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Eating Out When the Economy Is Down and Out
Will the recession affect New Yorkers' obsession with eating out? New York Magazine restaurant critic thinks ...
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Eating Out When the Economy Is Down and Out
Will the recession affect New Yorkers' obsession with eating out? New York Magazine restaurant critic thinks not.
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2008 Elections
Are Americans ready for a Black president?
Obama just snatched up Mississippi. He's regaining momentum. Are we ready for it?
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The Internet
Poetry 2.0
How has the Web changed the way we use language?
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Faith & Beliefs
The Incisor Dilemma
Stewards of the Earth
The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism
Tolerant Evangelizing?
Identity
A Life After Death: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Born in Iran
Should we embrace or reject our differences?
Seeing Double
Inspiration
How do poets compose?
On muses, lightbulbs, and process
The Poets' Poets
Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Life & Death
What is the measure of a good life?
A Poet Watching Time Pass
Facing Death in War
The Right to Die
Love & Happiness
Leaving Your Mark
Is love always territorial?
Intimacy and Aging
Untying the Gay Marriage Knot
Outlook & the Future
What's the forecast?
How will this age be remembered?
Optimism or Hope?
What is the legacy of George W. Bush?
Truth & Justice
Race Matters
Do human rights exist in China?
What is justice?
Ingrid Newkirk: Ethics Worth Fighting For
Wisdom
Words of Wisdom
Ask Yourself
Arts & Culture
James Zemaitis: On the Auction Block
Do you speak Irish?
Is poetry translatable?
The Globalization of Art
Business & Economics
Muhammad Yunus: The Poor Man's Banker
What's exciting in business today?
Financial Literacy Month
What is social business?
History
David McCullough: Adams Family Values
What is human nature?
Human Evolution
Oh, The Places We'll Go
Media & the Press
Why are we celebrity obsessed?
The Media Today
Are bloggers journalists?
The New Yorker: Lonely at the Top
Philanthropy
The $100 Billion Question
Was Robin Hood right?
Policy & Politics
Bill Clinton's Legacy
Senator Arlen Specter on the Issues
Is the political system broken? (Part 2)
The Three Senators Who Would Be President
Rest & Diversions
Training Young Soccer Stars
Sharon Gannon: On the Yogic Path
Fixing Baseball
The Aspen Ideas Festival
Science & Technology
Tech Allstars
Is climate change a human rights issue?
Technology in Perspective
Real Life?
The World
AIDs on the Rise
Is it fair to ask developing countries to go green?
What are today's big issues?
Dispatch from Moscow
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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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