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  Congressional Corruption Cancer
Scandal is in the air in Washington, DC, and the name of one man is leading the headline parade -- Jack ...
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Corruption, Then and Now
Bribery, graft, extortion, cronyism, money laundering. Political corruption has a lot of names but whatever it’s called there seems to be ...
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Ogden Nash Revealed
Aired 2/2/2006

"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker". You may have heard this before and laughed, but like so many other wonderful poems, it has become such a part of American culture that many cannot even remember the source. Well, the author was Ogden Nash. While his verse was often witty and humorous there was also a somber side to his story. Who was Ogden Nash? And why do we still read his work?
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  Douglas Parker
    

Originally Aired: 9/15/2005

   
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Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest.
Was Norman Rockwell A Great Artist?
  aired 10/27/2005
Books to Please, Part Two
  aired 4/28/2005
Books to Please, Part One
  aired 4/21/2005


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