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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6:00pm
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Russia launched an invasion in Ukraine two years ago, and the delay in weapons delivery from Western allies to Ukraine has opened a door for Russian a...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
6:30pm
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On this date 99 years and 364 days ago, the Panama Canal opened and revolutionized maritime trade.
It also threw the Panama Railroad and its parall...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014
6:30pm
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There are few storytellers like old baseball scouts because, well, nobody collects stories like the guys who spend a lifetime crisscrossing America’s...
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Friday, September 26, 2014
6:30pm
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The pig is big in these parts. Both Missouri and Kansas rank among the nation’s top 10 pork-producing states, annually putting more than 2 million pou...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
6:30pm
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Thirty years ago, there were no private military and security companies. Now PMSCs, as they’re known, are a vital part of American foreign and militar...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
6:30pm
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Yes, there’s gridlock in Washington. There’s polarization and self-interest. But beyond those breakdowns, Philip K. Howard points to...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014
6:30pm
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The year 2012 was a watershed for the Hollywood movie industry, producing the likes of Silver Linings Playbook, Les Misérables,...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
6:30pm
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For 15 years, aspiring novelist Walter Kirn was drawn into the fun-house world of Clark Rockefeller, a secretive young banker and art...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
6:30pm
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The Midwest’s small towns have produced the entrepreneurial likes of Henry Ford, George Washington Carver, and Walt Disney; artists and entertainers s...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
6:30pm
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In this year’s Park University Hauptmann Lecture, international policy expert Robert Jervis maintains that though th...