- -: Was Iraq Worth It? - General Jack Keane
April 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/General_John_Keane_The_Mastermind_Behind_the_Surge Retired Army General Jack Keane, co-architect of the U.S. "troop surge" in Iraq, argues in defense of the war. "We have, among the twenty-two Arab Muslim countries, the only one that elects its govern...
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- -: Reasons for Optimism in Afghanistan? - General Jack Keane
April 28, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/General_John_Keane_The_Mastermind_Behind_the_Surge Retired Army General Jack Keane gives his take on what he describes as the differences between the "good" Afghanistan war and "bad" Iraq war. Keane says that "there is not a major calamity in Afghanis...
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- -: Condoleezza Rice: Mistakes in Iraq?
May 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/03/Condoleezza_Rice_Perspectives_on_Peace_and_War Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration was not prepared for the collapse of Iraq. "We were way too focused on Baghdad." "In my heart, I was worried," admits Rice. "I thoug...
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- -: Jeremy Irons: Broadway 'Slowly Killing Itself'
May 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/08/Jeremy_Irons_Reflects_on_His_Career Actor Jeremy Irons reflects on Broadway's changes over the last 25 years. Calling the costs "ridiculously expensive," Irons argues Broadway is "slowly killing itself - the audience is slowly dying." ----- Jeremy I...
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- -: The Microbrew Model of Journalism - Peter Phillips
June 8, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Censored_2009_The_Top_25_Censored_Stories_of_2007-08 Professor Peter Phillips argues that the future of news media should be built around a network of university-based validation. Likening the movement to the rebirth of the microbrewery in the 1980s, ...
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- -: Could Energy Policy Solve the Economic Crisis?
June 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/17/The_Roots_of_Energy_Efficiency_SUVs_and_Refrigerators David Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council argues that the root cause of the economic crisis is "directly related to bad energy efficiency policy." Goldstein calls for fixing energy e...
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- -: Can Eastern Philosophy Compliment Western Medicine?
August 5, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/03/The_Human_Side_of_Medicine Pathfinders Founder Tina Staley explains the goals of her organization, a health care non-profit that advocates combining western medicine with eastern philosophy and holistic treatments. ----- White House Health Care poli...
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- -: Has Unemployment Peaked? - Jon Fisher
August 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/05/Entrepreneurism_Begin_With_The_End_In_Mind_Jon_Fisher Entrepreneur Jon Fisher cites data on housing starts to predict that U.S. unemployment levels will soon peak and begin to decrease. ----- With private-sector jobs declining, would-be entrepreneur...
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- -: End-of-Life Care Dilemma: Who Gets Booted from the ICU?
September 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/17/Richard_Epstein_Breaking_Down_Healthcare_Reform Hoover Institution senior fellow Richard Epstein discusses the ethical and financial quandary of costly end-of-life care. He argues that money commonly spent on those at or near their life expectancy wou...
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- -: Is Suicide a Right? - Simon Critchley
November 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/09/Simon_Critchley_To_Philosophize_Is_to_Learn_How_to_Die Philosopher Simon Critchley examines Western cultural attitudes on suicide since the advent of Christianity. Critchley argues for suicide as a dignified way to end one's life in the case of termin...
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