- -: The War on Terrorism: General Casey Foresees Ten More Years
September 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/09/General_Casey_Our_21st_Century_Army General George W. Casey, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, discusses the current role of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to "conventional war" tactics, Casey says the armed forces are ...
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- -: Bill Gates: End-of-Life Care vs. Saving Teachers' Jobs
September 10, 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 and philanthropist Bill Gates examines the impact that the misallocation of healthcare funds has on the education system. He pins some of the blame on excessive end-of-life care...
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- -: The Iranian Revolution That Almost Wasn't (Tweeted)
September 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/07/Short_Messages_Big_Impact_Twitter_Founders_Biz_and_Ev And you thought you were inconvenienced by Twitter's server maintenance? Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams discuss how the Iranian election riots nearly weren't broadcast over Twitter du...
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- -: Megan Stack: War on Terror "Never Really Existed"
September 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/06/Megan_Stack_An_Education_in_War Megan Stack, author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War, defends her claim that the so-called War on Terror was more of a political generalization than an actual, coherent war....
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- -: J. Ralston Saul: Capitalism Fails in "Economy of Surplus"
September 20, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/23/John_Ralston_Saul_on_Freedom_and_Globalization Author and essayist John Ralston Saul attributes current economic troubles to capitalism's failure to function in an era of surplus. He dismisses the viability of globalization, and ventures that the U.S....
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- -: Dealing with the Remains of Palestinian Suicide Bombers
September 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/06/Megan_Stack_An_Education_in_War Megan Stack, foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, reflects on something "truly bizarre" that she observed while covering the Second Intifada in Israel. The morgue in Jaffa, she says, was f...
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- -: Cynthia Nixon: Gays Don't Want to Redefine Marriage
October 6, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon weighs in on the gay marriage debate. "Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way," she says. "When women got the vote, they did not redefine votin...
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- -: Paul Krugman: Flawed Healthcare Is OK, Flawed Stimulus Is Not
October 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and opinion columnist for the New York Times, explains his support for an imperfect healthcare reform bill and his opposition to an imperfect stimulus package. He argues that...
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- -: SNL's 'Weekend Update' vs 'The Daily Show'
October 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 When asked if he feels rivalrous with "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, host of SNL's "Weekend Update," jokes that Brian Williams is actually his rival. "All I want to be is the most trusted name at NBC," he...
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- -: Gladwell on Income Inequality: We're Off the Rails
October 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell discusses America's dramatically changing notions of wealth and income inequality since the mid-20th century. Gladwell notes that top-earning Americans faced a 91% income tax rate d...
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