Login or Join

Bloggingheads.tv

Bloggingheads.tv

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.

Timothy Noah & Byron York - Over the River and Through the Woods

Are cost estimates for health care reform bogus?... Tim predicts the public option won’t survive the Senate... Considering the GOP’s health care bill... Tim vs. Byron on the filibuster... The odd politics of an Afghanistan surge... Byron knocks ...
10 hours ago

Heather Hurlburt & Eli Lake - Short and Thankful Edition

Should Blackwater be doing “snatch and grabs” in Pakistan?... Torture and the fantasy of 100% safety... Is breaking the law inherent in the CIA’s mission?... Eli defends torturing Khalid Shaikh Mohammed... What Heather and Eli are ...
1 day ago

Ezra Klein & Mark Bittman - Voting With Your Mouth

Mark’s book, “Food Matters”... Tobacco is stigmatized. Can we do the same for processed food?... Ezra calls for school lunch paternalism... Behavioral economics and Thanksgiving dinner... The healthiest way to organize your kitchen... ...
2 days ago

Conor Friedersdorf & Peter Suderman - Intellivision

The illogical way we use health insurance... Does Sarah Palin deserve all the attention she’s getting?... Is the political-entertainment complex a good thing?... Why Conor hates living in DC... Videogames as the dominant medium of the new ...
3 days ago

Mark Leon Goldberg & Gregory Hartl - UN Plaza: The H1N1 Pandemic

How big is the crisis?... Tracking the virus across the globe... How the WHO first identified H1N1... What happens when a pandemic is declared... Why influenza viruses are so challenging... Vaccines, doomsday scenarios, and international ...
3 days ago

Robert Wright & Steven Pinker - Science Saturday: Verbs and Violence

The distance between Noam Chomsky and evolutionary psychology... How Chomsky snuck in to Bob’s 9th-grade English class... Steve’s book, “The Stuff of Thought”... How language reveals the structure of the human mind... Why has violence been ...
5 days ago

Bill Scher & Matt Lewis - The Week in Blog: Wrapped Up With a Bow

Andrew Sullivan vs. Sarah Palin... Matt diagnoses conservative bloggers with Palin fatigue... The left is largely happy with Reid’s health care bill…... ...while the right alleges CBO chicanery... Debating Obama’s bow to the Japanese emperor... ...
5 days ago

Michelle Goldberg & Ann Althouse - Nuance

Is Sarah Palin dumb or evil? Intelligent people can disagree... Comparing “Going Rogue” to “Dreams From My Father”... Is Palin an unreflective complainer or a model of optimism?... The exuberance of Palin, the thoughtfulness of Obama... Ann ...
6 days ago

Andrew Bacevich & David Frum - Reassessing the Freedom Agenda

Andrew dissents from the conventional wisdom on Afghanistan... Is Afghanistan just a distraction?... Debating what, if anything, America can do to improve Pakistan... Can we reduce the damage from Islam’s transition to modernity?... Andrew’s ...
1 week ago

Dayo Olopade & Megan McArdle - Adding Value

Political lessons of the Fort Hood shooting... Placing terrorists on the spectrum between warriors and criminals... Is abortion health care?... Dayo: Sarah Palin is a cultural figure, not a politician... Payday loans and the vortex of poverty... Can ...
1 week ago

Conor Friedersdorf & Julian Sanchez - Arguing With Your Own Side

The coming Murdoch-Google war... Snore-inducing journalism that undergirds democracy... Legally, who is a journalist?... The Ann Coulter dilemma: Ignore or engage the fringe?... What the new populists misunderstand about politicians’ morality... ...
1 week ago

Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & Farhad Manjoo - In Praise of Forgetting

Viktor’s new book, “Delete”... How a random photo can ruin someone’s life... Viktor proposes encoding expiration dates into digital photos... Can society just adjust?... Don’t let current friendships be destroyed by old e-mails... Farhad ...
1 week ago

Mark Leon Goldberg & Peter Hakim - UN Plaza: Honduras Since the Coup

Ousted President Zelaya cuts off negotiations... Peter: Neither side has shown good faith in talks... America’s less-than-ideal handling of the dispute... Did Asst. Secretary of State Shannon bungle an accord?... The regional view of the Honduran ...
2 weeks ago

Robert Greene & Eliezer Yudkowsky - Percontations: Fear, Power, and Mortality

Robert’s new book, “The 50th Law”... Robert says power is better than happiness... Robert’s controversial 7th law: Take credit for others’ work... Eliezer on censorship in online communities... Will politics thwart transhumanists’ ...
2 weeks ago

Michael Specter & Chris Mooney - Science Saturday: Denialism

Michael’s new book, “Denialism”... Vaccine skepticism: an expensive decadence... Americans admire science—so why do they distrust it?... Irrational fear of genetically-modified food... Personalized medicine and genetically-programmed ...
2 weeks ago

Tim Fernholz & Matt Lewis - The Week in Blog: Nostalgia Edition

Liberal bloggers boycott DNC over gay rights... The politics of the pro-life Stupak amendment... Pro-lifers won the battle, may lose war... Did political correctness shield the Fort Hood shooter?... Matt harkens back to a simpler time of greater ...
2 weeks ago

Joe Klein & David Frum - Important Decisions to Be Made

Joe vs. David: Is Iran a looming crisis?... Can Obama keep Israel from striking Iran?... Eyewitnesses to the mess in Afghanistan... David questions, Joe defends Obama’s Pakistan policy... Afghanistan: A policy everyone agrees on, but no one ...
2 weeks ago

Lester Brown & David Roberts - Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Lester’s new book, “Plan B 4.0”... Rising food prices: coming soon to a supermarket near you!... Can the US mobilize WWII-style against climate change?... Sorry, SuperFreakonomics—geoengineering won’t save us... The case against nuclear ...
2 weeks ago

Robert Farley & John Mueller - Nukes? No Big Whoop

John’s new book, “Atomic Obsession”... The incredibly small odds of a nuclear terrorist attack... Why Obama’s arms control efforts may be counterproductive... John: Israel can live with Iran having the bomb... Fears of a crippling ...
2 weeks ago