BOOK TV Schedule - May 14 - 16

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Times are Eastern

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Saturday, May 14
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8:00 am 2005 Annapolis Book Festival: Kim Singleton & Kumea Shorter-Gooden

9:30 am Ben Wattenberg, Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation will Shape Our Future

10:45 am 2005 Virginia Festival of the Book: American Culture Panel

12:00 pm Featured Program: PEN American Center/New Yorker Readings on Writing & Politics

1:45 pm Featured Program: Sean Naylor, Frederick Kagan, Kalev Sepp, Thomas Donnelly, Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda

3:15 pm Featured Program: Alexandra Pelosi, Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows

4:00 pm Boaz Ganor, The Counter-Terrorism Puzzle

5:30 pm Tariq Ali, Speaking of Empire and Resistance/Street-Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties

7:00 pm Encore Booknotes: Lester Thurow, Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and America - Originally aired on Booknotes on May 31st, 1992

8:00 pm Philip Gourevitch, Svetlana Alexievich, Elena Poniatowska, Francois Bizot, Carolin Emcke, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Discussion on Writing and Catastrophe

10:00 pm Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation

10:50 pm Julian Zelizer with Edward Berkowitz, Joseph McCartin, Donald Ritchie, Timothy Thurber, and Thomas Pegram, The American Congress: The Building of Democracy


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Sunday, May 15
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12:00 am After Words: Byron York interviewed by Clarence Page
1:00 am Featured Program: 2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Walter Mosley

2:00 am Denis Boyles, 2005 Arkansas Lit. Fest: Denis Boyles "Vile France"

3:00 am Philip Short, Pol Pot: Anatomy of A Nightmare

4:30 am P.W. Singer, Roger Rosenblatt, Chris Hedges, Children at War


5:45 am 2005 Virginia Festival of the Book: Roles of Married Women Panel

7:00 am Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen, The Bonus Army: An American Epic

8:00 am 2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Are We Making the World Safe for Democracy? - - Amy Goodman, replay from last week.

9:00 am George Nash, Books and the Founding Fathers

10:15 Featured Program: Alexandra Pelosi, Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows

11:00 am Public Lives: Hirsh Goodman, Let Me Create A Paradise, God Said To Himself

12:00 pm 2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Ray Bradbury


12:45 pm James Grant, John Adams: Party of One

1:30 pm Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats

2:30 pm History on Book TV: Robert Conquest, Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in the Course Of History

3:30 pm Janis Kearney, 2005 Arkansas Lit. Fest: Janis Kearney "Cotton Field of Dreams: A Memoir"

4:30 pm Andrew Bacevich, The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War

6:00 pm Featured Program: After Words: Michael Eric Dyson interviewed by Debra Dickerson

7:00 pm Featured Program: Dava Sobel, Sebastian Junger, Hampton Sides & Melissa Faye Greene, Writing Nonfiction Panel

8:30 pm Robert Service, Stalin: A Biography

9:00 pm Featured Program: After Words: Michael Eric Dyson interviewed by Debra Dickerson

10:00 pm Public Lives: Irmgard Hunt, On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming The Legacy of a Nazi Childhood

11:30 pm Bob Laird, The Case for Affirmative Action in University Admissions


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Monday, May 16
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1:00 am Mitchell Zuckoff, Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend

2:00 am Michael Downing, Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time

3:00 am Jagdish Bhagwati, In Defense of Globalization

4:00 am Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

4:45 am Walter Borneman, 1812: The War That Forged a Nation

5:30 am James Crooks, S.V. Date, and Wayne Wood, Much Ado About Books 2005: Writing History

6:15 am Paul Lettow, Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

7:15 am Featured Program: Alexandra Pelosi, Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows

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1. PEN American Center - Writing & Politics -(Salman Rushdie & others)

On Saturday, May 14 at 12:00 pm
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PEN American Center/New Yorker Readings on Writing & Politics

The Power of the Pen: Does Writing Change Anything?


International authors Ha Jin, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Jonathan Franzen, Wole Soyinka, Nuruddin Farah, Shan Sa, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Antonio Munoz Molina read selections from works that convey the political influence of the written word. This event was part of the New York Festival of International Literature sponsored by the PEN American Center and the New Yorker magazine.

Author Bio: For more about the New York Festival of International Literature and for brief author biographies, visit

http://www.pen.org/

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2. Heads Up! The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda - 1:45 pm

first, my version...


Al Qaeda and the Taliban (bad guys)


C*wbBOY says - let's get em


so we tried..




"No wait - over there in I-raq - get em"


Our reputation now



On Saturday, May 14 at 1:45 pm
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Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda

Sean Naylor, Frederick Kagan, Kalev Sepp, Thomas Donnelly

Army Times journalist Sean Naylor discusses his new book "Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda" at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. It's an inside look at the U.S. Army's March 2002 operation against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. Mr. Naylor documents how planning and intelligence failures led the army into its bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan. He is joined on the panel by West Point military professor Frederick Kagan and Naval Postgraduate School expert Kalev Sepp.

Author: Sean Naylor is a senior writer for the Army Times where he covered the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s as well as American military operations in Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq. He is also the co-author of "Clash of Chariots - the Great Tank Battles."

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3. Flying Circus: Media,makes Prez campains into Freak Shows

I love this girl - she's got balls!



Has anyone seen the documentaries she made? Hilarious.

On Saturday, May 14 at 3:15 pm and Sunday, May 15 at 10:15 am and Monday, May 16 at 7:15 am
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Sneaking into the Flying Circus: How the Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns into Freak Shows

Alexandra Pelosi

Alexandra Pelosi traveled with each of the 2004 Democratic contenders for president and explored the ways the media covers political campaigns. Ms. Pelosi says that media coverage has become so intense and so round-the-clock that it can actually interrupt the political process while at the same time benefitting both candidate and network. The author also makes the case that the different media outlets ask the same questions of the candidates, creating consistent soundbites but utlimately revealing little about the people behind the campaigns.

Author Bio: Alexandra Pelosi has worked for Conus Communications (a television news feed service), Dateline NBC, and NBC News. In 1999 she was assigned by NBC to cover the presidential campaign of George W. Bush, during which she made Journeys With George, a documentary which ran on HBO beginning election night 2002. Ms. Pelosi is the daughter of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

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4. Tariq Ali - war in Iraq and the media, new Pope, Vietnam

On Saturday, May 14 at 5:30 pm
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Speaking of Empire and Resistance/Street-Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties

Tariq Ali
http://www.tariqali.org/

Tariq Ali talks about the war in Iraq and the media coverage the country has received over the past year. He also discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the rise of religious fundamentalism, the new Pope, and the Vietnam War (which he writes about in his autobiography "Street-Fighting Years"). The talk was hosted by Cody's Books in Berkeley, California. Includes Q&A.

Author Bio: Tariq Ali has been a leading anti-war activist in England since the 1960's. He is the author of numerous historical fiction and non-fiction books, including "The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity," "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq," and the forthcoming novel, "A Sultan in Palermo."

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I'm not familiar with Mr. Ali, it looks like he's writing a lot of new stuff...

For one day only, I'm a Lib Dem
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1445964,00.html

BUSH IN BABYLON The Recolonization of Iraq
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844675122/newleftreview-20/002-6814585-0184832

[Wind Dancer]

17. Thanks for posting all of this info!

I recently read "The Clash of Fundamentalisms" and highly recommend it. He has been a devoted activist since the early 60's and many of his articles are published on the ZNet website.

http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm

You can also do a search on Democracy Now to find out more info - Amy Goodman interviews him often and airs many of his speeches. I have a great deal of respect for his passion and lifelong commitment to peace. He also offers enormous insight and knowledge on the past and present religious influences in India, the U.S. and other countries.

I look forward to hearing him today on CSpan. Thanks again for this detailed thread.

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5. Encore Booknotes - Thurow - 1992 $ future of US, Europe, Japan

Encore Booknotes
Highlights from C-SPAN's Sunday author interview series
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On Saturday, May 14 at 7:00 pm
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Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and America

Lester Thurow

Originally aired on Booknotes on May 31st, 1992, Lester Thurow talks about his book "Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and America." Mr. Thurow talks about the declining economic global power of the United States in comparison to competition from Japan and Europe.

Author Bio: Lester Thurow is the Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1968. From 1987 through 1993 he was dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management. His previous books include the New York Times bestsellers "The Zero-Sum Society" and "The Future of Capitalism."

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6. Writing and Catastrophe- Chernobyl, Rwanda, 85 Mexico City quake, more

On Saturday, May 14 at 8:00 pm
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Discussion on Writing and Catastrophe

Philip Gourevitch, Svetlana Alexievich, Elena Poniatowska, Francois Bizot, Carolin Emcke, Ryszard Kapuscinski

A group of international authors who have written about major catastrophes (the meltdown at Chernobyl, the 1985 Mexico earthquake, the genocide in Rwanda, and others) discuss their work and explain why they do it. The panelists are: Svetlana Alexievich, author of "Voices from Chernobyl"; Ryszard Kapuscinski, author of "The Soccer War"; Elena Poniatowska, author of "Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake"; Francois Bizot, author of "The Gift"; Carolin Emcke, author of "Letters from the Edge of the World"; and Philip Gourevitch, author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families." The panel was part of the PEN American Center's New York Festival of International Literature and was hosted by the New York Public Library. Introduction by Salman Rushdie. Includes Q&A.

Author Bio: This panel was part of the PEN American Center's New York Festival of International Literature. For more information about the festival or to find out more about the participating authors, visit www.pen.org
http://www.pen.org/

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7. from the signing of Constitution to the development of Homeland Security

History on Book TV
A look at non-fiction history books.

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On Saturday, May 14 at 10:50 pm
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The American Congress: The Building of Democracy

Julian Zelizer with Edward Berkowitz, Joseph McCartin, Donald Ritchie, Timothy Thurber, and Thomas Pegram

direct video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0305/btv031905_1.ram

Julian Zelizer details how Congress works from the signing of the Constitution to the development of the Department of Homeland Security in a book of 40 essays entitled, "The American Congress: The Building of Democracy." Mr. Zelizer is joined by some of the contributors of the book, including Edward Berkowitz, Chairman of the History Department at George Washington University in DC, Joseph McCartin, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, Donald Ritchie, Associate Historian of the United States Senate, Timothy Thurber, associate professor of history at the State University of New York at Oswego, and Thomas Pegram, Professor of History at Loyola College in Maryland. 3-2-05

Author Bio: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history at Boston University. He is the author of "On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and Its Consquences, 1948-2000," and "Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975."

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8. Children at War - P.W. Singer, Roger Rosenblatt, Chris Hedges

On Sunday, May 15 at 4:30 am
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Children at War

P.W. Singer, Roger Rosenblatt, Chris Hedges


P.W. Singer talks about his book, "Children at War," at the Housing Works Used Book Café in New York City. Through interviews with child soldiers, the author examines the reasons children enter the army and describes the training methods used to prepare them for combat. After his talk, Mr. Singer is joined for a discussion by Chris Hedges, author of "War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning," and Roger Rosenblatt, author of "Children of War." All panelists answer questions from the audience after the discussion.

Author Bio: P.W. Singer served as an adviser to the U.S. military on child soldiers. His articles have appeared in several newspaperes and magazines, including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Foreign Affairs. Mr. Singer is the author of "Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry."

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9. 1932 vets decend on Washington DC to demand the bonus promised them

History on Book TV
A look at non-fiction history books.

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On Sunday, May 15 at 7:00 am
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The Bonus Army: An American Epic

Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen
direct video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/history/0305/btv031205_1.ram

Paul Dickson and Thomas Allen discuss their book, "The Bonus Army: An American Epic." In the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, some forty-five thousand veterans of World War I descended on Washington, D.C., from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. Blacks and Whites lived together in shanytowns while protesting and rallying for their cause. The authors answer questions from the audience following the presentation.

Author Bio: Paul Dickson is the author of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century." Thomas Allen is the author of "The Blue and the Gray," "War Games," "George Washington," and "Spymaster."

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It's worked before, People! Will it take something like this again to stop this administration?

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10. Hirsh Goodman - growing up in Apartheid S. Africa and Israel

Public Lives
A look at biography books.

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On Sunday, May 15 at 11:00 am
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Let Me Create A Paradise, God Said To Himself

Hirsh Goodman

Author and journalist Hirsh Goodman writes about his early life in Apartheid-era South Africa and his experiences after he moved to Israel in his late teens. Mr. Goodman writes about the racism and anti-semitism he experienced in South Africa. He draws parallels between the civic divisions in South Africa and Israel. The author also calls for major changes in the current situation between Israelis and Palestinians. He argues that reform is necessary if Israel is to be a democratic state free of terrorism and constant internal strife.

Author Bio: Hirsh Goodman began his journalistic career in 1971 as the military reporter for the Jerusalem Post and later as editor-in-chief at the Jerusalem Report. Mr. Goodman is currently a senior research associate at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

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11. Ray Bradbury

On Sunday, May 15 at 12:00 pm
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2005 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Ray Bradbury

Author Ray Bradbury emphasizes the importance of falling in love at the 2005 Los Angeles Festival of Books. He is joined by Sam Weller, the author of "The Bradbury Chronicles : The Life of Ray Bradbury," for a discussion on his extensive body of work as well as lessons he's learned along the way. The panel is moderated by Steve Wasserman, who stepped down from his post as editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review in May.

Author Bio: Ray Bradbury is the author of more than fifty books, including "From the Dust Returned," "The Martian Chronicles," and "Fahrenheit 451." He is the recipient of the O. Henry Memorial Award, the PEN Center West Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Grand Master Nebula Award from The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

from http://www.raybradbury.com/about.html

Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. His more than five hundred published works -- short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, television scripts, and verse -- exemplify the American imagination at its most creative.

Once read, his words are never forgotten. His best-known and most beloved books, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, FAHRENHEIT 451 and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, are masterworks that readers carry with them over a lifetime. His timeless, constant appeal to audiences young and old has proven him to be one of the truly classic authors of the 20th Century.

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12. The Men Who Stare at Goats (to try to kill them!) useful in war on terror?

On Sunday, May 15 at 1:30 pm
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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Jon Ronson
http://www.jonronson.com/goats_04.html
( oohh! he's a cutie!)

Jon Ronson talks about his book, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. Mr. Ronson discusses a secret wing of the U.S. military formed in 1979 called the First Earth Batallion. The author explains that the group was created to form "Warrior Monks," a group of soldiers with the ability to walk through walls, read minds, become invisible, and kill goats by staring at them. Mr. Ronson argues that some of these ideas have inspired techniques used by the military in the present War on Terror. The author answers questions from the audience following his presentation.

Author Bio: Jon Ronson is a documentary filmmaker and the author of "Them: Adventures with Extremists."

from the above site...

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With first-hand access to the leading players in the story, Ronson traces the evolution of these bizarre activities over the past three decades, and sees how it is alive today within US Homeland Security and post-war Iraq. Why are they blasting Iraqi prisoners-of-war with the theme tune to Barney the Purple Dinosaur? Why have 100 de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? How was the US Military associated with the mysterious mass-suicide of a strange cult from San Diego? 'The men who stare at goats' answers these, and many more, questions.


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I'm speechless.

[The Doctor.]

16. Look up 'bi-location' sometime...

It's quite real.

I can assure you.

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13. How Americans are Seduced by War - Andrew Bacevich

On Sunday, May 15 at 4:30 pm
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The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War

Andrew Bacevich

Author Andrew Bacevich discusses the role of the military in American foreign policy, a subject he covers in his new book "The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War." Mr. Bacevich says that the United States now views international issues as military issues and as a result, involves the military even when unnecessary. The discussion is moderated by Richard Betts, director of national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Author Bio: Andrew Bacevich is the author of several books in addition to "The New American Militarism," including "American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy." He is a professor of international relations and Director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University.

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14. "Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?"

After Words
A Weekly Look at Selected Book TV Programs

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On Sunday, May 15 at 9:00 pm
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Michael Eric Dyson interviewed by Debra Dickerson

This week on After Words our guest is Michael Eric Dyson. He will discuss his new book, "Is Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?" It challenges the critical comments Bill Cosby made about poor Black Americans at a NAACP dinner celebrating Brown v. Board of Education in April 2004. He will be interviewed by journalist Debra Dickerson, author of "The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to their Rightful Owners."

Author Bio: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is the author of several books including: “The Michael Eric Dyson Reader”, “Open Mike,” “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur,” “Why I Love Black Women,” “I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.,” “Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line,” “Between God and Gangsta Rap,” “Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X,” and “Reflecting Black.” He is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia. Debra Dickerson has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Vibe, Mother Jones, Slate, the Village Voice, and other publications. She was the National Correspondent for Salon, a Beliefnet columnist, and a Senior Editor at US News & World Report. Ms. Dickerson enlisted in the U.S. Airforce in 1980 and served until 1992 rising to the rank of Captain

[The Doctor.]

15. Thanks!

:blush:

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18. Please check out this DU Poll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3656521


and kick!

[Jane Austin]

19. Thank you for posting the schedule.

I always find two or three segments to TiVo.

Thanks!

[Hamlette]

20. kick, thanks for the post! n/t

[housewolf]

21. Thanks for posting

and all the extra info you add. I'm looking forward to seeing a number of these broadcasts.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. Kick!

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23. Kick!

[DemBones DemBones]

24. Does anyone know if Denis Boyles's book was

actually titled "Vile France" -- or was it "Vive France"?


2:00 am Denis Boyles, 2005 Arkansas Lit. Fest: Denis Boyles "Vile France"


:shrug:

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26. Unfortunately, it's spelled correctly.....

http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/vifr/vifr.html

[DemBones DemBones]

28. How sad. Denis Boyles should, then, spell his name "Dennis" lest he be

mistaken for a Frenchman. It would be fun to ask him "Why the French spelling for your name?"

:evilgrin:

[Wind Dancer]

25. Kick! n/t

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27. Kick for the last leg of the day nt