David Hajdu - Censorship in the Comic Book Industry
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/21/David_Hajdu_Ten-Cent_Plague Author David Hajdu discusses 1950's-era self-censorship in the comic book industry. ----- "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America" with author David Hajdu. Comic books, not rock-and-roll, created the generation gap. (They also spawned... Read more
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- -: David Hajdu - Censorship in the Comic Book Industry
April 24, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/21/David_Hajdu_Ten-Cent_Plague Author David Hajdu discusses 1950's-era self-censorship in the comic book industry. ----- "The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America" with author David Hajdu. Comic books, not rock-and-ro...
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- -: Aristotle's Take on Gay Marriage?
November 6, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/04/Michael_Sandel_Justice-Journey_in_Moral_Reasoninga Harvard University Professor of Government Michael Sandel explains classical Aristotelian notions of "justice," by examining them in the context of the modern issue of same-sex marriage. ----- Harva...
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- -: In Defense of Free Speech on the Internet - Cassandra Wilkinson
December 18, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/01/Battle_of_Ideas_Caught_in_the_Web Australian media commentator Cassandra Wilkinson weighs the dangers of censoring free speech on the internet. Wilkinson argues that, although a complete freedom of speech might enable unwanted activity such as pedophi...
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- -: Gun Rights Under Obama - Brian Doherty
January 21, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/24/Gun_Control_on_Trial Libertarian author Brian Doherty criticizes President Obama's "disrespect for personal gun possession rights," but believes the new administration will do little in the near future to enforce stricter gun control laws. ----- Las...
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- -: Wage War On Prop. 8 At The Ballots, Not In Court - Lawrence Lessig
January 21, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/14/Lawrence_Lessig_Remix Stanford law professor and digital rights advocate Lawrence Lessig warns against efforts to overturn California's Prop 8 (gay marriage ban) in state courts. Lessig argues that doing so may shift the focus of debate from civil rig...
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- -: Google's Gatekeeper: The Most Powerful Woman on the Net
February 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/04/Looking_for_Jefferson_s_Moose_State_of_Cyberspace Legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen reflects on his meeting with "Google's gatekeeper," deputy general counsel Nicole Wong -- a woman who, Rosen claims, has more control over free speech than practically anyon...
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- -: If the Burka's Banned, What Comes Next?
August 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Should_the_Burka_Be_Banned Journalists Virginia Haussegger and Julie Posetti debate the ethics of banning the burka in Australia. ----- Muslim women's dress codes have come into the political spotlight in both Muslim-majority and non-Muslim societie...
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- -: Ruling on the Right to Bear Arms - Laurence Silberman
October 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/05/Uncommon_Knowledge_Judge_Laurence_Silberman Judge Laurence Silberman explains the origins of his ruling against the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. He explains, "It wasn't a right to bear arms granted by the Constitution, it was a right that was p...
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