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Blog Entries by Christopher Lydon from 06/2010

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The 'Fragility' Crisis Is Just Begun

| Posted 06.04.2010 | Books
Read More: History, Philosophy, Radio Conversation, Economy, Nature, Brown University, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Future, Black Swan, Events, Christopher Lydon, Fragility, Robustness, Books News

For a world that wants better than the fatuous "perfect storm" account of the economic meltdown -- or of BP's gusher -- Taleb has revised and extended his cult classic, The Black Swan.

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India's Swift, Strange Social Change (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.08.2010 | World
Read More: India, South Asia, Radio Conversation, Patrick Heller, Sociology, Kerala, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, International, World News

Patrick Heller was 16 years old, a school boy, when his Swiss parents moved to New Delhi in the late 1970s. India became his school -- his inescapabl...

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Steve Kinzer's 'Reset' Roles for Turkey and Iran (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.11.2010 | World
Read More: Politics, Turkey, Radio Conversation, Middle East, New York Times, Iran, International Relations, Diplomacy, Stephen Kinzer, Israel, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Stephen Kinzer is a journalist of a certain cheeky fearlessnes and exquisite timing. In his new book he's ahead of the game again. The ink was bar...

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The Political Economy of FIFA, With Vishwas Satgar (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.16.2010 | World
Read More: Vishwas Satgar, Fifa, Radio Conversation, World, World Cup, Football, Soccer, Christopher Lydon, Political Economy, South Africa, World News

Like the Beijing Olympics in Summer '08, this World Cup is a coming-out party, and a historic marker for Africa at the center of the maximum stage.

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Bromwich Channels Edmund Burke: "America is out of itself" (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.23.2010 | Politics
Read More: Yale University, David Bromwich, Christopher Lydon, Literature, Bromwich, Conservatives, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, Edmund Burke, Obama, Democrats, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, India, France, Afghanistan, England, President Obama, War, Violence, History, Liberty, Nonviolence, East India Company, Character, Obama Character, Imperialism, Iraq, Tea Party, Bill Buckley, Impeachment, George Bush, George W. Bush, Warren Hastings, Limits of Power, Post-9/11, George Bush Barack Obama, Politics News

David Bromwich is channeling the lost conservative voice of Edmund Burke, the missing wisdom on our mad Afghanistan misadventure.

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Vijay Iyer's Life in Music: "Striving is the Backstory..." (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.25.2010 | Arts
Read More: Great Pianists, India, Indian Diaspora, New York, America, Jazz Improv, Marcus Gilmore, Vijay Iyer, Christopher Lydon, Improv, Historicity, Thelonious Monk, Music, Radio Open Source, Diaspora, Du Bois, Jazz, American Experience, Vijay Iyer Trio, Periodic Table, Drummer, Improvisation, Piano, Arts News

Vijay Iyer brings rare stuff to jazz piano, starting with a Brahmin Indian name and heritage, and a Yale degree in physics. Gujarati stick dances and ...

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William Dalrymple: the Af-Pak Fiasco "on its last legs" (AUDIO)

| Posted 06.30.2010 | Politics
Read More: India, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Richard Holbrooke, Af-Pak, Pakistan, Kabul, Travel, Taliban, Independence, Sepoy Mutiny, Hamid Karzai, Pashtun, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Nine Lives, East India Company, Jalalabad, Barack Obama, Asia Society, William Dalrymple, Scotland, Travel Writing, Foreign Affairs, Christopher Lydon, Imperialism, Politics News

William Dalrymple is drawing on a deep well of personal and imperial history in his stark clarification of our American comeuppance in Afghanistan. ...

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