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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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We should legalize the market for human organs
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 60% to 31% for the motion, with 9% undecided.
Moderator: Ira Flatow
Speaking for the motion: Lloyd R. Cohen, Amy L. Friedman and Sally Satel
Speaking against the motion: James F. Childress, Francis L. Delmonico and David Rothman
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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Islam is dominated by radicals
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 73% to 23% for the motion, with 4% undecided.
Moderator: Robert Siegel
Speaking for the motion: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Paul Marshall and Asra Q. Nomani
Speaking against the motion: Reza Aslan, Richard W. Bulliet and Edina Lekovic
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Tough interrogation of terror suspects is necessary
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 53% to 40% against the motion, with 7% undecided.
Moderator: Brooke Gladstone
Speaking for the motion: Rick Francona, Heather Mac Donald and David B. Rivkin Jr.
Speaking against the motion: Jack Cloonan, John D. Hutson and Darius Rejali |
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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America should be the world's policeman
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 48% to 47% against the motion, with 5% undecided.
Moderator: Morley Safer
Speaking for the motion: Max Boot, Michael Mandelbaum and Douglas Murray
Speaking against the motion: Ian Bremmer, Ellen Laipson and Matthew Parris |
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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We should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 59% to 37% against the motion, with 4% undecided.
Moderator: Bob Costas
Speaking for the motion: Radley Balko, Norman Fost and Julian Savulescu
Speaking against the motion: George Michael, Dale Murphy and Richard Pound |
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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Aid to Africa is doing more harm than good
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 51% to 41% against the motion, with 8% undecided.
Moderator: Brian Lehrer
Speaking for the motion: George Ayittey, William Easterly and David Rieff
Speaking against the motion: C. Payne Lucas, John McArthur and Gayle Smith |
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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It's time to end affirmative action
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 55% to 39% against the motion, with 6% undecided.
Moderator: Robert Siegel
Speaking for the motion: John H. McWhorter, Terence J. Pell and Joseph C. Phillips
Speaking against the motion: Khin Mai Aung, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Tim Wise |
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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Russia is becoming our enemy again
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 47% to 41% for the motion, with 12% undecided.
Moderator: Edward Lucas
Speaking for the motion: Claudia Rosett, Bret Stephens and J. Michael Waller
Speaking against the motion: Nina Khrushcheva, Robert Legvold and Mark Medish |
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
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Let's stop welcoming undocumented immigrants
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 60% to 37% for the motion, with 3% undecided.
Moderator: John Hockenberry
Speaking for the motion: Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Mark Krikorian and Heather Mac Donald
Speaking against the motion: Daniel T. Griswold, Enrique Morones and Karen K. Narasaki |
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Wednesday, September 18, 2007
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Spreading democracy in the
Middle East is a bad idea
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 55% to 40% for the motion, with 5% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: Flynt Leverett, Dimitri Simes and Shibley Telhami
Speaking against the motion: Liz Cheney, Danielle Pletka and Natan Sharansky
Moderator: Robert Siegel |
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Beware the dragon: A booming China spells trouble for America
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 59% to 35% against the motion, with 6% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: Bill Gertz, John J. Mearsheimer, Michael Pillsbury
Speaking against the motion: Daniel H. Rosen, James McGregor, J. Stapleton Roy
Moderator: James Harding |
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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Better more domestic surveillance than another 9/11
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 55% to 40% against the motion, with 5% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: David Frum, Andrew C. McCarthy and John Yoo
Speaking against the motion: Bob Barr, Jeffrey Rosen and Nadine Strossen
Moderator: Chris Bury |
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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Global warming is not a crisis
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 46% to 42% for the motion, with 12% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: Michael Crichton, Richard S. Lindzen and Philip Stott
Speaking against the motion: Brenda Ekwurzel, Gavin Schmidt, Richard C.J. Somerville
Moderator: Brian Lehrer |
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Wednesday,
February
07,
2007
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America is too damn religious
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 70.35% to 24.34% for the motion, with 5.31% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: Susan Jacoby, Barry W. Lynn, Alan Wolfe
Speaking against the motion: Jean Bethke Elshtain, William Galston, Albert Raboteau
Moderator: Peter Steinfels |
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Wednesday,
December
13,
2006
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Hollywood has fueled anti-Americanism abroad
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 59% to 35% against the motion, with 6% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: James Hirsen, Roger Kimball, Joshua Muravchik
Speaking against the motion: Robin Bronk, Robert Greenwald, Richard Walter
Moderator: Bernard Weinraub
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Wednesday,
November
29,
2006
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A democratically-elected Hamas is still a terrorist organization
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 53% to 30% for the motion, with 17% undecided.
Speaking for themotion: Daniel Ayalon, Steven A. Cook, John O'Sullivan
Speaking against the motion: Stanley L. Cohen, Mahmoud Mohamedou, Mark Perry
Moderator: Judy Woodruff
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Wednesday,
October
18,
2006
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Freedom of expression must include the license to offend
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 83% to 16% for the motion, with 1% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: Philip Gourevitch, Christopher Hitchens, Signe Wilkinson
Speaking against the motion: David Cesarani, Daisy Khan, Mari Matsuda
Moderator: Jeffrey Toobin
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Wednesday,
September
27,
2006
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We must tolerate a nuclear Iran
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Intelligence2 US audience confirms 53% to 37% against the motion, with 10% undecided.
Speaking for the motion: George Perkovich, Karim Sadjadpour, Sanam Vakil
Speaking against the motion: Patrick Clawson, Reuel Marc Gerecht, William Kristol
Moderator: Robert Siegel.
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