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Cable and the Candidates Raymond L. Fischer
Category: Mass Media Published: November 2008
One reason this proved to be the most exciting presidential campaign in memory was the extensive coverage provided by the cable television networks.
 
Examining the Economics of Environmental Policy Murray Weidenbaum
Category: National Affairs Published: November 2008
"At the heart of benefit-cost, cost-effectiveness, and benefit-risk analyses is the proposition that the existence of finite resources requires society to set priorities and make choices."
 
Lord of the Rings
Category: Focus on Outer Space Published: November 2008
Striking images from space portray Saturn and its moons as they never have been seen before.
 
Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters
Category: Science & Technology Published: November 2008
Discover the power of the Earth's forces in a dynamic exhibition that leaves visitors shaking their heads in wonder.
 
Parting with Illusions: Developing a Realistic Approach to Relations with Russia Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Category: The World Today Published: November 2008
The US government should be concerned largely w/ Russia's behavior beyond its borders, and deal with Moscow on a quid pro quo basis. This requires a change in attitude, away from a post-Cold War American triumphalism back to a more realistic approach.
 
The Beauty of the Beast
Category: Museums Today Published: November 2008
"Other than humans themselves, the horse is perhaps the single most important species in human history. The story of how we have shaped horses and how horses have shaped up is profound and complex. . . ."
 
The New Russia vs. the Old Soviet Union: Is the New Boss Just Like the Old Boss? Andrei Illarionov
Category: The World Today Published: November 2008
Global leaders may be distracted by events in Iraq & the economic stage--the recession clearly has spread well beyond the borders of the suddenly floundering US--but if they are not careful, they just might wake up to discover another Cold War has begun.
 
There Never Has Been Anything Like It--Ever!
Category: USA Yesterday Published: November 2008
". . . The contradictory forces and emotions of nascent hippy idealism and free love ran parallel to revolution, radicalism, and civil unrest. . . ."
 
What Could Have Been Newt Gingrich
Category: Worldview Published: November 2008
"The difference between the debate we ought to be having [concerning the War on Terror] and the one we are having is staggering. The gap between where we are and where we should be is so large that it seems almost impossible to explain. . . ."