The Latest from Big Think

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Jim Lehrer explains his lifelong love for the work of J.D. Salinger, and describes what he would ask in a dream interview with the literary legend.
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Lehrer says we should actually act on our pledges to improve education.
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We are driven by a search for value and meaning.
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Gomes believes we live in a fallen world.
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Unlike the America of his childhood, the country no longer has a shared experience to draw upon.
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Peter Gomes says he would like to be remembered as a man who made others think.
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As an American, Jim Lehrer is worried about what is done in his name.
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Peter Gomes is a preacher who teaches, as opposed to a teacher who preaches.
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If we’d had a mandatory military service, Lehrer wonders, would we still have invaded Iraq?
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Gomes describes his “Afro-Saxon” upbringing.
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Lehrer, on Americans’ lack of cohesion.
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Jim Lehrer talks about duty, shared experience, and what it means to serves one’s country.
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Jim Lehrer writes about people fighting like hell to be successful.
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Jim Lehrer, on why and how he writes.
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Jim Lehrer talks about what goes into a broadcast, or a novel.
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Jim Lehrer reflects on the impact of Ms. Litton.
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If our talents are distributed randomly, how do we use them fairly?