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Open To Debate podcast tackles Carbon Capture This week, nonpartisan debate podcast Open to Debate tackles the question: “Is Carbon Capture Essential to Fighting Climate…
The former "communist mayor" brags about millionaires, and more links to start your day. On Friday afternoon, while everyone…
'The future, unfortunately, is not bright for Florida,' the former mayor said, regarding climate change. Former New York City…
‘Florida is choosing the path of burning books,’ the ex-mayor says in painting the Sunshine State as a MAGA-fueled dystopia.…
“I’m not here to be negative to another state,” former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the top…
There are good debates and bad debates. The bad ones are like the argument sketch from the old British television show “Monty…
Media company Intelligence Squared U.S. is rebranding as Open to Debate. The nonprofit organization, which seeks to address polarization in the nation…
Intelligence Squared U.S. has a new name and ambitions to host presidential debates. He who knows only his own…
Combating extreme polarization, information silos, and echo chambers through the framework of formal debate. NEW YORK, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This month,…
Combating extreme polarization, information silos, and echo chambers through the framework of formal debate. NEW YORK, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This month,…
Tents, wheelchairs, and shopping carts piled with belongings sat baking in the sun next to the intersection where Kathryn Paige…
The Government Administration and Elections Committee heard testimony on a bill that would ban TikTok from being used by government employees or public officials on state-owned…
On February 17, Intelligence Squared hosted a debate. The question was: should the U.S. ban Tiktok? Our reporter was there…
CHINA HAWKS SEEK SHIFT AWAY FROM UKRAINE: Just as Ukraine is facing a critical inflection point in what the Pentagon…
Intelligence Squared U.S. Podcast Debates China's Future We don't have debates in this nation any longer. Today, too many…
Calendar FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 17 TBA Munich, Germany — Munich Security Conference 2023 begins, running through Sunday, Feb.…
CHINA is morphing into the "most sophisticated Orwellian police state" in the world, a former US defence official has warned.…
I some how kept adding guests to today's episode so I can’t narrow it down to just one question …
On Thursday, January 23, Bill Nye takes the Intelligence Squared U.S. stage to kick off the veteran debate series’ spring…
We do not have debates anymore in this nation. Instead, we yell over each other, so damn sure that our…
We do not have debates anymore in this nation. Instead, we yell over each other, so damn sure that our…
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. Please subscribe…
There are many issues in our lives where neutral opinions are replaced with hard-line views. Should the toilet paper roll…
Should Trump Be Indicted? After a series of prime-time hearings from the January 6th Committee and hundreds of charges…
So-called ‘ultra-processed foods,’ which include a significant portion of CPGs, are often demonized as calorie-dense, nutrient-poor and a major contributor…
After an extended period of experimentation triggered by pandemic lockdowns, public radio’s Intelligence Squared is relaunching as a weekly, hourlong program focused…
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Associate Editor Liz Wolfe as they criticize President Joe Biden's recently…
When it comes to thinking about race and identity, Kmele is something of a radical, though not in the way…
Interviews with White House Chief of Staff Ronald A. Klain, Senator Christopher Murphy, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and actor, producer,…
Is the Truth really out there? Debates. You remember them. When both sides presented facts to support your chosen position.…
Is the Truth really out there? Debates. You remember them. When both sides presented facts to support their chosen…
Podcast analytics company Podtrac’s US podcast publisher data for August was released. In spite of all the publicity handed to them…
About 70 years ago, nearly 40 percent of all American workers were in a labor union. That number today is…
Wanted posters, vague and threatening letters, and dragging a 75-pound dummy. Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a…
Nov. 26—ATHENS — Genetic improvement, particularly improvements related to animal production, has been one of the most transformational agricultural advancements…
A few weeks ago, a producer from Intelligence Squared, a media company that organizes debates, called me and asked me…
Affirmative action is one of those issues that nags at people, irrespective of their view on its efficacy. For some,…
How Mike Pompeo might get the American Federation of Teachers president to debate him. We live in an age…
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 Intelligence Squared U.S. (In Person) WAS JANUARY 6TH AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT? President Biden has said "The…
Is Musk killing Twitter This week’s Intelligence Squared U.S. debate podcast asks: Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter? Journalist Kara Swisher argues…
The age old nature v. nurture debate took a different turn a couple of months ago during a live debate…
A debate between an investor and a journalist looks into what is happening at the social media company Last…
CHINA is preparing for an all-out blitz of Taiwan, a former US Department of Defence official has warned. Michael Beckley…
At a time of rapidly growing political polarization, it can be exceedingly difficult (and exhausting) to fight over an issue…
The second U.S. presidential debate of 2020 was more sedate than the first, with its whining, braying, and general frothing…
That's the topic two former Clinton administration officials, a former Greek finance minister and a researcher who has studied the…
The fate of the remaining US presidential debates is in jeopardy after president Donald Trump declared he would not participate…
Let’s make debating, like governing, a team sport. Three candidates sit together on each side, for a total of six.…
Robert Rosenkranz, a financier and a philanthropist, believes in civility. Since 2006, his foundation has sponsored a series of public…
On a frigid January night, a Harvard genetics professor with a billowing white beard stood stage left in a theater on…
We saw computers beat humans at chess in 1997, beat humans at Jeopardy in 2011 and vanquish the world's best…
Can we all agree that Google Duplex demo was eerie? A robot, posing as a human being, scheduled a reservation…
In the Trump era, tribalism bests morality. The party of Lincoln elected a reality television star who recently endorsed a…
Two sides with decidedly different opinions on whether college athletes should be paid participated in a public debate on Tuesday…
If you’re tired of hearing college coaches and athletic directors stumbling over themselves to repeat the same tired, NCAA-issued lines…
Retired General David Petraeus shared lessons learned from over fifteen years of combatting terrorists and extremists in the Middle East…
If budget-cutters in Washington decided to eliminate food-stamp benefits to New Yorkers, the city’s politicians would be denouncing the cruelty…
In recent decades, Walmart has come to represent the epitome of capitalist success: The company’s founder, Sam Walton of Oklahoma,…
With $485.9 billion in global revenue and 1.5 million employees in the U.S. alone, Walmart the corporation isn’t going away…
Should all Americans be given a guaranteed basic income, just enough money that any person could scrape by on their…
Is a guaranteed paycheck from the government, with no strings attached, the answer to the relentless rise of automation? The…
Each year, robots and artificially intelligence systems cause unemployment rates to increase as more and more jobs become automated. And…
In 1988, Al Shanker, then president of the American Federation of Teachers, gave a speech that had been inspired by…
Four experts faced off in a live debate Wednesday night on a range of issues that swirl around charter schools—whether…
In late January, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,…
Intelligence Squared U.S., or IQ2US, organizes a regular series of debates on issues of public concern and broadcasts them via…
George Washington University hosted a debate Wednesday night about whether or not President Donald Trump should be given a chance…
After all, giving newly inaugurated presidents the opportunity to govern, and show what they can accomplish, is part of America's…
I've known David Frum almost since I first came to Washington. A mutual friend of ours once described him thusly:…
Listen to the segment: In partnership with IQ2US, NPR's 1A hosted a preview of the debate, featuring the president of…
NEW YORK — Four law and order experts sparred in New York City Wednesday night over evidencebased data suggesting policing…
Listen to the segment: In a preview of an Intelligence Squared debate, Gloria Browne-Marshall, an associate professor of constitutional law…
As President Obama prepares to leave office without having destroyed the Islamic State, he’s selling the notion that U.S. intelligence…
Or an “Article V convention to amend the Constitution,” to be more precise. It’s sitting right there in the Constitution.…
Lawrence Lessig, activist, Harvard law professor, and author of Republic, Lost: The Corruption of Equality and the Steps to End It (Twelve,…
TALLAHASSEE - Florida's three-year redistricting legal challenge was part of a debate Monday over whether or not the redrawing of…
Americans were promised that the passage of the Affordable Care Act would usher in universal health coverage and lower healthcare…
As the pressures to justify drug pricing both in the U.S. and beyond increase, biopharmaceutical companies and the pharma industry…
The question of whether or not Islam is a religion of peace has been the subject of numerous articles and…
While we’re secretly pulling for the candidates and their respective camps to end up on Family Feud (“Donald, Bill — what’s something…
Donvan, who moderates the Oxford-style Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series and is part of a Change.org petition promoting the reform of…
Recent headlines have decried exorbitant drug costs. No one is surprised by drugs that exceed $100,000 dollars a year or whose…
Harcourt argues that profiling one group diverts resources from examining others outside the group. So while it may help detect…
Carl Pope, Sierra Club's former director, counters the economic harm argument by saying the number of coal plants retired under…
The style of presidential debates hasn't changed in decades, and as Emily Schmidt reports, that has opened up a debate…
Monday’s presidential debate has all the makings of something we’ve never seen before in modern politics. But beyond the expected…
Yesterday’s presidential debate promised to be a showdown for the ages and to a large extent, it delivered, with the…
Ahead of the first debate ABC News Correspondent John Donvan sits down with Emily Schmidt to discuss a better way…
Glick brings up an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate held in Manhattan last week. The subject was “Blame the elites for…
Two sides debated the proposition that the American elites are to blame for Trump’s rise. Arguing in favor of the…
The nonprofit debate organization Intelligence Squared facilitated a remarkable spectacle Tuesday evening: two elite conservative media pundits arguing that the failures of…
John Donvan of ABC News, moderator of public broadcasting’s excellent Intelligence Squared US debates, has been making the media rounds urging that…
The debates this election season have been unprecedented in modern politics, but imagine if they looked a little different, and…
On Tuesday, Tim Carney and I won the Intelligence Squared debate on the proposition “Blame The Elites For The Trump…
Ask: “Based on what you know now, do these demands seem reasonable? Have students gone too far?” Tell students that…
Media and political elites, not rank and file voters, are responsible for the unlikely rise of Donald Trump. That was…
It’s a testament to a flagging campaign when thought leaders from your own party gather to hold a debate on…
Who is at fault for the Donald Trump phenomenon? An audience of New York elites attended a debate on Tuesday night…
I’m here to debate (along with Jody Freeman, the Archibald Cox Professor of Law at Harvard) a couple of coal…
Should we embrace our end, or should we cure aging? Are human lifespans long enough as is? This was the…
Robert Rosenkrantz and John Donvan wrote an op-ed in February suggesting the debates instead adopt the same format they have used more…
Two former Obama administration officials went toe to toe last night, debating whether U.S. EPA has "gone overboard" with the…
“We are debating free speech because its values are under siege,” Wendy Kaminer said during an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate…
John Donvan of Intelligence Squared U.S. tells what reforms are needed to make the presidential eebates truly debates, instead of…
Now that the primary debates are over and the presumptive presidential nominees are set, a producer of a public radio…
A debate is not meant to be an exchange of scripted remarks, rehearsed rebuttals or an endless series of character…
The quality of presidential campaign debates in the modern era, low to begin with, has sunk to rock-bottom. Some of…
Alan Dershowitz and Sanford Levinson take on David Kopel and Eugene Volokh on the question of the historical context of…
This year, as part of efforts to inject challenging ideas into oncampus conversation, the Adam Smith Society is partnering with…
Months after the killing of Cecil the Lion, let's have a civilized debate over the role of trophy hunting in…
The empty stage of the Yale Repertory Theatre looked like the set of a talk show. A black-and-white photograph of…
I'm a big fan of the Intelligence Squared US (IQ2) debate program, so when I learned that the program had…
Do the campus protests and debates that roil around speech that has been deemed 'offensive' or 'racist' signal a threat…
More of this year's freshman class expects to participate in at least one protest while they're in college than at…
One of Washington's most notorious lobbyists is singing the same tune as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders when it comes…
At a debate Wednesday night co-hosted by Intelligence Squared US and the 92 Street Y in New York City, a…
Jaron Lanier and Martine Rothblatt address our darkest AI fears. The advent of artificial intelligence is as dreaded as it…
I spend a lot of time covering advances in artificial intelligence. It's one of the big stories of our time,…
A debate in New York tries to settle the question. After taking a 2-0 lead in its five-game match with…
Jaron Lanier and Andrew Keen make powerful arguments against tech utopianism.A debate on artificial intelligence took place at the 92nd…
A recurring falsehood in the ongoing debate about campus culture, politics, and policy. Last week, I surveyed the overwhelming evidence…
The ever-fascinating Martine Rothblatt is a colorful figure on the Washington scene ' lawyer, author, founder of Sirius XM, founder…
Intelligence Squared presented an excellent debate on Tuesday at Yale 'Resolved: Free speech is threatened on campus.' Yale was a…
A debate at Yale highlighted the disconnect between those who would downplay the problem, and the growing mass of evidence…
Portrayed as 'ignorant at best and immoral at worst,' non-leftist students self-censor. In recent weeks, speakers such as conservative Ben…
The atmosphere on college campuses has changed, a Columbia University professor argued before an audience full of Yale students and…
Before a nearly full auditorium at the Yale Repertory Theater Tuesday night, the NPR show 'Intelligence Squared U.S.'hosted a debate…
On Tuesday, an audience gathered at Yale to hear a debate on the proposition, 'Free speech is threatened on campus.'The…
The atmosphere on campuses nationwide has become charged with accusations, on one side, that 'micro-aggressions' are hurtful to women and…
As mentioned previously, the tenth Republican debate looms Thursday ' hosted by CNN and Telemundo, moderated by Wolf Blitzer and…
The five reaming Republican candidates will debate tonight in Houston. The debates have draw big ratings wins for news organizations'13.5…
Prime-time presidential debates were a brilliant innovation of the 1960s, meant to inform voters and let them see the candidates…
How long should we live? Is the age of death for the average American (78.8) about right or should science…
With more and more money being funneled into the field, more health data being crunched and chances increasing that scientists…
It's time to dispose of the politics of fear and embrace a pro-refugee, pro-economy policy. [...] The new Middle East…
Should we toy with the human life span? As it turns out, four experts on that subject gathered in New…
Our presidential debate moderators are stuck in an impossible position: Either they allow candidates to spin and not give real…
The Syrian refugee crisis coinciding with America's Presidential Campaigns has brought the emotional debate over refugees into the political arenas…
A major debate between leading U.S. experts on refugee and migration issues, organized by the Intelligence Squared U.S. organization, produced…
I used to think podcasts were not for me. But recently, I've been blown away with their ability to expand…
During the Intelligence Squared debate last week, Roger Clegg, president and general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity, argued…
As the Supreme Court of the United States again prepares to consider arguments in Fisher v. The University of Texas…
This month marks the seventh anniversary of the Federal Reserve's first round of quantitative easing the program that more than…
While most agree that the U.S. narrowly avoided a second Great Depression, how that happened isn't agreed upon. In fact,…
Quantitative easing has been good for Wall Street, but has it done anything for the average American? It's debatable. At…
We are now four debates into the 2016 presidential campaign, and the emerging consensus is that the format stinks. Yes,…
Pop a pill, ace a test. If you could take a pill that would instantly make you work harder, improve…
In a spirited Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on Wednesday night, Asia Society Policy Institute President Kevin Rudd and Kissinger Institute…
After taping this weekend's Radio Derb, with its segments about U.S.-China tensions and geostrategy, I was browsing through my blog…
In a debate held by "Intelligence Squared US", renowned international relations experts such as John J. Mearsheimer from the University…
Intelligence Squared US and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) are embarking on a joint venture (that I…
Should college students take smart drugs? That was the question posed to a panel of professors at an Intelligence Squared…
If there was a pill that could make everyone smarter and more focused, how many people would take it? This…
We use coffee to stay awake, good food and nutrition to stay healthy and alert. But if there was a…
Should college students be allowed to take Adderall and Modafinil to improve their academic performance, or should universities treat these…
Last night, I had the pleasure of debating my views on why college students should be allowed to take smart…
Should students be allowed - or encouraged - to take "smart drugs" so they can get better grades?That will be…
A former prime minister of Australia, a political science professor, and two senior members from United States-based think-tanks took turns…
On September 16, 2015, ALI members Stephen J. Schulhofer of New York University School of Law, Jeannie C. Suk of…
Just before four law professors take the stage here to debate whether courts or colleges should decide sexual-assault cases, the…
Jed Rubenfeld and Jeannie Suk (for) and Michelle Anderson and Stephen Schulhofer (against) participated in an interesting and extensive debate…
Harvard Law School professor Jeannie C. Suk argued at a forum in New York this week that the criminal court…
Best of Enemies celebrates the dawn of intellectual debate in mass media. Intelligence Squared U.S. celebrates its continued relevance.
That tension between steadfast principles and hard realities, both at home and abroad, was on display when some of America's…
That the debate surrounding ISIS seems confused was recently echoed in an actual debate on the topic. The folks at…
Recently, political discussions relegated to cable news anchors and Twitter feeds have come to share a common criticism of lacking…
John Donvan has made a career out of staying calm'and staying on topic. A veteran ABC News correspondent, he's now…
Rosenkranz's most prominent effort in the area of public affairs is non-partisan in nature'Intelligence Squared U.S., a debate series based…
For the third consecutive year, Intelligence Squared U.S. has been honored for excellence in radio and podcast programming by the…
Marriage equality won big in Philadelphia this week at the National Constitution Center. Broadcast by National Public Radio, the NCC…
I recently attended an Intelligence Squared debate over whether 'smart technology is making us dumb.' Those who argued that it…
[Greg] Lukianoff is not willing to throw up his arms and throw in the towel. He writes: I am constantly…
Q: You seemed to argue at an intelligence squared debate, that the US cannot be the world police anymore. How…
In the heart of blue America ' New York City ' Mark Dubowitz and Mike Doran debated Philip Gordon and…
On Tuesday evening, I attended a debate in New York City sponsored by Intelligence Squared U.S. focusing on whether or…
Intelligence Squared US arranged one of its excellent debates on the upper West Side of Manhattan this week. The debate…
I attended a recent Intelligence Squared debate at the Kaufman Center in New York City on this question: Does smart…
Intelligence Squared hosted a lively debate last week over the so-called 'Right to be Forgotten 'embraced by European courts'which, as…
I have long been a fan of the Intelligence Squared debate series, which I often hear on my local NPR…
Intelligence Squared U.S., a program based on a highly successful debate program in London, allows viewers to rethink their point-of-view…
This April Fool's week, I implore you to prank your friends, family, and even yourself in the best way possible:…
The University of Oklahoma expelled two fraternity members this week after video of them leading a racist chant went viral.…
The 'right to be forgotten' should be adopted in the U.S. because Americans deserve the ability to exercise control over…
Intelligence Squared U.S. is an Oxford-style debate series covering a range of relevant controversial topics, from science refuting God to…
WASHINGTON Before the Intelligence Squared debate held at George Washington University, only one in three audience members said they agreed…
Panelists visiting GW debated whether or not liberals suppressed intellectual diversity on college campuses Tuesday. The debate, hosted by Intelligence…
At GW last night, nobody was willing to argue that students should be silenced. Anyone feeling disheartened by the many…
WASHINGTON, D.C. 'After a 90-minute campus debate Tuesday over whether liberals stifle intellectual diversity on college campuses, nearly six in…
Immigration and innovation will enable America to maintain its position as a superpower, experts say, despite policy mistakes made along…
During the 2012 campaign, Mitt Romney made an off-the-cuff comment about how 'corporations are people.' He was mocked but perhaps…
I took a wrong turn on the subway and reached Brooklyn before I realized I was a long way from…
A passionate New York debate interrogates Amazon's dominance in the book market'is it delivering well-priced books efficiently, or a greedy,…
We asked WNYC staffers to pick their single favorite podcast episode of the year, whether it came from inside our…
We know the feeling: you feel uninformed about a story in the news, or a pop culture phenomena, or just…
The debate swirling around genetically modified foods was literally on display last night in New York City, in a terrifically…
When I heard that Intelligence Squared U.S. 'which stages high-profile, Oxford-style debates 'was going to take on genetically modified foods,…
Last night, about 450 people packed into New York City's Kaufman Center to hear a genetics professor and Monsanto's chief…
On December 3 at the Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan, the motion concerned whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) should have…
If you missed the recent Intelligence Squared debate on GMOs, it's worth watching. Or if you prefer, read the transcript.…
On Wednesday night, Intelligence Squared U.S. held an enlightening debate on genetically modified foods on the Upper West Side of…
Tune in Wednesday, December 3rd for a debate on GMOs. Intelligence Squared is hosting a debate between four individuals from…
Tune in live at 6:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 3 for a spirited debate on the risks and rewards…
Last night, I participated in a debate on GMO as part of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series in New…
A group that hosts debates on volatile social, economic and political topics took up the question of physician-assisted suicide after…
During an Intelligence Squared panel in New York City Wednesday evening, debaters argued over what defines 'dignity' and what it…
Two weeks after the physician-assisted suicide of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, an Intelligence Squared debate in New York explored whether the…
The end of a life is inevitably tragic ' but what if an even bigger tragedy could be avoided by…
Since 2006, Robert Rosenkranz has been working on elevating public debate in this country. His project is a program called…
The debate, hosted by Intelligence Squared U.S., pitted Winship and Conard against Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy…
Last night, I had the honor of attending an Intelligence Squared debate on the proposition that, 'Income Inequality Impairs the…
MANHATTAN ' 'Working hard is the backbone of the American Dream,' words from progressive economist Elise Gould's opening statement in…
But, here's the problem: The same political forces that allowed the 1 percent to take our political system hostage have…
'Unintended Consequences' Author Edward Conard, Economic Policy Institute Economist Elise Gould and Bloomberg View Columnist Mohamed El-Erian discuss the Intelligence…
Some very smart people try to make the case that gobbling up phone data on all of us isn't really…
A resounding win! A Philadelphia audience sided squarely with team civil liberties in a debate hosted yesterday by Intelligence Squared.…
Intelligence Squared U.S. sponsored a debate September 9, 2014 on the Common Core State Standards. Four participants argued whether American…
A recent debate, 'Embrace the Common Core?' hosted by Intelligence Squared, featured some of the nation's top experts on the…
New York public school principal Carol Burris, an outspoken standards critic and defender of leveled reading, recently published an anti-Common…
On September 9, I attended the NPR-syndicated Intelligence Squared debate, "Should Schools Embrace the Common Core?" Although it has been…
Wednesday's column is about the state of podcasting, so I'm offering here a list of the podcasts I currently subscribe…
A strong majority of audience members thought mass collection of U.S. phone records violates the constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against…
Four partisans with strong opinions debated the Common Core State Standards on Tuesday night in New York City as part…
Petrilli is the current president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and an editor of Education Next. He is a…
So where is the research to support: close reading, increased Lexile levels, the use of informational texts and other questionable…
Embrace the Common Core State Standards? Do not embrace the Common Core? That was the question in New York when…
I am not exactly sure what 'Intelligence Squared' is, but it sponsored an interesting debate about Common Core. Speaking for…
In the fall of 2007 I participated in a debate in New York on the question of whether Russia was…
Consider, for instance, the ongoing debate over the source and nature of consciousness. Is it brain-based or does it perhaps…
The Cato Institute's James Dorn and the Hoover Institution's Russell Roberts made this point at length during an Intelligence Squared…
Described as 'always intelligent and provocative' (Wall Street Journal), the award-winning NPR show Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates (IQ2US) returns to…
The Seattle experiment in wage rate regulation should provide yet another opportunity to test the effects of this type of…
Dinesh D'Souza, for instance, has taken to using science as proof of religion -- he argues, rather absurdly, that the…
Campaign finance, Super PACS and the First Amendment make up the three topics to be debated on NPR Radio's popular…
Many have argued for things like public financing or, you know, sensible limits, while others have said where you spend…
What do near death experiences (NDEs) tell us about life after death? Do they tell us anything at all? At…
Last week, four scientific big thinkers settled into their seats on stage at NYC's Kaufmann Center to debate this provocative…
Does consciousness exist outside the brain, pointing to a less observable world than meets the eye? Or are near death…
You'll be happy to hear that the good guys 'won.' In scare quotes because helping the world's population understand that…
The debate hosted by Intelligence Squared on the proposition ' Death is not Final, was a lot of fun. Of…
Those with an interest in invective-free debates among experts should check out the "Intelligence Squared" series at intelligencesquaredus.org.
The current online voting for Wednesday (May 7, 2014) night's debate shows Dr Moody and myself (Dr Eben Alexander) victorious…
For an entertaining and informative refresher on why that process sucks, watch this recent Intelligence Squared debate, 'The FDA's Caution…
Beyond issues of retaining students, critics also raise concerns about whether online education provides effective ways to learn and whether…
Now here is a really interesting (for me) debate from Intelligence squared.
If you're the sort of person who finds discussions about science and religion entertaining, then you're in luck because at…
Is there life after death? This age-old question will be debated again tonight by a group of doctors and scientists,…
Is it really a question of bricks vs clicks? In a debate at Columbia University, the question whether it would…
You can never recreate or replace the accelerated learning effect of being able to interact with your teacher and fellow…
Have you ever had a moment when you heard an argument that made you examine a long-held belief? I had…
'Millennials Don't Stand a Chance' was the title and winning motion of the April 16 episode of Intelligence Squared, a…
On one recent night, the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series put forth a motion on Columbia University's campus: 'More Clicks,…
Millennials haven't been dealt a very good hand in life: many have graduated into one of the worst recessions in…
The essence of due process, as Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman recently argued at an Intelligence Squared debate, is that…
Earlier this week, over the course of two hours, a panel of four speakers and an auditorium of voters at…
As higher education evolves, has the lecture hall model become obsolete? In a debate hosted by Intelligence Squared on the…
The intellectual case for preferences is looking increasingly shaky. Last month, a packed auditorium at Harvard Law School featured an…
Last night at the National Constitutional Center, NPR's Intelligence Squared hosted a debate for broadcast on the limits of executive…
With an extensive background in politics and an eclectic resume to impress any mover and shaker including a handful of…
What if affirmative action actually hurts minorities? Badger Pundit has the rundown on a debate at Harvard Law School over…
Famed criminal defense lawyer, retired Harvard Law School professor and cable news gadfly Alan Dershowitz will be at the National…
Both these short articles appeared in the Mail on Sunday today. My friend Ed Lucas (a fellow former Moscow Correspondent…
The president has the constitutional authority to target American citizens overseas. This authority is derived from his war-making power as…
The White House is once again weighing whether to kill an American citizen overseas as part of its "targeted killing"…
Intelligence Squared presented a very lively debate last night at Harvard Law School ' 'Resolved: Affirmative Action On Campus Does…
On Tuesday Feb. 25 and Wednesday Feb. 26, the FDA will consider a controversial cutting-edge fertility procedure otherwise known as…
A panel featuring Harvard Law School professor Randall L. Kennedy and others debated the pros and cons of affirmative action…
The Volokh Conspiracy's Nicholas Rosenkranz links to the 'particularly lively' Intelligence Squared debate this week in New York City: 'Resolved:…
In December, I predicted that 'doc shock's was going to be a major problem for the U.S. health-care overhaul, as…
A New York audience devoted nearly two hours yesterday evening to a riveting Intelligence Squared debate about Edward Snowden and…
In a debate hosted by Intelligence Squared on Jan. 15, competitors argued on both sides of whether the Affordable Care…
Last Wednesday, Scott Gottlieb and I debated Jonathan Chait and Douglas Kamerow at an Intelligence Squared event on this proposition:…
Perhaps because of the abundance of raw data available in this Age of Information, many an argument comes down to…
Last night, Douglas Kamerow and I debated Megan McArdle and Scott Gottlieb at Intelligence Squared over the notion, 'Obamacare is…
Earlier this month, The Discerning Brute covered promotions for the debate event 'Don't Eat Anything with a Face.'It got a…
Last week I posted to Facebook and Twitter about a debate that was happening on IntelligenceSquaredUS.com, a site dedicated on…
Is it healthier to be a vegetarian? Or an omnivore? And how much of an environmental impact does livestock really…
This past Wednesday I participated in an Intelligence Squared US debate, "Don't Eat Anything With a Face." Dr. Neal Barnard…
Vegetarianism has been a part of human culture since the dawn of civilization, when Greek philosophers debated the morality of…
Wednesday night, the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series took on vegetarianism and animal rights with the motion 'should we eat…
The award-winning debate series, "Intelligence Squared U.S.," concluded its fall season with "Don't Eat Anything with a Face," moderated by…
Now, with the superstar couple blogging and talking about their vegan journey, the debate over whether it's healthier to eat…
An impassioned debate from Intelligence Squared U.S. Is it wrong to eat meat? Anyone who feels strongly one way or…
It couldn't be more black or white than this: "Spy on me, I'd rather be safe." That was the proposition…
"Break up the big banks!" As a rallying cry, this remains a pretty powerful one for Wall Street's harshest critics.…
There continues to be a forceful economic debate about the cost of financial companies that are regarded -- by officials…
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates is the first online broadcast to showcase FORA.tv's new live, in-tweet video player. The new FORA.tv…
The 34th Annual Telly Awards has recognized Intelligence Squared U.S. with two awards in the Film & Video category: the…
Intelligence Squared U.S. has been named the 2013 winner of the Silver Radio Award for Best Public Affairs Program at…
For Robert Rosenkranz, an investor and philanthropist who runs Delphi Financial Group, philanthropy doesn't get more satisfying than Intelligence Squared…
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled to make the morning-after pill, Plan B One-Step, available over-the-counter…
The oft-repeated claim that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) doesn't approve drugs quickly enough is simply false. The actual approval…
Most can agree that regulating the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical devices is for the protection of public…
I finally got around to watching this Intelligence Squared debate over the motion 'The GOP must seize the center or…
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 ? PBS's program Intelligence Squared pitted The New York Times writer David Brooks and former Congressman…
When I learned it, I thought the motion for this month's Intelligence Squared U.S. debate ' 'The GOP Must Seize…
Free market advocates tried to convince an audience at Washington, D.C.' Burke Theater last week that the minimum wage should…
Had a rousing and often substantive debate last night sponsored by the group Intelligence Squared. My partner was the great…
There is a place where the fine art of civilized and civil debate is making a comeback. Intelligence Squared U.S.,…
'Banning is not a productive way forward,' said Nita Farahany, professor of law, philosophy and genome sciences and policy. 'Whether…
After an announcement last year that a series of experiments in the United States had resulted in the birth of…
Does the U.S. need a strong dollar policy? The Kaufman Center played host to a debate on monetary policy Wednesday…
Last May, a group called Intelligence Squared sponsored a debate on whether to ban college football. A portion of the…
NEW YORK - The increasing power and accessibility of genetic technology may one day give parents the option of modifying…
Would you want the option of harnessing the power of genetics to alter the DNA of your unborn child? Would…
NEW YORK'S The increasing power and accessibility of genetic technology may one day give parents the option of modifying their…
Could you envision a world without genetic diseases, where parents could control their child's height, muscle strength, eye color, personality,…
New York, NY ' Wednesday, February 6, 2013. The 56th Annual New York Emmy® Award nominations took place this morning…
NEW YORK - Politicians running for office may have succeeded in avoiding substantive discussion of some of the most pivotal…
Intelligence Squared U.S. takes its civic duty with more gravitas. The idea is that American attitudes have grown more entrenched…
This issue came up in an interesting debate for Intelligence Squared U.S. in early October when Reuel Marc Gerecht of…
It's time for a good debate, and Intelligence Squared is giving us another one asking the question "Does science refute…
Christians and atheists went head to head Wednesday to debate one of the most frequently raised questions today: Does science…
Feisty exchanges in New York last night reflect a country wondering more than ever about radical drug-law change.Legalization is in…
Intelligence Squared U.S., the nonpartisan public policy debate series airing on public radio and some public TV stations, is coming…
'The rich are taxed enough,' argued Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard. The man who The New York Times called…
Recently, Intelligence Squared, a feisty forum in New York, held a debate on the proposition 'Better Elected Islamists Than Dictators,'…
A reader directs our attention to the Intelligence Squared debate putting the proposition before the house: Better elected Islamists than…
Intelligence Squared U.S. continued its Fall 2012 season with a sold out debate and a victory against the motion "Better…
Wednesday night. Romney vs. Obama. Live. The 28th episode in America's long-running television series ' the presidential debates ' in…
Super-political action committees sound patriotic, as defined by David Keating, president of the Center for Competitive Politics: 'It's Americans getting…
With the debate moderators announced and the dates set, America awaits this year's three presidential and one vice presidential debates.…
Reading cultivates strong leaders - but what if you don't have time to read? Here's what to do: "Listen to…
Influential public policy debate series Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) announces it's thirteenth season of six provocative new debates this fall.…
CALL FOR ARTISTS: JOIN THE VISUAL DEBATE You are invited to participate in the First Annual Intelligence Squared U.S. Visual…
After an Oxford-style debate Sunday night, environmental attorneys Deborah Goldberg and Katherine Hudson convinced 15 percent of the audience here…
A recent debate from Intelligence Squared U.S. examined the growing American shale gas boom and brought experts together to discuss…
Robert Leeming talks to US series producer Dana Wolfe about the US debate series
Big money, corruption, and injury have put college football in the spotlight. Tomorrow night, Intelligence Squared will debate the idea…
Soledad O'Brien and the Starting Point panel discusses Buzz Bissinger's Wall Street Journal opinion piece, in which he calls for…
Last week, Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger offered his arguments for why college football should be eliminated. The article…
Seau came of age in an era when guys who "got dinged" in the head sucked it up and got…
Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lighters and former defensive end for the Atlantic Falcons Tim Greene debate the dangers…
Two prominent writers argued for banning college football on Tuesday night at New York University's Skirball Center as part of…
As part of the Intelligence Squared debate series, I teamed with up Buzz Bissinger (of 'Friday Night LIghts' fame) in…
Ban college football? Blasphemy! Except that's exactly what more than half of the (fortunately non-policy-making) audience voted to do earlier…
Everyone who loves college football and the young men who play the game needs to watch this exchange. For the…
Few would argue that the level of public discourse in our society has reached a dangerously low point. Witness the…
N.Y.C. businessman and philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz is bringing the lively British debate "Intelligence Squared" to the states this fall. As…
Georgette Mosbacher, Bruce Kovner and other assorted policy wonks chuckled at last week's IQ2US debate when the International Crisis Group's…
In a packed auditorium at the Asia Society and Museum earlier this month, a panel of distin guished scholars, editors,…
The name of Robert Rosenkranz, the businessman and philanthropist, is not universally recognized, even on Park Avenue. 'I know a…
Ask almost any American about the state of public discourse in this country, and he or she is likely to…
Tonight in New York City, I'll be participating in a gun control debate hosted by Intelligence Squared, in partnership with…
SERIOUS TALK He made a fortune in private equity, but Robert Rosenkranz's passion is public policy. That passion has led…
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske thinks having more guns in the community doesn't deter crime, and he plans to argue…
How the Rosenkranz Foundation is injecting substance and civility into public policy discourse through its modern Oxford-style debate program by…
A sequel to the ballyhooed debate in 2007 over the motion that "Global Warming is Not a Crisis" has been…
The question on the table is "Google violates its 'don't be evil' motto."
There couldn't be a better week to poke the hot- button issue of climate change. The past two days, the…
Karl Rove, a close confidant and former adviser to President Bush, said Tuesday he did not believe the administration would…
Vice President Gore returns this afternoon to the Senate in which he represented the Volunteer State and served, as vice…
George W. Bush is the worst United States president of the last fifty years.
Karl Rove -- the architect, the one-time senior White House adviser to President Bush -- walked into the lion's den…
Better more domestic surveillance than another Sept. 11, 2001, type of attack on U.S. soil? That was the question in…
Karl Rove made the claim as the president's inner circle launched an unofficial "Bush legacy project", with their old boss…
Last week saw two events in Washington that illustrate the complexity of the Sino-US relationship. The first involved 15 ministers…
It's a topic that is likely to come up more and more after President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White…
The art market is still alive. That was the relieved verdict of the dealers and collectors who braved the snow…
When it comes to worthy recipients of noblesse largesse, a well-meaning multimillionaire in New York has no shortage of gratifying…
"IT IS A CONTEST of wit and logic and ideas and facts and argument and, most of all, persuasion."
In the intellectual equivalent of a pro-wrestling 'smackdown,' two teams of combatants enter a plush, packed auditorium on the Upper…
There's no use arguing about it'global warming is an imminent catastrophe. At least that's what the media-accredited experts keep telling…
An Oxford-style debate held last night at New York's Rockefeller University featured an argument over whether Washington or Wall Street…
It won't help anyone recoup the money lost in the housing bubble or the market crash or the recession, but…
On 1Q2US, the Winter Antiques Show 2009, The Armory Show, The Art Show, and 'Placing Avery: Paintings and Prints from…
Robert Rosenkranz, 64, is chairman and CEO of Delphi Financial Group, Inc., and the founder and host of Manhattan's celebrated…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney swung quietly through New York City Tuesday night to watch his daughter, Elizabeth, a former…
We now know at least one reason former vice president Dick Cheney was taking the Acela up to New York…
Dick Cheney hadn't planned to speak, but others at the dinner in Manhattan noticed him growing a grimmer shade of…
POLARIZING political talk, overwrought in the extreme, is making for big headlines these days, so it is somewhat counterintuitive (or…
Published Sep 25, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Oct 5, 2009 Call it the Rubber-Chicken War'the looming trade dispute…
From the magazine issue dated Oct 19, 2009 Only those who were in the room know what was said in…
Robert Rosenkranz, New York multi-millionaire, wanted to do something different. He manages insurance and financial businesses dealing with a turnover…
TUESDAY NIGHT MARKED the eleventh Intelligence Squared U.S. debate hosted at the Asia Society and Museum on Park Avenue. Generously…
While acknowledging other factors that contribute to the challenges in American education, the team arguing against the motion convinced most…
Just hours after baseball assured Congress it's working to address the sport's doping problem, another group debated whether performance-enhancing drugs…
Seeking to change their image of intransigence in defending every last job of every teacher, the unions maintain that they…
Are teachers unions to blame for failing schools? This was the question debated last week on NPR's Intelligence Squared. At…
Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford-style debate series, an initiative of The Rosenkranz Foundation, announced today that it would travel to…
Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), the Oxford-style debate series, an initiative of The Rosenkranz Foundation, hosted one of its most aggressively…
The Oxford-style Intelligence Squared debates at the Asia Society are precisely what I hoped to discover moving to New York…
... but if I were, I would be sure to go to this debate, by the US branch of the…
Asked whether organic is marketing hype, the audience in attendance at the Intelligence Squared April 13th debate in New York…
Cyber warfare is a hot topic in the security industry, but what does this term actually mean? At what point…
Organic produce, and meat and dairy products, are a tiny' although growing' fraction of what Americans spend on food, on…
I lost a debate on organic food last week'to the city of New York. Intelligence Squared, a philanthropic foundation, which…
The sold-out crowd in New York heard four experts, each with strong policy and intellectual credentials, debate the motion 'Obama's…
Has Barack Obama strengthened or weakened the U.S. in the eyes of the world through his foreign policy of engagement?…
The story of Barack Obama's presidency to this point has mostly been written in domestic and economic policy. But he…
Last night Intelligence Squared and Neustar conducted a fascinating, Oxford style debate on whether the threat of cyber war has…
It might be the formula for an intriguing cocktail party, or the set-up to a long and elaborate joke. An…
Resolved: The cyberwar threat has been grossly exaggerated. True or false? That was the question put to four top security…
On Tuesday evening, a standing-room-only crowd at Washington, DC's Newseum heard four of the country's leading cyber experts discuss key…
America is pretty schizophrenic when it comes to performance-enhancing substances - we drag jocks who juice before Congress even as…
I mentioned back in April that I was going to be out of DC on June 8 -- but that…
By the end of a spirited and high-level debate held here last week, many in the audience of about 400…
The Rosenkranz Foundation announced it hosted its first Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), an Oxford-style debate series, outside of New York…
I attended the Intelligence Squared debate on Cyber Warfare on June 8, in Washington, DC. Those of you who read…
Lloyd Cohen thinks people should have the right to buy or sell organs, an idea reviled by doctors. As of…
Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford-style debate series, an initiative of The Rosenkranz Foundation, kicked off the fall season with a…
NEW YORK--The other night we attended the first-of-the-season Intelligence Squared debate. We've been going to these for a while and…
The New York Times' David Carr stole the show at last night's Intelligence Squared debate on the merits of the…
Just hours after a government audit lambasted the New York Fed as meek in its role in AIG's rescue last…
'Obama's economic policies are working effectively.' That was the motion that Intelligence Squared US put to its New York audience…
Are Obama's economic policies actually working? Intelligence Squared posed this question to six policy experts at a debate in New…
Neither his trademark Cheshire-cat smile, nor his plucky self-confidence was enough to rescue former Gov. Eliot Spitzer from losing the…
Whatever else they may do in office, presidents are largely judged'by the voters, if not historians'on their handling of the…
Earlier this week, I spent two hours arguing with a very witty libertarian and an avuncular Israeli Rush Limbaugh fan…
What happens when you get a few 'intellectuals' together? You get a few critical shots at things with mass appeal.
In the latest round in America's premier debate series, Intelligence Squared Debates (IQ2US), Bill Ritter, the former governor of Colorado,…
Can cleaner sources of energy not only power our economy but also drive a recovery from the Great Recession? That's…
Forty years ago, the United States government began a "war on drugs" whose cost so far is estimated at $1…
If only we had political leadership worthy of our military. That's the one sentence take away from my recent trip…
With a $300,000 salary, Bill Ritter is paid way more than the average academic at Colorado State University. So the…
You could say it wasn't a fair fight. With a proposal like, 'California is the First Failed State,' the debate…
In the latest round in America's premier debate series, Intelligence Squared Debates (IQ2US), Peter Galbraith, a diplomat, author and academic…
In the latest Intelligence Squared US debate, the audience agreed that the Golden State has lost its luster.
With the first anniversary of Arizona's illegal immigrant law just behind us, last night's debate at Intelligence Squared US, 'Don't…
Intelligence Squared hosted its last debate of the semester last night, tackling the subject of immigration. Kansas Secretary of State…
What are we talking about when we're talking about America's special relationship with Israel? To listen to the panelists at…
There was a good crowd at New York University Tuesday evening for the Intelligence Squared debate. These are full-dress formal…
Intelligence Squared U.S., the celebrated New York-based live debate series that's televised globally and broadcast on more than 220 NPR…
With world governments still reeling from the WikiLeaks fallout, acclaimed debate series Intelligence Squared US turned its attention to the…
Everyone likes to debate manhood lately, so why not toss some more wood onto that fire? Two of New York's…
At this edition of the lively Intelligence Squared debate series, CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen and Harvard professor'terrorism specialist…
Is it time to end the war on terror? That's the provocative question that will be discussed on Sept. 7,…
On September 20, New York City's premier live debate series, Intelligence Squared U.S., will debate new issues surrounding gender equality.…
Last night audience members at the Intelligence Squared US debate 'It's Time to End the War on Terror' gave a…
Roger Cohen won over New Yorkers by claiming: 'Jihadi terrorism aimed at the United States is not primarily motivated perhaps…
As we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11, it is necessary as a society to analyze the effects of the…
The Intelligence Squared debate series has a cool gimmick: at the beginning, audience members vote on the resolution via little…
While the GOP contenders debating last night in Simi Valley, Calif., were engaged in a long discussion of the HPV…
Former CIA director Michael Hayden and the Boston Globe's Juliette Kayyem hold opposing viewpoints on the value of continuing the…
When was the last time you got someone to change their mind about a challenging issue? You know the usual…
Eleven minutes after Israel announced its independence in 1948, President Harry Truman recognized the new state, and American support has…
This time, let's start with Michael Crichton, whose name has been invoked quite often in the comment strings here and…
Is California America's first "failed state?"... It's a hot topic. You see it suggested in the press. It's spinning into…
On Tuesday, March 16th, the LinkEd team was able to participate in the Intelligence Squared Debate: Don't Blame Teachers Unions…
Earlier this week, I debated General Michael Hayden (USAF, retired), former director of both the CIA and NSA, and Marc…
Is Islam a religion of peace? That's the complex question at the center of the latest edition of the Itelligence…
Last week, New York University hosted the Intelligence Squared Debates at its Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Four panelists,…
So, here is my challenge to you: Why don't you put your money and energy behind your convictions? If you…
I recommend that you listen to the full debate on NPR or watch it on Bloomberg television this week. For…
Paypal founder and Facebook angel investor Peter Thiel appeared in the Windy City as a part of Chicago Ideas Week,…
Hundreds of people poured into the Skirball Center last night to take part in a debate on one of the…
The Intelligence Squared Foundation, which hosts and televises Oxford-style debates in New York, recently made its Chicago debut on Oct.…
Is big government stifling the American spirit? That was the question posed to panelists at last night's Intelligence Squared debate…
'True or false: too many kids go to college.' That was how John Donvan, an ABC News correspondent, began a…
The value of a college education is under attack. While more U.S. students are enrolled than ever before, a perfect…
This fall's second to last Intelligence Squared debate took place last night at the Skirball Center. Speakers debated the motion…
Last night NYU's Skirball Center saw an overwhelming victory for the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate, 'Congress Should Pass Obama's Jobs…
Just a day after Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life imprisonment, coincidentally, the Intelligence Squared U.S. organized a debate on…
"My parents were communists,' volunteers Robert Rosenkranz, 'but not in any sophisticated way.' It was just a part of the…
Earlier this week, President Obama, ardent lover of three-word mantras, introduced a new slogan for his American Jobs Act: "We…
There was really no point to any further debate, but I went to the debate, anyway. It was part of…
At a debate last night hosted by Intelligence Squared US, syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock argued that "we want the TSA…
As Americans fly this Thanksgiving holiday, critics of new security measures are arriving at airports in kilts. Subsequent pat downs…
Since 9/11, al Qaeda has not succeeded in launching another terrorist spectacular in the United States. But it has succeeded…
As an American Muslim, I've come to recognize, sadly, that there is one common denominator defining those who've got their…
Zeba Khan was born and raised in a middle-class home in Toledo, Ohio, and for nine years attended the local…
For an actual debate on the law, here's a debate sponsored by Intelligence Squared US, featuring two authors whose writing…
Even Arianna Huffington can't win 'em all. Paired with conservative pundit David Brooks in what should have been a dream…
Is it time to end the 'War on Terror'? That was the motion under debate on Wednesday night in New…
As the war on terror or whatever we re calling it this week approaches its tenth anniversary, much of the…
On September 7, 2011, Intelligence Squared held a debate at New York University on whether it was time to end…
What does "The War on Terror" mean? Is it the legal authority granted to the president by Congress to use…
An interview with journalist Hanna Rosin: Why she'll argue that "men are finished" at the Sept. 20 Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S.…
Women are joining men as partners in running the world, but they are not replacing men and never will.
Robert Rosenkranz was worried about America. Why was the nation's civil discourse becoming so uncivil, the conservative, New York insurance…
Students and locals gathered last night in NYU's Skirball Center to catch the latest Intelligence Squared Debate. This time around,…
In the middle of Tuesday night's Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. debate, ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams presented this damning…
Team members debated whether women have claimed the alpha spot. The age-old debate between men and women continued Tuesday night…
This was just one of the many things Dan Abrams, ABC News legal analyst and author of the book Man…
On Tuesday night, the fate of men hung in the balance: The event that evening at NYU was an Intelligence…
[T]wo teams squared off last month to debate the question of whether Congress should pass President Obama's jobs plan piecemeal,…
A recent Intelligence Squared debate tackled the proposition that Too Many Kids Go to College. Arguments in favor: the cost…
Are men going extinct? Maybe so, according to the results of a recent Intelligence Squared debate. Mens Health editor-in-chief David…
How you can watch - and participate in - the live Slate/Intelligence Squared debate October 4 at NYU.
We crunch the numbers generated from five years of controversial tiffs on hot topics.
Intelligence Squared U.S., the five-year-old debate-as-entertainment series that takes place at N.Y.U.'s Skirball Center, recently offered as a topic for…
We are in a knowledge economy and face brutal competition from all over the world. The weapons in these battles…
Pascal's wager met American Idol Tuesday night when a capacity crowd gathered at a New York University auditorium to vote…
Last night's Intelligence Squared U.S. debate series took a look at America's health care entitlement programs and examined their impact…
According to Chapter 25 of Deuteronomy, if you're in a fight and your wife attempts to help you by grabbing…
Two prominent atheists argued Tuesday night against a Christian apologist and a rabbi that the world would be a better…
The nice thing about a debatea real debate with points and counter points is that at the end, theres a…
On Tuesday night, I attended a debate at NYU's Skirball Center that was part of the Intelligence Squared debate series,…
Last night, I attended an Intelligence Squared Debate in New York. As expected, the debate was spirited and lively. How…
At last nights Intelligence Squared U.S. debate held at NYUs Skirball Center, the motion was: The U.N. Should Admit Palestine…
After an hour and a half of trying to soften an increasingly furiousand personal debate over Palestinian membership in the…
...But the question now is, what should be done instead? That was the topic of the debate, which was entitled:…
Israels occupation of land in the West Bank and Gaza, the status of Jerusalem, and the rights of Arab refugees…
The Intelligence Squared Oxford style debates dont just cover two competing sides of issues like education, the war on terror…
America is fat, but Americans disagree about what this means. Either the countrys obesity ratesone third of all adults are…
Sorry, Uncle Sam, but you've been benched in the fight against obesity. That's according to the Intelligence Squared debate earlier…
Last week Intelligence Squared hosted a debate on whether China does capitalism better than the United States does. The result…
We got to know who has all the cards in this relationship. It is not the U.S., because China is…
Does an Internet that cloisters us in ideological cocoons hurt our political life? Or are the Webs skeptics just the…
About three-fourths of the way through Tuesdays Slate/Intelligence Squared Oxford-style debate on whether China does capitalism better than America, one…
[Commentary magazine quotes Ian Bremmer from an IQ2US debate on China.] As Nocera notes, our dedication to the rule of…
Four Sinologists, economists, writers, and policy advisers will tackle these questions at the next Slate/Intelligence Squared U.S. live debate on…
If you live in Manhattan and get hungry for pizza, youll probably want your Google search for pizza to return…
They say that anyone who knows whats good for him will avoid arguing on the Internet. But what of arguing…
