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5/11/12 SHOW: OBAMA EMBRACES GAY MARRIAGE; LUGAR BOOTED; EUROPE IN CRISIS
On this week’s show the panelists assess the why and wherefore of President Obama’s decision to publicly embrace gay marriage. Then the panelists examine Senator Richard Lugar’s defeat in the ...
5/4/12 SHOW: CAN OBAMA RUN ON “HE KEPT AS SAFE?”; BALANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE U.S.-CHINESE RELATIONSHIP; MORE ON SWANS AND WAL*MART
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists examine Obama’s record as the war Commander-in-Chief and discuss whether he would be wise to run as the President who kept America ...
4/27/12 SHOW: WAL*MART IN MEXICO; SWAN ATTACK IN MANLIUS; THE EDWARDS TRIAL
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists examine whether Wal*Mart should be prosecuted under the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act, and whose interests this act serves. Then the panelists discuss ...
4/20/12 SHOW: GOVERNMENT WORKERS BEHAVING BADLY; POLITICAL ADS ON PUBLIC TELEVISION; THE LIBRARY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists assess the damage from the GSA and Secret Service scandals exciting Washington and the media this week. Then they react to the ...
4/13 SHOW: TALKING ABOUT FIDEL; TERM LIMITS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES; ELIMINATING THE PENNY
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists discuss why, 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba and Fidel Castro are still such toxic topics. Given that the U.S. ...
4/6/12 SHOW: OBAMA JOUSTS WITH THE FEDERAL COURTS; CAN SOCIAL MEDIA REALLY BRING ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE?
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists discuss President Obama’s shot across the bow of the Supreme Court on the subject of judicial activism and the fate of the ...
3/30/12 SHOW: THE SUPREME COURT TACKLES THE HEALTH CARE MANDATE
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists reflect on the six hours of oral arguments during which the Justices revealed some of their thinking about the Interstate Commerce Clause ...
FLORIDA’S STAND YOUR GROUND LAW; CASINO GAMBLING IN NEW YORK; CUOMO’S STRATEGY ON REDISTRICTING
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists discuss the shooting of Tayvon Martin in Florida and what it says about race relations, the safety of young African-American men, and ...
3/16 SHOW: THE LESSONS FROM SYRIA; SU’S HANDLING OF ITS LATEST BASKETBALL DISCIPLINARY ISSUE
On this week’s show the panelists speculate on the lessons for dictators and the international community if Assad survives in Syria, as it seems he will. Then the panelists examine ...
3/9/12 SHOW: COMBATTING LIMBAUGH; CHAOTIC NEW YORK REDISTRICTING; DRUG TESTING FOR COLLEGE ATHLETES
On this week’s show the panelists look at how Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke has exposed him in a different manner. We also look at the connection between Mitt ...
