World Goes Dark During ‘Earth Hour’
March 31, 2008 on 7:08 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffStarting in New Zealand and moving west with the sun, people around the world turned off the lights for 60 minutes on Saturday. Bryan Walsh, environmental writer for Time magazine, discusses the effort to raise awareness about the link between energy use and climate change.
Journalist Weighs In on Tibetan Riots, Dalai Lama
March 31, 2008 on 6:45 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffOngoing anti-government protests have sparked violence in Tibet, and China accuses the Dalai Lama of instigating the unrest. Journalist Pico Iyer has known the Dalai Lama for three decades and written a new book about the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
Books: A Canary in the Relationship Coal Mine?
March 31, 2008 on 6:19 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffRachel Donadio talks about her essay in Sunday's New York Times, "It's Not You, It's Your Books." She writes that mismatched literary tastes can make it "chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast." Does love conquer literature? Listeners weigh in.
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Al-Sadr Orders Militia Off Streets of Basra
March 31, 2008 on 6:15 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to put down their weapons on Sunday following a week of violent clashes. This comes after ongoing fighting escalated between Shi'ite militias and Iraqi and U.S. forces. Experts discuss the situation in the southern port city of Basra.
Accommodating the Emerging Global Middle Class
March 26, 2008 on 7:04 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffIn a recent article, Foreign Policy Editor in Chief Moises Naim asks, "Can the world afford a middle class?" He says the answer is yes, but it won't be cheap; the lifestyles of American middle class citizens will have to change drastically to make room for their new global counterparts.
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