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Inquiry
Paul Davies: THE EERIE SILENCE: RENEWING OUR SEARCH FOR ALIEN INTELLIGENCE.

Is there anybody out there? If so, as Enrico Fermi once asked, “Where is everybody?” After 50 years, S.E.T.I. (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has been hopefully listening for narrow-band radio messages from alien civilizations. But are we going about this search for extraterrestrial life in the best possible way?

The Business Beat
Tim Cahill - Cape Wind Project

On April 13, State Treasurer Tim Cahill, who is also an independent candidate for governor, announced that Massachusetts will withdraw more than $231 million of state funds from a Bank of America account because the lender refuses to cap credit-card interest rates at 18 percent.
Treasurer Cahill’s decision followed a meeting the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization held with Bank of America asking the lender to comply with the state’s usury law, which caps rates at 18 percent.

The Public Eye
Michael Gelb - Wine Drinking For Inspired Thinking

Michael Gelb is a leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. Michael is the author of the new book "Wine Drinking For inspired Thinking". A pioneer in the fields of creative thinking and innovative leadership, he leads seminars for organizations such as DuPont, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Raytheon and YPO.

The Business Beat
Aman Singh - Corporate Social Responsibility

Sustainability is no longer a buzzword hyping simple recycling efforts. Every day, companies are doing all they can to decrease their carbon footprint. Celebrating these efforts, Vault released its 2nd Annual Vault Guide to Green Programs. But Earth Day is even more significant because of the economic implications associated with going green.

The Public Eye
Robert McGlone - John Brown's War Against Slavery

Drawing on both new and neglected evidence, this book reconstructs Old John Brown’s aborted “war” to free the 3.8 million slaves in the American South before the Civil War. John Brown’s War Against Slavery chronicles how this aged American apostle of violence in behalf of the “downtrodden,” this abolitionist “fanatic” and “terroriser,” ultimately rescued his cause by going to the gallows with resolution and outward calm.

Inquiry
Gerald Nachman : SERIOUSLY FUNNY: THE REBEL COMEDIANS OF THE 1950S AND 1960S.

The 1950s and early 1960s witnessed the birth of a new kind of comedy in America. Playing at small, intimate clubs like the “hungry i” in San Francisco, comedians like Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart and Mike Nichols and Elaine May redefined what was funny. Their material was topical, satirical and personal and their on-stage style unlike anything like that of the older “Copa and Catskill comedians”.

The Business Beat
Joe Raulinaitis

The Public Eye
Austin Kleon - Poet

Austin Kleon
Book: Newspaper Blackout

Date May 2

Poet and author Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper, permanent marker and eliminates words that he doesn’t need. The end result is poetry that Kleon feels rivals his contemporaries. Kleon feels this method is a great way to get children and your people to use cultivate their creative talents and at the same time have fun.

Inquiry
Thomas Asbridge: THE CRUSADES: THE AUTHORITATIVE HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE HOLY LAND

For hundreds of years European Christians battled eastern Mediterranean Muslims during the Crusades. Finally, the Muslims led by the Mamluks won the ultimate battle for the occupation of the Levant. Why did the Crusades happen? Did the Muslim world provoke the Crusades or were these Latin Holy Wars of Aggression? Is there a lasting legacy of the Crusades to found in wars in the Middle East today?

The Public Eye
Robert McGlone - John Brown's War Against Slavery

Drawing on both new and neglected evidence, this book reconstructs Old John Brown’s aborted “war” to free the 3.8 million slaves in the American South before the Civil War. John Brown’s War Against Slavery chronicles how this aged American apostle of violence in behalf of the “downtrodden,” this abolitionist “fanatic” and “terroriser,” ultimately rescued his cause by going to the gallows with resolution and outward calm.