STREAMING LIVE TODAY: Time for Serious Deal-Making with Iran?

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Streaming Video by Ustream.TV Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett will outline their thoughts on a “U.S.-Iran Grand Bargain” today at 12:00 noon EST at the New America Foundation. I’ll be chairing the session. The article titled “The Grand Bargain” that accompanies today’s event can be read in the latest issue of the Washington Monthly….

LIVE STREAMING TODAY: Economist James K. Galbraith on “The Predator State”

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Streaming live video by Ustream One of the nation’s leading progressive economists, James K. Galbraith, will be speaking today about his new book, The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too, at the New America Foundation from 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm EST.

Biden Wins — Palin Holds Her Own

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Really interesting debate. I had a lot of thoughts, which I’ve got logged below. But Joe Biden showed what a steady, thoughtful, capable pro he is. And while Palin didn’t have any of the disasters she has had in her recent interviews, she came off as an impressive amateur.

Kreisky Forum: Politcal Blogging, Elections, and the End of the World As We Knew It

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Tonight, I spoke at a forum in Vienna at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue. The topic I was speaking on was “Electing the American President: Do New Media, Blogs and the Internet Make any Difference?” About 200 people attended.