How did an African Giraffe end up in a Chinese court in 1415? To many, especially in China, the opening ceremony for the games didn’t just signal the start of the Olympics. They symbolized the arrival of modern China on the world stage. But this isn’t the country’s first go-around as a world power. We’ll […]
Can a few dollars really make a difference? We’ll find out this hour with Alex Counts, President and CEO of the Grameen Foundation and author of the new book “Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance Are Changing the World” (Wiley, 2008).
How does a big national election shape GOP political strategy in a state like Texas? We’ll talk this hour with Texas House Republican Leader, Representative Frank Corte, Jr.
What’s the best way to motivate and inspire middle-school kids to do their best? We’ll talk this hour with educator Bernie Schein who distills his 40-plus years of teaching in the new book “If Holden Caulfield Were in My Classroom: Inspiring Love, Creativity and Intelligence in Middle School Kids” (Sentient, Paperback, 2008).
What does Barack Obama’s candidacy mean for traditional African American politics? Does it portend a “post-racial” American society? We’ll spend the hour with scholar and columnist John McWhorter, whose article “Obamakids: And the 10-year-olds shall lead us” appeared in the August 10th issue of New York Magazine.
School starts Monday for students in most area districts. What’s new this year for the Dallas district? We’ll talk this evening with DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Ph.D.
Does “tolerance” really stand for concealed enmity? Is there a shared human concept of right and wrong? Should there be? Our guest this hour, New York University Professor Steven Lukes, tackles it all in his new book “Moral Relativism” (Picador, Paperback, 2008).
Political posturing aside, what’s the situation really like along our country’s southern border? Journalist and former Marine Corps officer David J. Danelo investigated the situation first hand along both sides of the 1952-mile line for his new book “The Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide” (Stackpole Books, 2008). He joins us this hour.
We’ve all seen extensive coverage of the Beijing Olympics this month. But what is the takeaway for China and its government? We’ll spend this hour with Ross Terrill, fellow at the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. He’ll speak to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.
Uh … this hour … we’ll … ahh … explore why it’s often so tough to get that … uh … sentence out and what that difficulty says about the speaker with Michael Erard. His book, “Um …: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean” (Anchor, 2008), is now out in … uh […]
