- -: 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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- -: Democracy and the Wired World - Michael Wesley
November 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Is_Democracy_Not_For_Everyone In this panel debate, Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Wesley explores how advancements in communication technologies have facilitated the spread of global democracy. "Fatalism is dead," he says. "Democracy is he...
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- -: Czech Leader: Global Warming Alarmists Are Like Communists
November 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/06/Uncommon_Knowledge_Vaclav_Klaus President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus compares communist ideologues to global warming alarmists. "They are against individual freedom," states Klaus. "They are both very similar in telling us what to do, how to l...
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- -: The Allure of the 'Nanny State' - Paul Rahe
December 14, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/19/Uncommon_Knowledge_Soft_Despotism_with_Paul_Rahe Paul A. Rahe, author of Soft Despotism: Democracy's Drift relates political behavior to human nature. Rahe argues that overbearing "nanny state" government policies are caused by anxiety over social fre...
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- -: Is the Welfare State on its Way Out? - Paul Rahe
March 15, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/19/Uncommon_Knowledge_Soft_Despotism_with_Paul_Rahe Soft Despotism author Paul A. Rahe argues that an entitlement program like social security "has built into it the seeds of its own destruction." He predicts that welfare programs will eventually unravel...
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- -: The United States: A Petri Dish for Liberal Democracy? - Timothy Ferris
March 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/08/How_Science_Inspired_Democracy_in_the_Modern_World Science writer Timothy Ferris presents the United States as a science experiment in liberalism, based on the theory that "ordinary people should be maximally free." Ferris argues that while liberal de...
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- -: Equality and Exceptionalism: Does Obama Understand America?
August 2, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/14/Uncommon_Knowledge_Charles_Hill Hoover Institution research fellow Charles Hill traces the concept of equality to the mid-16th century debate on the Spanish treatment of Native Americans. He contends that American exceptionalism is valid, and accuses ...
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- -: America: A 'Democratic Empire' In Decline?
October 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/07/John_Keane_The_Life_and_Death_of_Democracy British author John Keane discusses the negative reviews that his recent work, The Life and Death of Democracy, has received from American critics. In the book, Keane makes a bleak forecast for the United Sta...
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- -: Did Liberal Arguments Enable 'Ground Zero Mosque' Opposition?
January 13, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/08/Ground_Zero_Tolerance_Americas_Culture_War Social critic Wendy Kaminer draws paralles between conservative opposition to the planned Park51 Muslim community center near Ground Zero and liberal attempts to limit "politically incorrect" speech. Kaminer ...
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- -: Seasteading: Start Your Own Country at Sea
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Patri Friedman, executive director and chairman of the Seasteading Institute, argues that government is an institution greatly in need of improvement, but one in which innovation is nearly impossible. He proposes build...
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