Topic: Bill Moyers
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Decoder Wire Ron Paul slams Boston police. Has he gone too far?
Ron Paul, in a posting on the website of a libertarian activist, accused US law enforcement of 'a military-style occupation of an American city' in its response to the Boston bombing.
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Chapter & Verse Marilynne Robinson: Why are we so afraid?
'Do we never expect to have a bad time?' Robinson asked an audience at Calvin College's Festival on Faith & Writing. 'Every generation or so, something goes haywire. It's human history.'
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Top Picks: Examining the Wild West, an opera on Anne Boleyn, and more
'Moneyball' features a great performance by Brad Pitt, jazz duo Charlie Haden and Hank Jones release a beautiful collection of hymns and spirituals, a video shows breathtaking views of Ho Chi Minh City and the traffic inside it, and more top picks.
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Top Picks: 'Bill Moyers: The Language of Life,' a funny Bob Dylan album, Joe Bonamassa's 'Dust Bowl,' and more
Bill Moyers' DVD anthology on spoken poetry, live recordings of a Bob Dylan concert, Joe Bonamassa's latest album 'Dust Bowl', and more recommendations.
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National Poetry Month: How and why I celebrate
Based on my own experience, I still think of television as an especially powerful tool in raising poetry’s profile.
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8 questions for Greg Lawrence, author of "Jackie as Editor"
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent longer working as an editor than she did married to either President Kennedy or millionaire Aristotle Onassis.
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Gift guides for the holidays include classic TV shows
Gift guides are popular this time of year, especially for the procrastinating shopper. Check out the Monitor holiday gift guides, which include classic and foreign TV programs in DVD sets.
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Top picks: Randy Bachman on the radio, 'Breadcrumb Trail' app, Kings of Leon's 'Come Around Sundown,' and more
Guitarist 'Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap' on the radio, iPhone app 'Breadcrumb Trail,' new album from Kings of Leon 'Come Around Sundown,' and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: 'Beauty and the Beast,' Farm Aid, 'Ondine,' and more recommendations
Newly restored 'Beauty and the Beast' on the big screen, Farm Aid music festival at 25, 'Ondine' fairy tale out on DVD, and more top picks.
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Are we consumers or connoisseurs?
We may be voracious readers, but is 'consume' the right word for what we do to 'media'?
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Lyndon B. Johnson
This biography of LBJ is the latest in the well-received American Presidents Series.
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France: TV for big thinkers
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Who will be first to write about the crash?
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Race rears again in campaign
At least it's being wrestled with in the open as Obama's former pastor speaks out.
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