Qualities of a Great Secretary of State
Television news correspondent, presidential advisor and university professor Marvin Kalb talks about the qualities necessary for an American Secretary of State to be great. Chief among these attributes, according to Mr. Kalb, is having a broad conce...
Public Service
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the extraordinary importance of public service. "As a democracy, we are not going to survive without activists, without idealists...without people who care and are going to ...
What is human nature?
This series offers learners an in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the Western world, The Examined Life studies the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews w...
What is justice?
This series offers learners an in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the Western world, The Examined Life studies the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews w...
What is art?
This series offers learners an in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the Western world, The Examined Life studies the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to the present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews w...
Collapse of Peace, The: Truman Gets Tough with Soviets Leading to Potsdam
Roosevelt is dying and leaves his successor Truman uninformed and poorly prepared. Truman berates foreign minister Molotov for Russia's not keeping its bargain at Yalta, but in reality there is little the U.S. can do to compel the Soviet Union to li...
Collapse of Peace, The: Post War Labor Unrest
Inflation soars in early post-war years compounded by sharp increases in labor unrest. Workers who willingly support World War II concessions feel that similar requests related to the Cold War are unfair. There are major strikes in the automobile, e...
Collapse of Peace, The: Sources of Soviet-American Tension
Even before the end of World War II, there are signs of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Once hostilities are over tensions mount and become what is known as the Cold War, a dangerous rivalry that will cast a shadow over inter...
Collapse of Peace, The: Revitalizing Japan
Secretary of State Dean Atchison tells MacArthur that it is time to reverse existing policies and allow Japan to strengthen and centralize its economy. MacArthur resists strategy, bit within three years of the war's end the United States is rehabili...
Rights of the Accused: Response to Increase in Violent Crimes
With violent crime on the rise there has been support in many states for stiffer punishments like multiple offender laws. Although few people spend much time thinking about prisons and prisoners, there is concern about human rights issues and whethe...