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America’s Role in Mexico’s Drug War
December 08, 2009
Forty years ago, the United States government began a "war on drugs" whose cost so far is estimated at $1 trillion, and rising. In 2006,… more
Audience Overwhelmingly Decides America is Fueling the Drug War in Mexico
December 03, 2009
The team in favor of the proposition, America is to Blame for Mexico’s Drug War, scored an undisputed victory with 72% of the audience at… more
The Road to Recovery
November 30, 2009
Whatever else they may do in office, presidents are largely judged—by the voters, if not historians—on their handling of the economy. So with unemployment edging… more
Arguing the Economy
November 18, 2009
“Obama’s economic policies are working effectively.” That was the motion that Intelligence Squared US put to its New York audience Monday night for a vote.… more
Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Continuation Of Bush
November 18, 2009
Are Obama's economic policies actually working? Intelligence Squared posed this question to six policy experts at a debate in New York this week. more
Rattner v. Spitzer: A Battle Royale Over the U.S. Response to the Financial Crisis
November 17, 2009
Just hours after a government audit lambasted the New York Fed as meek in its role in AIG’s rescue last fall, two big names in… more
Eliot Spitzer Ends Up on Losing End of Village Debate
November 17, 2009
Neither his trademark Cheshire-cat smile, nor his plucky self-confidence was enough to rescue former Gov. Eliot Spitzer from losing the vote Monday night. more
Good Riddance To The Mainstream Media? Not Quite Yet
October 28, 2009
The New York Times' David Carr stole the show at last night's Intelligence Squared debate on the merits of the mainstream media, when he pulled… more
The New York fairs
October 18, 2009
On 1Q2US, the Winter Antiques Show 2009, The Armory Show, The Art Show, and “Placing Avery: Paintings and Prints from the Collection of the Neuberger… more
Dick Takes Manhattan
October 18, 2009
Dick Cheney hadn't planned to speak, but others at the dinner in Manhattan noticed him growing a grimmer shade of grim. He was listening to… more
