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Islam Is Dominated By Radicals
April 23, 2008
By the end of a spirited and high-level debate held here last week, many in the audience of about 400 dramatically shifted their opinions and… more
The Great Debaters
January 20, 2008
America is pretty schizophrenic when it comes to performance-enhancing substances - we drag jocks who juice before Congress even as we spend a fortune on… more
Public Affairs: Intelligence Squared Brings Oxford Union Debating to the Land of Loudmouths
January 19, 2008
It might be the formula for an intriguing cocktail party, or the set-up to a long and elaborate joke. An ethicist, a famous retired ballplayer,… more
Intellectual Juicing
January 18, 2008
The Oxford-style Intelligence Squared debates at the Asia Society are precisely what I hoped to discover moving to New York City last spring: Provocative, unabashedly… more
Doping Debate
January 15, 2008
Just hours after baseball assured Congress it's working to address the sport's doping problem, another group debated whether performance-enhancing drugs should even be banned. more
