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AUDIO: Robert Scheer and David Talbot Explore the Origins of America’s Secret Government

Nov 14, 2015
In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union—one of many deviations from official history that are recounted in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." (With transcript)In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union, as reported in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard."

The Legend Will Never Die

Nov 23, 2013
Professors and pundits are downgrading President Kennedy's legacy these days, seeing him as an ordinary, even ineffective leader. The people, three-quarters of them, according to polling done this month by the Gallup organization, rate him as the greatest of modern presidents.Professors and pundits are downgrading President Kennedy's legacy these days. The people, according to polling done this month by Gallup, rate him as the greatest of modern presidents.

What We Lost

Nov 21, 2013
Whenever we reflect on the horror of Nov. 22, 1963, we mourn not only the murder of a graceful and inspiring leader but also a steady ebbing in the years thereafter of our faith in what we could achieve through public life and common endeavor.