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Charles A. A. Dellschau Dreams of Flying: The Amazing Story of an Airship Club That Might Never Have Existed

In the 1960s, a house in Houston caught on fire. In the aftermath, a set of 12 scrapbooks were discovered. They depicted a society, the Sonora Aero Club, that has all but disappeared from history, if…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2657 words)

Saddam Hussein’s Speeches on Democracy (1977-1978)

“The question of democracy is an extremely complicated one. It needs your great concern.” “We aspire to make the child a source of enlightenment within the family, which includes his parents and his…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2831 words)

The 100% Economy: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong Middle Class to Thrive

Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America? Reuters…
PUBLISHED: May 18, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4644 words)

Understanding Democracy

In this exclusive interview we speak to Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who (with over 150 books published) is regarded as "one of…
PUBLISHED: April 27, 2011
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5773 words)

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