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Dinner with Barack: "I wouldn't mind being on Sportscenter"
Barack Obama

Here's your chance to meet the President--three seats left: http://www.dinnerwithbarack.comPresident Obama shares what he'd like to do if he couldn't be starting point guard on the Chicago Bulls.Make a donation today to be automatically entered to win dinner with President Obama and three other supporters.

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Barack Obama: Dinner with Barack: "I wouldn't mind being on Sportscenter"

February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)

Here's your chance to meet the President--three seats left: http://www.dinnerwithbarack.comPresident Obama shares what he'd like to do if he couldn't be starting point guard on the Chicago Bulls.Make a donation today to be automatically entered to win dinner with President Obama and three other s...

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- -: Authors@Google: Bill Murphy Jr.

December 17, 2008 (over 15 years ago)

Bill Murphy Jr. visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002." This event took place on November 20, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. They came to West Point in a time of peace, but s...

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- -: Authors@Google: Joseph Cirincione

March 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Joseph Cirincione is the President of the Ploughshares Fund, a public grant-making foundation focused on nuclear weapons policy and conflict resolution, a role in which he has served since March 2008. Cirincione had previously served as vice president for national security and international poli...

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- -: Leading@Google: Mike Useem

April 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

The intensifying competition and demand for high performance are pressing organizations to become more flexible, more results-focused, and more fast-acting. Companies are finding that such initiatives require effective leadership and a supportive culture, and this has become all the more critica...

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- -: Musicians@Google: The West Point Band

April 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

The West Point Bands Quintette 7 selected its name as a witty homage to composer Raymond Scott, incorporating elements of two of his performing ensembles names (The Raymond Scott Quintette and The Secret 7). The ensemble, a mixed septet of four rhythm players and three horns, is comprised of memb...

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- -: President George H.W. Bush - Address at West Point

July 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)

Listen to the full speech here: http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3433 Bush says that the United States must promote peace without acting as the "world's policeman." He also recognizes the necessity of force in some cases. January 5th, 1993

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- -: Dunbar's Number: Why We Can't Have More Than 150 Friends

March 16, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/18/Robin_Dunbar_How_Many_Friends_Does_One_Person_Need Evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar expands on "Dunbar's number," his theory that the maximum number of stable relationships a person can maintain is approximately 150. Time to delete a few hundr...

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- -: Hugh Mackay on the Human Desire to Be Taken Seriously

August 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Hugh_Mackay_What_Makes_Us_Tick Hugh Mackay, author of What Makes Us Tick?, examines how the desire to be taken seriously affects human behavior. "If we're not taken seriously enough it usually brings out the worst in us," says Mackay. "Much anger in h...

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