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FEATURE
The Media Today
What's the matter with media? Some leading figures in the industry take a crack at answering.
Media & the Press
The Media Today
What's the matter with media? Some leading figures in the industry take a crack at answering.
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Art
A Thousand Words
Virginia Postrel and Ingrid Newkirk on the power of the image.
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Arts & Culture
Do Americans read enough poetry?
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins thinks that question misses the point.
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Faith & Beliefs
The Incisor Dilemma
The Path to a New Enlightenment
How should the Bible be interpreted?
Are science and religion compatible?
Identity
A Manly Man
I am...
Born in Iran
Seeing Double
Inspiration
On muses, lightbulbs, and process
The Poets' Poets
Creative Process
Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Life & Death
The Right to Die
Aging Gracefully
A Poet Watching Time Pass
Facing Death in War
Love & Happiness
What is love?
Untying the Gay Marriage Knot
Why Love Matters
Leaving Your Mark
Outlook & the Future
How will this age be remembered?
What is the legacy of George W. Bush?
Optimism or Hope?
The End of Aging
Truth & Justice
Do human rights exist in China?
Religion in the Service of Human Rights
Nadine Strossen: On Civil Liberties
Stephen Carter: A Pretty Good System
Wisdom
Words of Wisdom
Ask Yourself
Arts & Culture
Is poetry translatable?
Do Americans read enough poetry?
Do you speak Irish?
Big Literary Salon
Business & Economics
The thing about borrowing money...
Teaching Outside the Box
Naomi Klein: A Shocking Doctrine
Financial Literacy Month
History
Oh, The Places We'll Go
David McCullough: Adams Family Values
What is human nature?
Human Evolution
Media & the Press
Cynthia McFadden: Dripping with Opinion
Is the media responsible for the war in Iraq?
The Media Today
Is the media to blame for Britney's troubles?
Philanthropy
The $100 Billion Question
Was Robin Hood right?
Policy & Politics
Bill Clinton's Legacy
Is the American political system broken?
Preaching in the Town Square
How has Washington changed?
Rest & Diversions
Fixing Baseball
Training Young Soccer Stars
The Aspen Ideas Festival
Rob Huebel: One Funny Guy
Science & Technology
The Risks of Innovation
Is climate change a human rights issue?
Real Life?
Changing Our Understanding of Multiple Dimensions
The World
Making The World's Markets Better
Is globalization killing local culture?
What are today's big issues?
Is it fair to ask developing countries to go green?
CATEGORIES
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10 QUESTIONS
This week, BigThink is exploring the Next American Experience. To do that, we asked our experts to look both forward and back. Here's some ideas to get you started.
1 | David McCullough - Historian; Author
Re: Do Americans misunderstand the Founding Fathers?
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2 | Melissa Harris Lacewell - Professor, Princeton University
Re: What is the state of democracy in the United States?
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3 | David Kennedy - Professor of History, Stanford University
Participating in Our Democracy
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4 | C.K. Williams - Poet
Poetry and the Iraq War
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5 | Nadine Strossen - President, ACLU
Re: What should Americans be most concerned about?
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6 | Howard Zinn - Historian
Howard Zinn on Democracy in America
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7 | Michael Eric Dyson - Professor, Georgetown University; Author
Michael Eric Dyson: An Accurate American History
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8 | Stephen Carter - Professor, Yale Law School; Novelist
Re: What is democracy?
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9 | Jon Meacham - Editor, Newsweek
Re: What forces have shaped America most?
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10 | Jim Lehrer - Journalist; Anchor, The NewsHour (PBS)
America's Place in the World
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