Videos

John Hope Franklin was interviewed about his life, his career, and his body of work. He also responded to viewer telephone calls. Professor Franklin has served as president of the America…

Participating from Boston by remote connection, Rep. Frank talked about public policy issues raised by the Terri Schiavo case and Congress’s involvement in the issue. He responded to telepho…

Shelby Steele was interviewed about his life, his career, and his writings. He described himself as a black conservative and talked about racism in the U.S. as paternalism. He also responded…

Ms. Wilkinson talked about the controversy over cartoons published in Europe and elsewhere of the prophet Mohammed that have sparked unrest in the Arab world. Ms. Wilkinson is an editorial c…

Assistant Secretary Myers was interviewed about enforcement of the recently announced immigration initiatives, including increasing bed space for illegal aliens caught at the border and targ…

Professors Alvare and Pillard participated in a roundtable discussion to examine the history of the U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion decisions. They discussed the effect the first new justices …

Mark McClellan was interviewed about the Medicare drug benefits plan. Among the topics he addressed were savings from the plan, perceived problems by the public, and a surge in enrollment. F…

Newton Minow was interviewed about his career in telecommunications. Mr. Minow, who served as the Federal Communications Commission chairman from 1961 to 1963, currently co-chairs the organi…

Robert Pepper, a former policy adviser with the Federal Communications Commission, was interviewed about telecommunications issues. Topics included Cisco Systems products which include switc…

Craig Newman was interviewed about his online community bulletin board while he was at a Washington, DC event. Topics included the future of the newspaper industry, customer service, working…

Mr. Langhorne reported by telephone on the race in Indiana’s 8th Congressional District. Six-term Republican Congressman John Hostettler is being challenged by Brad Ellsworth, the sheriff of…

The guests talked about the war in Iraq and the part it will play in many House, Senate and gubernatorial races across the country. They talked about the war as an overall election issue fro…

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments on television campaign ads and whether they work. Video clips of ads were shown.

The guests talked about the latest House and Senate race poll numbers, voter perceptions of Congress, party control in the House and Senate after November, and relevant issues and trends in …

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments on television campaign ads and whether they work. Video clips of ads were shown.

Anita Kumar reports by telephone about the Florida Senate race between Senator Bill Nelson (D) and Representative Katherine Harris (R). The candidates debated the previous evening in Davie, …

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments. Mr. Curran spoke about campaign and political news of the day.

David Kuo talked about his book, Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction, published by The Free Press. He talks about his experiences serving President Bush as the deputy dire…

Telephone lines were open for comments on news of the day.

Professor Travis talked about Virginia politics including the race for Virginia’s seat in the U.S. Senate between Sen. George Allen (R) and Democrat James Webb. She also responded to telepho…