NPR: Douglas Brinkley https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126953624 Douglas Brinkley en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:51:27 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Douglas Brinkley https://www.npr.org/tags/126953624/douglas-brinkley As The 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11 Nears, New Books Highlight The Mission's Legacy These works make apparent how singular an achievement America's moon landing was — and show that half a century later we're still grappling to understand its long-term meaning. Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:48:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/732588738/as-the-50th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-nears-new-books-highlight-the-missions-lega https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/732588738/as-the-50th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-nears-new-books-highlight-the-missions-lega

These works make apparent how singular an achievement America's moon landing was — and show that half a century later we're still grappling to understand its long-term meaning.

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]]> Adam Frank Lawmaker, Scholar Tangle Verbally At Testy House Arctic Refuge Hearing One of the nation's best-known academic historians got into a superheated exchange Friday with one of the U.S. House's longest serving members over the issue of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:17:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/11/18/142530323/house-anwr-hearing-gets-nasty-as-lawmaker-professor-trade-jibes https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/11/18/142530323/house-anwr-hearing-gets-nasty-as-lawmaker-professor-trade-jibes

One of the nation's best-known academic historians got into a superheated exchange Friday with one of the U.S. House's longest serving members over the issue of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

]]> Frank James Running in Place in NOLA President Bush spoke at a charter school in New Orleans this morning, and assured the residents that the federal government understands their needs and it's "still engaged." Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:56:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2007/08/running_in_place_in_nola_1.html https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2007/08/running_in_place_in_nola_1.html President Bush spoke at a charter school in New Orleans this morning, and assured the residents that the federal government understands their needs and it's "still engaged."

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