America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
In two-thousand-five a son traveled to conflict-ridden Iraq, hoping to understand his father’s past as a Jew in Kurdistan. It’s the story of a disappearing way of life and an ancient language on the verge of extinction. It’s also a son’s story of reconciliation with his father
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- Ariel Sabar Ariel Sabar is an award-winning former staff writer for "The Baltimore Sun" and the "Providence Journal."
- Yona Sabar Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic at UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
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