(Steve’s new book is Private Empire, available now from Penguin USA.)
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Walter Mondale interviews Ahmed Rashid at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs (via MPR)
Read this interview with Laura to learn which purchases are most likely to boost your overall mood and sense of well-being. Plus: The quickest way to buy a little joy.
Steve Coll on NPR’s Morning Edition
PSB Speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll was on Morning Edition yesterday, talking about his newest book, Private Empire: Exxon Mobile and American Power. Check out the full interview here.
Kathryn Stockett on the best part of The Help’s success!
A BIG congrats goes out to Dwayne Betts!! This morning President Obama nominated Dwayne to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: “These dedicated and accomplished individuals will be valued additions to my Administration as we tackle the important challenges facing America. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”
The Villain: The left hates him. The right hates him even more. But Ben Bernanke saved the economy—and has navigated masterfully through the most trying of times.
—PSB Speaker Roger Lowenstein for The Atlantic
An inside look at how killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.
—Michael Hastings for Rolling Stone
