmund Burke

The Right claims him as a Founding Father of Conservatism. But Edmund Burke is more interesting -- and less conservative -- than that.

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Author Roundtable

Moral Clarity: How To Be Good

Todd Gitlin, Susan Neiman, Steven Lukes and others discuss the moral values that can reanimate the Left.

Robert Scheer, Lawrence Korb, and Others on Out-of-Control Military Spending

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Face Off

Peter Beinart vs. Matthew Yglesias

What does a liberal foreign policy look like?

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Upcoming Events

Patricia Sullivan and NAACP

Mar 25, 2010

The Center for American Progress and the Progressive Book Club are pleased to discuss the NAACP's historic achievements and its vision for future civil rights activism with author Patricia Sullivan and current NAACP President Benjamin Todd ...

Excerpts

What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?

By Kevin Mattson

Say You're One of Them

By Uwem Akpan

Bringing It to the Table

By Wendell Berry

50 Ways You Can Help Obama

By Michael Huttner and Jason Salzman

Republican Gomorrah

By Max Blumenthal

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