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Intelligence Squared

WATCH: Experts Debate The Pros And Cons Of Fracking

Posted 07.06.2012 | Green
Read More: Video, Fracking, Fracking Debate, Fracking Benefits, Intelligence Squared, Fracking Drawbacks, Aspen Institute, Fracking Pros and Cons, Shale Gas Boom, Hydraulic Fracturing, Intelligence Squared Fracking Debate, Green News

A recent debate from Intelligence Squared U.S. examined the growing American shale gas boom and brought experts together to discuss the pros and cons ...

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When It Comes to Politics, Intelligence Squared Is Closing Our Minds: Google and Facebook Do Not the Internet Make

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 06.23.2012 | Media
Read More: The Daily Mirror, Google, The Sun, Debate, The Herald Tribune, The New York Times, Intelligence Squared, The Daily News, Journal American, Citizens United, Facebook, Personalization, Polling, Internet Advertising, Pacs, 2012 Election, Evoter, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Intelligence Squared suggested that "When It Comes To Politics, The Internet Is Closing Our Minds," I suggest that sites like eVoter will be changing our actions.

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Freedom of the Press vs. State Secrets

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.15.2011 | Media
Read More: Ayatollah, David Sanger, October Surprise, Donald Gregg, State Secrets, Alan Dershowitz, Intelligence Squared, Iran, Cyrus Hashemi, Michael Chertoff, Freedom of the Press, Democratic Party, Reagan-Bush Campaign, National Securities Staff, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Tehran, President Carter, American Hostages, Intelligence Squared Debate, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Does the press have the right to disclose some secrets? I believe that too many documents are designated "top-secret" when they really should be designated "embarrassing."

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Wendy Kaminer, "Hate Speech," and Campus Censorship

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Campus Liberty, College, Bullying, The Atlantic, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Hate Speech, Higher Education, Jonathan Rauch, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Wendy Kaminer, Censorship, Harassment, Universities, Femi Otitoju, Intelligence Squared, John Stuart Mill, Richard Dawkins, College News
Greg Lukianoff

Check out Wendy Kaminer's great column, "Debating Hate Speech," over at The Atlantic: Last week I engaged in an online Intelligence Squared debate abo...

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Resolved: Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Intelligence Squared, Dan Senor, Mort Zuckerman, Teddy Roosevelt, Radio Free Europe, Iranian Protests, President Obama, Middle East, Iran, Budapest, Obama, Wesley Clark, Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

At least, that was the proposition debated at NYU last week. The debaters in favor of the proposition were Dan Senor and Mort Zuckerman, against were ...

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Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Continuation Of Bush

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Intelligence-Squared, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mark Zandi, Economic Stimulus Package, Allan Meltzer, James Galbraith, Steve Rattner, Financial Crisis, Obama Economy, Lawrence Mishel, Eliot Spitzer, Video, Business News

Are Obama's economic policies actually working? Intelligence Squared posed this question to six policy experts at a debate in New York this week. ...

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League of Democracies

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Democracy, Security Council, Darfur, Intelligence Squared, Rwanda, United Nations, World News
Betwa Sharma

Power politics and national interest have crippled the Security Council even as humanitarian crises claimed millions of lives. The purpose and relevance of the UN is being contested.

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