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Despot Serenade
After the New York Philharmonic accepted an invitation to perform in Pyongyang, a flurry of commentary condemned and praised the move. Was this savvy cultural diplomacy, or just a PR coup for the world's worst tyrant? By Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler (02/16/2008 - first published in the Washington Times)
Politics and Art Meet East of the Anacostia
In the response to Washington Post Music Critic Tim Page's colorful reply to an unsolicited e-mail from Marion Barry’s staff, his Newspaper's and Mr. Barry's dignity suffered far more than his. By Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler (CA-Forum, 12.05.2007)
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New Main Maestro in Philadelphia while the NSO Keeps Looking.
The Philadelphia Orchestra announced Charles Dutoit as their new Music Director, starting in 2008. Meanwhile the National Symphony Orchestra's search still continues - and so do the speculations about the potential successor to Leonard Slatkin.
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Interview with "Green Gone Wrong" Author Heather Rogers
Heather Rogers discusses the incompatibilities between an economic system based on consumption and one based on environmental sustainability, and how green products have gotten trapped in the middle.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
The Power of Soy: Commercial Relations between Argentina and China
Argentine President Fernández traveled to China to address the soy oil controversy between the two countries. China has been blocking the commodity from entering the country in retaliation against anti-dumping measures that Argentina has applied against Chinese imports.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
Want to Cut the Deficit? Start by Getting out of Afghanistan
With military spending out of control and the war in Afghanistan now more protracted than Vietnam, the United States simply refuses to downscale its biggest liability.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
Unsustainability in Today's Sustainable Development
For development to be integrated into a community, governments and NGOs need to find a way to educate and involve local people for the long term.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: 21 Years Later
Two decades later, the havoc wreaked by the Exxon spill is still being felt by the habitat and wildlife, which makes envisioning the future of the Gulf of Mexico a scary thought.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
The Gulf Oil Spill: Crisis of Unfathomable Consequences
The consequences of the BP oil spill are literally incalculable. While BP and government agencies argue over money and regulations, our ecosystem suffers the devastation.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
Interview with Claudia Medina
The filmmaker discusses alternative ways to look at the Western economic model, taking a more holistic approach than the traditional growth- and GDP-oriented thinking.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
Re: Tar Sands of Alberta
The fact that Canada allows this type of extraction to occur, and that operations have no requirement for containment or capture of these chemicals, is criminal.
World News Review - 09/05/2010
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