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Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is A Containment Strategy Enough For Isis?
Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Does The Equal Protection Clause Require States To License Same-Sex Marriage?
Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is Obama's Iran Deal Good for America?
Genevieve Bell, an anthropologist and vice president at Intel Corp., with teammate David Weinberger, senior researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb?
Diann Rust-Tierney, executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, with teammate Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is It Time To Abolish The Death Penalty?
Two teams face off in a debate over the extent of the president's war powers at the latest debate from Intelligence Squared U.S. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Has The President Exceeded His War Powers Authority?
Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, says the right to be forgotten online is "a very bad solution to a real problem." Samuel Lahoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel Lahoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Should The U.S. Adopt The 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online?
Two teams face off over the motion, "Liberals Are Stifling Intellectual Diversity On Campus," at the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate. Chris Zarconi/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Chris Zarconi/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Do Liberals Stifle Intellectual Diversity On The College Campus?
Josef Joffe, author of The Myth of America's Decline, says the U.S. remains a world leader in education, economic performance and innovation. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Are America's Best Days Behind It?
Franklin Foer recently wrote a cover story for The New Republic titled, "Amazon Must Be Stopped." He argued against Amazon at the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate — and won. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is Amazon The Reader's Friend?
Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Should We Genetically Modify Food?
Bioethicist Peter Singer argues that, under certain circumstances, people should have the right to die at a time of their choosing. Samuel La Hoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel La Hoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, with Elise Gould, argues that a robust economy relies on large numbers of innovators and affluent consumers — and that too much inequality prevents too many Americans from joining those groups. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Does Income Inequality Impair The American Dream?
John Yoo, a former lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice, argues that the NSA's phone records surveillance program is constitutional. Jeff Fusco/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Jeff Fusco/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Does Mass Phone Data Collection Violate The 4th Amendment?
Paul Pillar (right), a former national intelligence officer, with teammate Aaron David Miller, argues that the U.S. should have a smaller military footprint in the Middle East. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Does U.S. Military Intervention In The Middle East Help Or Hurt?
Education experts faced off on the motion "Embrace the Common Core" at an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate, moderated by John Donvan (center). Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Should Schools Embrace The Common Core?
Burt Neuborne and Zephyr Teachout convinced audience members that the right to unlimited spending on political speech is not guaranteed by the Constitution. Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Intelligence Squared U.S.Is Unlimited Spending On Political Speech A Protected Right?
Sean Carroll (left) and Steven Novella argue that testimonies about near-death experiences are not evidence of an afterlife. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Is Death Final?
Jessica Grose, who writes for Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek and Fast Company, says that millennials have been mischaracterized in the media. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Millennials Don't Stand A Chance
Two teams debated the value of online education in an Intelligence Squared U.S. event at Columbia University. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: In An Online World, Are Brick And Mortar Colleges Obsolete?
Martha Stewart/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Does Affirmative Action On Campus Do More Harm Than Good?
Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: It May Be Flexing Its Muscles, But Is Russia A Marginal Power?
Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, argues against the motion, "The president has constitutional power to target and kill U.S. citizens abroad." Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Should The President Be Able To Order Citizens Killed Abroad?
Ben Wizner (left) and Daniel Ellsberg argue in favor of the motion "Edward Snowden Was Justified" in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate on Feb. 12. Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption
toggle caption Samuel LaHoz/Intelligence Squared U.S.Debate: Was Edward Snowden Justified?
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