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Video: Ted Kennedy Video Interview up on BigThink

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

One of Ted Kennedy's last interviews is up on BigThink, the little New York-based start-up which creates and publishes interviews with thought leaders.

Will Obama Punish African-American Clinton Supporters?

Sean McManus | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Sean McManus

By election day, African-American support for Obama was near universal. But Rahmbo isn't famous for forgiving his enemies.

Big Think Presents: What's Your Plan?

Sean McManus | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Sean McManus

If the election of 2000 reminded us that every vote counts, 2008 has provoked a wholesale political awakening. Across the globe, US politics is, as Tina Brown might say, the big fat story.

Larry Summers Invests In "YouTube For Ideas"

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


In June 2006, Peter Hopkins, a civic-minded and idealistic 2004 Harvard graduate, trekked up to his alma mater from New York for a meeting with Lawren...