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10:00 am
Ideas In Action with Jim Glassman
"Academically Adrift: How College Students and Professors Aren't Making the Grade"
Guests: Josipa Roksa, co-author, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campus; Kim Clark, Senior Writer for Money Magazine; James Piereson, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. College is still considered key to the American dream. But is that dream hollow? "Academically Adrift" a new book by two college professors contends that many of today's college students show little-to-no improvement in critical thinking or written communication throughout their time at college. D
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10:30 am
Great Decisions In Foreign Policy
"Drawdown: Exiting Iraq and Afghanistan"
As U.S. troops drawdown from Iraq and Afghanistan, what's the return on the American investment in blood and treasure?. D
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11:00 am
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
The historian explores the West's epic and surprising rise to global dominance. Applying essential economic and political insights, Ferguson identifies what he calls "the six killer applications," which enabled the West to become an economic and political superpower. During the 15th-century spice race, competition, both economic and political, fostered capitalism and spread the wealth in the West from royal courts to a fragmented European state system, outstripping China's monolithic empire. Part 1 of 2G
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1:00 pm
Intelligence Squared U.S.
"Congress Should Approve Obama'a Jobs Plan"
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2:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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3:00 pm
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3:30 pm
Journal
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4:00 pm
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
The historian explores the West's epic and surprising rise to global dominance. Applying essential economic and political insights, Ferguson identifies what he calls "the six killer applications," which enabled the West to become an economic and political superpower. During the 15th-century spice race, competition, both economic and political, fostered capitalism and spread the wealth in the West from royal courts to a fragmented European state system, outstripping China's monolithic empire. Part 1 of 2G
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6:00 pm
Intelligence Squared U.S.
"Congress Should Approve Obama'a Jobs Plan"
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7:00 pm
PBS NewsHour
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8:00 pm
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8:30 pm
Journal
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9:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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10:00 pm
Globe Trekker
"Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco"
Ben O'Donoghue starts his culinary adventures with lunch at the camel market in Casablanca.G
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11:00 pm
Intelligence Squared U.S.
"Congress Should Approve Obama'a Jobs Plan"
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