http://bloggingheads.tv Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus and friends talk about the issues of the day. Go to www.bloggingheads.tv for video and for more information. en-us feedback@bloggingheads.tv support@bloggingheads.tv 2010-03-14T15:58:10+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26704 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26704 Who Reinhold Niebuhr was and what he believed... How his philosophy evolved from WWI to the Cold War... Invoking Niebuhr in the torture debate... The decline of theologians in public discourse... Niebuhr’s odd place in today’s politics... What would Niebuhr have said about Iraq and Israel-Palestine?... 2010-03-14T15:58:10+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26652 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26652 A quick tour of Sudan’s recent past and near future... Is the comprehensive peace accord of 2005 unravelling?... Conflict in oil-rich Abyei strains the UN mission... Is a new outbreak of violence in Sudan inevitable?... Congo: Peacekeepers adapt while attacks on civilians continue... Getting smarter about peacekeeping... 2010-03-13T22:32:45+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26683 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26683 Is transhumanism fatally optimistic?... Massimo’s ethical qualms with life extension... The dangers of rapid technological advance... Massimo vs. Mike on whether it’s possible to upload your mind... Is the Turing Test a behaviorist blunder?... Pesky limitations imposed by human biology... 2010-03-13T07:50:14+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26650 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26650 The bizarre Eric Massa scandal fails to take down Rahm... Bill: The Massa story reveals the downside of blogging... Reconciliation: Conservatives jeer, liberals applaud... Why Matt isn’t pinning his hopes on Stupak killing the bill... Your moment of meta: TWIB talking about TWIB... Financial reform and country music... 2010-03-12T21:02:34+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26641 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26641 David (almost) endorses Mickey Kaus for Senate... Are the Iraqi elections cause for celebration?... David and Bob try not to refight the Iraq War. They fail... Should/will Iran get bombed?... Can Israel live without a Palestinian peace deal?... The different flavors of the tea party... 2010-03-12T02:00:42+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26626 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26626 A history of violence in Nigeria... Is the source of the conflict religious or economic?... Clan loyalties threaten national coherence... Could the country split in two?... How Nigeria produced the underwear bomber... Seventy million youths with no access to education... 2010-03-11T13:59:45+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26607 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26607 Why did it take so long to make a good Iraq war movie?... Dan’s paean to Pixar... The ivory tower vs. real-life experience... Why it’s hard to bring together academics and policy makers... After Iraqi elections, guarded optimism... Heather to Dems: Run on national security in 2010... 2010-03-10T19:29:16+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26594 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26594 Is there a common thread in the New York Dem scandals?... Megan defends lobbyists... The idiots on the congressional finance committees... The trouble with unemployment insurance... What do the long-term unemployed most need?... The inevitability/impossibility of passing health care reform... 2010-03-10T02:41:45+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26575 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26575 David’s new book, “The Genius in All of Us”... David: “The Bell Curve” is just wrong... What IQ is and isn’t good for... How Mozart made himself into Mozart... What part of Michael Jordan’s greatness is due to his genes?... Rethinking intelligence and economic inequality... 2010-03-09T13:55:55+00:00 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26555 http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26555 John’s new book, “Money for Nothing”... Want a sweet gig? Get on a corporate board!... What should the boards of Lehman and Bear Stearns have done?... How the financial reform bill can empower boards... Why haven’t big shareholders taken a stand?... Solutions to improve corporate governance... 2010-03-08T12:32:20+00:00