The Conversation with Jon Meacham

20/10/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/10/muammar-gaddafis-death-new-book-picks/

The reports the Muammar Gaddafi is dead brings back decades of memories. Before Saddam–in fact, while we were aiding Saddam in his war against Iran–the Libyan leader was known as “the most dangerous man in the world,” a sponsor of terrorism that killed innocents from European nightspots to the air o...

13/10/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/10/book-picks-occupy-wall-street/

There’s a clear parallel between the protests now and the ones during the Vietnam War. In fact, it could easily be argued that not since then, has there been such a widespread American uprising. Bolstering the analogy is the fact that both groups used particular events as a focus, when, in fact, the...

13/10/2011

It's about time economic populism became as big a force in American politics as it used to be. http://ideas.time.com/2011/10/12/show-them-the-money/

The homepage of occupywallst.org is somewhat plaintive. Under the heading “Mail,” the organizers of the populist economic movement advise supporters to send what they can to a UPS Store in downtown Manhattan.

11/10/2011

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/christie-to-endorse-romney-tuesday-in-new-hampshire/?hp

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is poised to endorse the candidacy of Mitt Romney on Tuesday, just hours before the party's candidates gather for another debate.

10/10/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/10/book-picks-protests-in-egypt/

Last night saw the most deadly protests since the uprising that ousted President Housini Mubarak this past February in Egypt. The surge of violence was brought upon by Coptic Egyptians angry over a recent attack on a church in Cairo. Some have reported that under the new regime, the Christians in Eg...

07/10/2011

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65367.html

After being fiercely shielded from public life for years, the former first daughter is now choosing to join it.

06/10/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/10/book-picks-inspiration-strikes-in-jobs/

As we’ve now all come to learn, Steve Jobs passed away yesterday. In this time of reflection, many have looked to his famous Stanford commencement speech as inspiration. One choice quote stands out:

03/10/2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/youre-creating-a-vision-of-the-sort-of-society-you-want-to-have-in-miniature/2011/08/25/gIQAXVg7HL_blog.html

30/09/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/09/book-picks-of-the-week/

There was a scary report out this week from the Southern Poverty Law Center about students’ familiarity with the basic events of the civil-rights movement. Such stories are sadly not surprising: it is well-established that young Americans are disturbingly unprepared to answer even the most basic que...

30/09/2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-scariest-sentence-ive-read-today/2011/08/25/gIQApAKw9K_blog.html

Europe is heading into recession.

30/09/2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-is-killed-in-yemen.html?hp

Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born preacher depicted as a leading figure in Al Qaeda’s outpost in Yemen, was killed on Friday morning in the north of the country, according to the Defense Ministry.

28/09/2011

http://www.conversationonline.com/2011/09/the-establishment-crusader-out-to-fix-the-ncaa/

Duke University graduate, ESPN employee, and Southern lawyer are not exactly the descriptions you would expect of someone who has become one of the NCAA’s most vocal, and dangerous critics. Jay Bilas () has taken to Twitter to deconstruct one of the country’s most inept institutions using a...