The first part of National Geographic’s adaptation of Guns, Germs, and Steel was broadcast Monday, but you can catch replays of it at odd hours through this week. The program is billed as a miniseries, which for me evokes images of fading movie stars dressed in period clothes, reciting hackneyed dialogue. In this case, the …
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