- -: Gavin Newsom: Can Electric Car Makers Learn from Cell Phone Innovations?
April 21, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/09/San_Francisco_Mayor_Gavin_Newsom_Cities_and_Time San Francisco Mayor (and 2010 California gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom describes innovative ways of thinking about electric cars. He suggests a pricing plan for electric cars modeled after cell ...
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- -: EPA Administrator Jackson: EPA 'Back on the Job'
April 22, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/Aspen_Environmental_Forum_Opening_Keynote_Lisa_Jackson_ "EPA is back on the job for the American people," says Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. She discusses the EPA's review of the California waiver on auto emissions, stand...
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- -: Obama's First 100 Days: Too Much Freight on the Truck?
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/01/The_First_100_Days_An_Intimate_Look_at_US_Presidency Jonathan Alter, Lou Cannon, and Robert Dallek discuss whether or not President Obama is rushing his legislation in an overly-ambitious first quarter. "Starting well is no guarantee of success," says...
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- -: John Howard: Governments Overspending on Stimulus
May 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Uncommon_Knowledge_John_Howard Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard expresses reservations over economic stimulus strategies that substantially grow budget deficits. He also predicts the US will emerge from the global crisis with the strongest...
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- -: Suzy Welch on 10-10-10: An Operating Principle for Life
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/11/Jack_and_Suzy_Welch_The_Transformative_Power_of_10-10-10 Suzy Welch remembers the "disastrous" Hawaii trip that inspired 10-10-10, her life-transforming method to balance life and work. Welch says to evaluate the "consequences of every decision in ten...
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- -: Obama's 'Liberal Agenda?' - Charles Kesler
June 26, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/28/Uncommon_Knowledge_Charles_Kesler Charles Kesler, author and editor of the Claremont Review of Books, discusses his claim that President Obama plans to advance a "liberal agenda" with regard to the Supreme Court, national health care, and social issue...
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- -: Medicare a Bad Precedent for Government Health Plans?
August 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Health_Care_Reform_Long-Term_Fiscal_Impact Former Bush Administration official James Capretta lists some obstacles to successful government health care reform. He gives Medicare as an example of why costs have been driven so high. ----- What are the...
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- -: Is Medicare Part of the Problem? - Michael Cannon
September 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Where_Does_Delivery-System_Reform_Fit Michael Cannon argues that additional public policy will hurt the quality of American health care. He explains that the two main health care models - prepaid and fee-for-service - only work when they compete witho...
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- -: Is Health Care a Human Right?
September 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/23/Top_Senate_Aides_Debate_Health_Care_Reform Senate staffers Kate Leone and Russ Sullivan state that the goal of health care reform is to make sure it is affordable and accessible to all. Debate about how to achieve that goal has included the possibilit...
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- -: Who's Holding Up Healthcare? - Thaddeus McCotter
September 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/24/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thaddeus_McCotter Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) defends his previous comment calling President Obama's position on healthcare a "revulsion." "It's Democrats that find this healthcare bill to be too repugnant to vote for," he ...
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