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Reorganizing Homeland Security: A Historical Perpective Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1800 Date: February 12, 2009 Brian Balogh presents examples from U.S. history when a president, usually in a time of crisis, has undertaken the task of reorganizing a part of ...

Religion, Politics and the New World Order Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3512 Date: February 12, 2009 As a part of the University of Houston Forum exploring key issues facing the country after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, this panel of experts fr...

The Estate Tax Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1585 Date: February 12, 2009 It’s called the ultimate insult.  Of the two 'givens' in life, death and taxes, this involves both. The Estate T...

Quebec: The French Side of Canada Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Marc Levine discusses the current state of Canada and its French-speaking province, Quebec, the separatist movement and the current Prime Minister...

Port Safety - The Threat of Terrorism Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5330 Date: February 12, 2009 The Senate Commerce Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee holds a special hearing at the University of Houston to discuss the vul...

The World is a More Dangerous Place Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3510 Date: February 12, 2009 The University of Hawaii explores the complex issues of armed conflicts, peace-keeping operations and humanitarian relief as they relate to global...

The Right Time and Place Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 216 Date: February 12, 2009 Complex environmental challenges have taken center stage and these problems can’t be solved with business-as-usual thinking. Watch the Institute’s ...

The World We Used To Live In Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3060 Date: February 12, 2009 A Lakota Sioux, Vine Deloria, Jr. is one of the most outspoken figures in Native American affairs. His works promote Native American cultural nati...

Success is a Journey, Life is a Choice Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1843 Date: February 12, 2009 In Robert A. Bland’s speech, entitled Success is a Journey, Life is a Choice he shares some stories of what it was like when he first enrolled at ...

Testing New Drugs: Are People Guinea Pigs? (315) Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1622 Date: February 12, 2009 Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate the fundamental issues of our times.  Institute...

The Meaning of Kingship Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3321 Date: February 12, 2009 In this three part series, Professor Michael Walzer discusses Biblical politics through the lens of modern political theory. From the Series:Samue...

Secularism: The Turkish Experience Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 The struggle to balance worldly desires and demands against the promises and hopes of life in the afterworld, defines the essence of secularism in...

The Racial Geography of Child Welfare Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5190 Date: February 12, 2009 Dorothy Roberts, a Harvard Law School Graduate and the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Northwestern University Law School, argues that th...

The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4566 Date: February 12, 2009 President of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation who co-founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From the Series:Nobel Peace Lau...

The Need for Compassion in Society: The Case of Tibet Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4522 Date: February 12, 2009 Spiritual and political leader of Tibet and worldwide symbol of non-violent advocacy. From the Series:Nobel Peace Laureates Conference: Human Right...

Rendezvous With Destiny: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Shape of the 20th Century Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2990 Date: February 12, 2009 David M. Kennedy, McLachlan Professor of History, examines the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Shaping of 20th Century America. From th...

The Environmental Legacy of War Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1228 Date: February 12, 2009 Dr. Janice Harper weighs the impact of war on the world around it. Harper is currently investigating health concerns associated with air quality is...

Territorial Integrity vs. National Self-Determination Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1555 Date: February 12, 2009 As colonial and Soviet era empires collapse, new nations have emerged and seek to assert an identity in the international arena. Today many of the...

The Racial Politics of Adoption Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 4990 Date: February 12, 2009 Professor Randall L. Kennedy speaks about the Racial Politics of Adoption. He describes past, current, and future states and trends of matching c...

Teachers and Study Partners Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3424 Date: February 12, 2009 Studying Talmud is not a quiet endeavor.   Students and teachers learn from discussion and debate, the give and take between stude...

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