Yohanan Plesner on Netanyahu and Gantz

Ceasefire?

An Interview with Yohanan Plesner

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A former cabinet minister and Knesset member and current head of the Israel Democracy Institute talks about the political situation in Israel.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
How Sweet Readers Fights COVID Isolation and Alzheimer's

Book of Life

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Karen Young founded an organization to help Alzheimer's patients. In the post-COVID world, that effort looks radically different.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
The Meaning of the Menorah

Light in the Darkness

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The religious symbol with the longest history of use has meant many things to many different groups, Jewish and otherwise.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  Andrew Blauner on the genius of <em>Peanuts</em>

Good Old Charlie Brown

An Interview with Andrew Blauner

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Charles Schulz's Peanuts can still delight, sadden, and fascinate us seven decades after it premiered in newspapers. We spoke with the editor of a Peanuts writing anthology about why.

Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
  Jeh Johnson on our national security situation

Know Your Enemy

An Interview with Jeh Johnson

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Our former Secretary of Homeland Security explains why the balance of the terror threat is changing and why climate change keeps him awake at night.

Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
  Allan Lichtman on Why Trump Will Lose

All Over the Map

An Interview with Brett McGurk

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The man who helped run the U.S. campaign against ISIS explains why Trump's incoherent foreign policy is dangerous and damaging to our interests.

Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
  Forest Whitaker on conflict resolution

Good Actor

An Interview with Forest Whitaker

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From Star Wars to stopping wars, Forest Whitaker's unique experiences have inspired him to take on the project of global conflict resolution.

Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
  James Grant on Walter Bagehot and <em>The Economist</em>

The Economist

An Interview with James Grant

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A leading financial journalist of today talks about his excellent new biography of Walter Bagehot, the greatest financial journalist of his age.

Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
  Norman Roule on the U.S./Iran Contest

Arms and Iran

An Interview with Norman Roule

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A former CIA officer and regional expert lays out the risks of conventional war between the U.S. and Iran.

Vol 5, Fall 2019 / September 19, 2019
  Mario Vargas Lllosa on culture and democracy

The Storyteller

An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa

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The Nobel Prize-winning novelist spoke with us about how the erosion of culture means the erosion of political liberty.

Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019