BloggingHeads Debates on Audio & Video

Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus and friends talk about the issues of the day. Go to www.bloggingheads.tv for video and for more information.

How much is pleasure worth? If it turns out no one is rational, shouldn’t we redefine “rational”?

Richard’s new project, Action for Happiness. Improving a nation’s well-being. Marty’s new book, “Flourish”.

The distance between Noam Chomsky and evolutionary psychology. How Chomsky snuck in to Bob’s 9th-grade English class.

Bob vs. Christopher on Fort Hood and the causes of terrorism. Is Major Hasan really the one to blame?

The Myth of the Rational Voter. Irrational fear of markets. Irrational fear of foreigners.

Cancer is not a “gift”. America’s history of positive thinking. Positivity and the corporate rebellion against rationality.

Irreducible human dignity. How to keep power from corrupting. Cornel: Greed is bad. Robby: The left is on the wrong side of history on abortion.

Why Christopher voted for Ralph Nader. Was the Iraq War necessary? Four ways to justify the overthrow of a foreign government.

John’s book The Israel Lobby, viewed from America and abroad. John’s formative years in Brooklyn.