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Politics is usually the main focus, but you'll also get a smattering of culture, science, religion—whatever the two "heads" feel like talking about that day. Go to www.bloggingheads.tv for more info. no Bloggingheads.tv feedback@bloggingheads.tv http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26764 Robert Wright & Matthew Hoh Matthew’s experience in Iraq and Afghanistan... How Matthew became disillusioned with the war in Afghanistan... Matthew: Leave rural Afghans alone and they’ll leave us alone... A critique of the Marja campaign... The fallacy of fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan... Negotiating a ceasefire with the Taliban... Matthew’s experience in Iraq and Afghanistan... How Matthew became disillusioned with the war in Afghanistan... Matthew: Leave rural Afghans alone and they’ll leave us alone... A critique of the Marja campaign... The fallacy of fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan... Negotiating a ceasefire with the Taliban... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26764 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:01:28 -0400 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26746 Mark Schmitt & Noam Scheiber Explaining the current obsession with Rahm Emanuel... An evaluation of Rahm... Why didn’t Obama go confrontational on health care from the start?... The social psychology of Senatorial gutlessness... Why House Dems will be better off if health care passes... Financial reform: Would Dems prefer no bill to a compromise?... Explaining the current obsession with Rahm Emanuel... An evaluation of Rahm... Why didn’t Obama go confrontational on health care from the start?... The social psychology of Senatorial gutlessness... Why House Dems will be better off if health care passes... Financial reform: Would Dems prefer no bill to a compromise?... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26746 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:44:47 -0400 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26725 Robert Farley & James Poulos Critiquing Lowry and Ponnuru on American exceptionalism... What made Rob shake his military-historian fist in rage... Rob: Hey, remember a little thing called slavery?... The crosscurrents of race and Americanness in Obama’s identity... Flag pins, the metric system, and the filibuster... James unearths mass transit’s ideological underpinnings... Critiquing Lowry and Ponnuru on American exceptionalism... What made Rob shake his military-historian fist in rage... Rob: Hey, remember a little thing called slavery?... The crosscurrents of race and Americanness in Obama’s identity... Flag pins, the metric system, and the filibuster... James unearths mass transit’s ideological underpinnings... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26725 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:53:13 -0400 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26704 Peter Beinart & Daniel Schultz 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?... 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?... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26704 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:58:10 -0400 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26652 Mark Leon Goldberg & Erin Weir 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26652 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:32:45 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26683 Mike Treder & Massimo Pigliucci 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26683 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:50:14 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26650 Bill Scher & Matt Lewis 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26650 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:34 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26641 Robert Wright & David Frum 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26641 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:42 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26626 Dayo Olopade & Eliza Griswold 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26626 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:45 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate http://www.brainwaveweb.com/diavlogs/26607 Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner 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... 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... http://www.bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/26607 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:16 -0500 01:21:12 politics, current events, science, economics, foreign policy, law, religion, philosophy, health care, debate