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Emily Bazelon & Ann Althouse: Playground Edition

Explaining the MySpace tragedy and trial...
Selective prosecution isn’t good for anyone...
Who can we blame for a child’s suicide?...
Can a punishment be unjust even if it’s deserved?...
Is a Squanto costume harmless or racist?...
Questioning a government-mandated Pledge of Allegiance...

Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner: Name This Diavlog!

Heather predicts the Mumbai attack will be India’s 9/11...
Why al Qaeda’s networked structure both helps and hurts it...
Will the Mumbai attack spark a regional war?...
How Americans became a fearful people...
Is Obama betraying the staffers who chose him over Hillary?...
Dan on the State Department: Bloat, baby, bloat!...

Blogging Heads: Christopher Hayes and Eli Lake on Progressive Foreign Policy

In this Blogging Heads excerpt, New America fellow Chris Hayes, Washington Editor of The Nation, and Eli Lake of The New Republic, debate whether President-elect Obama has already given up on a progressive foreign policy in light of his choice of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.

The excerpt is viewable below. For the full "diavlog," please visit BloggingHeads.tv.


Matthew Duss & Robert Farley: The Grog and Sextant Edition

Why should Americans care about Somali pirates?...
The piracy-terrorism nexus...
Pirates as enemies of humanity...
Blue-water navy, meet the Blackwater navy...
The piracy-"Sound of Music” nexus...
The deliciousness of the Thanksgiving turkey...

Mark Leon Goldberg & Matthew Lee: UN Plaza: Pirates and Peacekeepers

Should the US ambassador to the UN have sharp elbows?...
Finance policy: Matthew sees signs that Obama won’t change much...
Congo puts the UN to the test...
Should France send troops to Congo?...
Pirates and the stability of Somalia...
Global financial crisis and aid to developing nations...

Henry Farrell & Sumit Ganguly: Siege on Mumbai

Sumit, an India expert, explains what’s happening in Mumbai...
Analyzing the terrorists...
What will happen if Pakistan is to blame?...
Is there any hope for India-Pakistan relations?...
Sumit says the US has to send a message...
Seeing things from a Pakistani point of view...

John Horgan & George Johnson: Science Saturday: The Black Friday Edition

Irony consumes the Horgan family Thanksgiving...
The age of Roosevelt as viewed from the age of Obama...
Do Wall Street bonuses work?...
Doubting dark energy...
Would robot killing machines be as cruel as human soldiers?...
George explains how to be an atheist grateful for life...

Eve Fairbanks & Matthew Continetti: Loaves and Turkeys

Eve thinks the Dem Congress is far from far left...
Rahm Emanuel and a machine pol presidency...
Why the politics of the next four years will be a lot less angry...
Obama’s character strengths as antidote to Bush’s character flaws...
Will Obama usher in a permanent Democratic majority?...
Matt’s advice for the GOP: Learn from the Democrats!...

Robert Wright & Joel Achenbach: Our Very Especial Thanksgiving Edition

Joel proposes Regretsgiving Day...
Joel to Bob: “Is there a God?” (Click here for answer.)...
Why is God so fond of beetles and gas giants?...
The evolution of thankfulness...
Who’s not thankful for Obama’s team of rivals?...
Joel’s blog gets ridiculed. Thanks, Bob. Thanks a lot....

Jack Balkin & Eric Posner: National Security, Post-Bush

Will Obama pick ideological liberals for the Supreme Court?...
How Obama will handle domestic surveillance...
Eric doubts the Bush administration was criminal...
Why didn’t Bush just argue that torture was necessary?...
Truth vs. justice in trials of Bushies...
Jack on torture as Bush’s shameful legacy...