- -: Of Cannibalism and Other Horrors of War - Emmanuel Jai
January 14, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/24/Emmanuel_Jal_A_Boy_Soldiers_Story Emmanuel Jal, musician and author of War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, recounts the "lowest point" in his life when starvation nearly turned him to cannibalism. ----- Emmanuel Jal was born in a tiny village in Sou...
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- -: The Role of 'Evil Psychology' in Criminal Interrogations - David Mutton
January 14, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/David_Mutton_Policing_Our_Minds "To be effective, investigative psychologists cannot be hampered by the absolutes of a human rights perspective," argues David Mutton. "We can't do it the nice way." Mutton endorses the use of stern psychological techni...
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- -: Repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Colin Powell and Sam Nunn
February 2, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/03/Powell_and_Nunn_Building_Consensus_on_US_Foreign_Policy Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell and former Senator Sam Nunn discuss a possible repeal of the U.S. military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gay and lesbian ser...
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- -: Iraq War on Video: A Day in the Life of Troops on the Ground
April 15, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/27/David_Finkel_The_Good_Soldiers The Good Soldiers author David Finkel plays a short video featuring U.S. Army footage taken from a Humvee in October 2007 during a typical mission in Eastern Baghdad. He details the day-to-day nature of Army life and des...
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- -: Hitchens on Obama's Israel Policy: 'Not Impressive'
August 3, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/Barack_Obama_No_He_Cant Author Christopher Hitchens criticizes the Obama administration's response to the continued construction of Israeli settlements in Arab neighborhoods. "The last time there was an impressive American policy it was a Republican a...
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- -: Are Our Bankers Too Clever for Their Own Good? - David Wessel
August 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/David_Wessel_Meet_Paul_Keating Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel explains the current financial crisis as the product of too clever minds, too much money, and very little accountability. "The brightest of our youth were lured to financ...
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- -: Bernanke a Hero? WSJ Editor Wessel Says Crisis Could Have Been Much Worse
August 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/David_Wessel_Meet_Paul_Keating David Wessel, economics editor for The Wall Street Journal and author of In Fed We Trust, argues that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was one of the biggest heroes to come out of the recent financial crisis. Wessel explains th...
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- -: The Climate Change Gamble: An Unacceptable Risk?
August 18, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/23/John_Ralston_Saul_on_Freedom_and_Globalization John Ralston Saul, President of International PEN, frames the climate change debate as a gamble, calling it an "unacceptable risk" even if the odds are less than 50-50 that human actions are triggering en...
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- -: How the Sex Trafficking Industry Is Evolving - Lydia Cacho
September 3, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/Lydia_Cacho_Goes_Undercover_in_the_Global_Sex_Trade Investigative journalist Lydia Cacho traces the increasing sophistication of sex traffickers, who she describes as having gone from simply abducting girls and women to "creating a pop culture of por...
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- -: Bill Gates: The End of Textbooks as We Know Them
September 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/08/A_Conversation_with_Bill_Gates_at_Aspen_Ideas_Festival Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates pinpoints the problem with today's textbooks, and predicts where the future of learning lies for K-12 students. He stresses the importance of self-diagnostic tools, w...
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