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World Nation & Politics Business Metro Style & Entertainment Authors Sports Education World Special – War In Iraq Discussions May 23 – SARS: Post's Ceci Connolly May 22 – Women in Iraq May 20 – Mideast: Honor Crimes May 16 – Saudi Arabia Bombing April 30 – Mideast: 'Road Map' for Peace April 30 – Mideast: 'Road Map' for Peace April 28 – CDC Official on SARS Epidemic April 24 – SARS Epidemic: Preparedness
Select a discussion April 23: Iran/Iraq -- Fawaz Gerges April 22: North Korea -- Georgetown's Victor Cha April 18: Oil -- Worldwatch Institute April 9: SARS -- Post's Pomfret from China March 26: Afghanistan -- Post's Marc Kaufman March 14: Pakistan -- Post's John Lancaster March 12: Serbian Leader Assassinated March 10: International Women's Day March 4: The Ivory Coast March 3: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Arrest Jan. 29: Israeli Elections Jan. 17: UN Iraq Inspections Jan. 16: Anti-War Activist Bianca Jagger Jan. 9: Post's Frankel in London Dec. 16: Former UN Weapons Inspector Dec. 13: Post's Gellman on Iraq-al Qaeda Link Dec. 13: Nuclear Threats Dec. 9: Internally Displaced Iraqis Special Report: Sept. 11, One Year Later Special Report: America At War (Sept. 11 - March 11) Dec. 4: CFR's Mort Halperin on Iraq Nov. 19: Lee Hamilton on U.S./UN Relations Nov. 14: Iraq Weapons Inspections Nov. 11: Israel -- Courage to Refuse Oct. 31: Future of Pakistan Oct. 16: Cuban Missile Crisis Anniversary Sept. 27: World Bank Official Sept. 12: CFR's Phillips on Iraq Sept. 10: CFR's Richard Holbrooke on Tracking Terrorists Aug. 27: Kaiser, Raimondo on Central Asia Diary Aug. 20: ABC's John Miller on the 9/11 Terrorists Aug. 7: Palestinian Curfew Aug. 1: Brookings -- Target Iraq? June 11: Author Peter Bergen on Central Asian Conflict June 11: Deadly Arsenals -- Terrorists and WMD June 7: Middle East Conflict June 7: Brookings Institute on Central Asia June 6: CIA Terrorism Warnings June 6: Michael Brown on Mideast Conflict June 4: The Post's Steve Coll on India and Pakistan May 28: Colombia Elections May 20: East Timor Independence May 17: Post's Mike Allen on Terrorism Warnings May 17: Carter's Visit to Cuba May 16: Lawrence J. Korb on Terrorism Warnings May 15: Carter's Visit to Cuba May 8: Sharon's Visit -- Aftermath May 7: Sharon's Visit to the U.S. May 6: French Elections May 2: U.S.-Sino Relations May 2: James Zogby on Arafat April 26: Human Rights Watch -- Jenin April 23: Fishing and the Environment April 22: Ralph Lowenstein on Middle East April 19: Jenin Refugee Camp Eyewitness April 16: Church of the Nativity Siege April 15: CFR's Henry Siegman on Mideast April 12: Israeli Embassy Spokesman on Mideast April 12: Church of the Nativity Siege April 12: CFR's Warren Bass on Mideast April 10: Photographer on "Afghan Girl" Photo April 10: Former CIA Official on Mideast April 4: Palestinian Journalist Daoud Kuttab April 1: Arab Studies Professor on Mideast March 29: Live From Ramallah March 29: Former UN Ambassador Clovis Maksoud March 29: Israeli Embassy Spokesman Mark Regev March 27: Shibley Telhami on Arab Summit March 27: World Views of War on Terrorism March 27: Earthquakes in Afghanistan March 20: Victims of Mideast Violence March 19: Role of Peacekeeping Operations March 14: Post's Hockstader from Jerusalem March 11: CFR's Warren Bass on Mideast March 8: Zimbabwe Elections March 4: Next Phase in Afghanistan Fighting Feb. 28: Saudi Peace Plan Feb. 21: CFR President Les Gelb Feb. 20: Post's Phil Bennett on Saudi Arabia Feb. 14: Post's Ottaway and Kaiser on Saudi Arabia Feb. 11: The U.S. and Iran Feb. 8: Young Afghan World Alliance Feb. 8: National Geographic on Central Asia Jan. 23: Post's Hockstader from Israel Jan. 10: Brookings Institution on India/Pakistan World Discussion Archives Nation & Politics May 16 – Politics: Economic Recovery May 16 – Terrorism Exercises May 15 – Economy: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) May 12 – Carol Mosely Braun May 6 – Nature Conservancy, Part 1 May 6 – Nature Conservancy, Part 2 May 5 – Cinco de Mayo: Latin Issues May 2 – IT & Homeland Security March 14 – Smart Case: Marc Klaas March 13 – Politics: Carl Cannon
Select a discussion Regular Nation Discussions Regular Politics Discussions March 11: Politics -- CNN's Tucker Carlson March 6: Estrada Nomination -- Nan Aron March 6: Estrada Nomination -- Jeffrey Mazzella Feb. 26 -- PBS/NOVA -- 'Dirty Bomb' Feb. 24: R.I. Nightclub Fire Feb. 24: 2004 Election -- Donna Brazile Feb. 12: WMAP Space Probe Feb. 4: Space Shuttle -- Exploration Feb. 3: Space Shuttle -- Science & Government Feb. 3: Space Shuttle -- Joel Achenbach Feb. 3: The Budget Jan. 29: 'The Nation' on State of the Union Jan. 29: White House on State of the Union Jan. 29: AEI on State of the Union Jan. 28: Post's Kaiser on State of the Union Jan. 24: Science -- Flying Dinosaur Jan. 21: Roe v. Wade Anniversary Jan. 16: Affirmative Action Jan. 15: Economic Stimulus Plan Jan. 15: Supreme Court -- Copyright Law Jan. 13: Lieberman's Bid for Presidency Jan. 9: Post's Babington on Congress Jan. 8: Bush's Economic Plan Jan. 6: Internet & Election 2002 Jan. 2: CQ on Edwards' Presidential Bid Dec. 20: Post's Kaiser on Lott's Decision Dec. 19: CNN's Tucker Carlson on Lott's Decision Dec. 19: The Nation's David Corn on Politics Dec. 16: Post's Balz on Gore Decision Dec. 11: "Rim of the New World," Post's Anne Hull Dec. 11: Supreme Court -- Va. Cross Burning Dec. 11: Supreme Court -- Va. Cross Burning Dec. 4: Supreme Court -- Anti-Abortion Damages Dec. 4: Supreme Court -- Anti-Abortion Damages Dec. 2: Supreme Court -- Race-Based Admissions Nov. 21: Brookings Institution on Homeland Security Nov. 20: Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-Tenn.) Nov. 11: Vietnam Memorial Anniversary Oct. 21: Election Special: 'Who Counts?' Oct. 15: Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) Sept. 26: Election 2002: Money and Politics Sept. 25: Election 2002: Money and Politics Sept. 19: Election 2002: Politics and Corp. Scandals Sept. 19: Politics and Corp. Scandals Sept. 18: Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Sept. 10: Presidential Adviser Karen Hughes Sept. 10: CQ on N.H. Primary Sept. 9: New Hampshire Primary Aug. 21: Georgia Primary Aug. 19: 9/11 -- Honoring a Son July 23: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Aug. 19: Post White House Correspondent Mike Allen Aug. 13: U.S. Trade Representative Bob Zoellick Aug. 9: West Nile Virus July 18: Preparedness -- Bioterrorism July 18: Preparedness -- Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) July 18: Preparedness -- Arlington County Police July 18: John Walker Lindh's Attorney June 28: School Vouchers June 25: Utah, Ala., S.C. Primaries June 25: The Everglades June 25: The Everglades June 14: White House on Broadband Technology June 13: Welfare Reform June 10: Dirty Bombs Defined June 7: Vernon Loeb on Homeland Security June 7: White House on Homeland Security May 21: CQ on Maine, S.D., Va. Primaries May 21: CQ on Ark., Ore. and Pa. Primaries May 15: CNN Crossfire's Sam Feist May 14: Nebraska, W. Virginia Primaries May 9: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site April 19: American Presidents -- Thomas Jefferson April 4: Catholic Church Scandal March 26: Post's Milbank on Energy Task Force March 14: National Taxpayers' Union Feb. 13: Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) Feb. 5: White House Spokesman on Budget Jan. 31: Law Professor on GAO Lawsuit Jan. 30: Post's Kaiser on State of the Union Jan. 28: White House Spokesman on State of the Union Jan. 25: Bush and the Environment Jan. 24: Bush and the Environment Jan. 22: Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) Jan. 18: Roe Vs. Wade Anniversary -- Phyllis Schlafly Jan. 18: Roe Vs. Wade Anniversary -- Gloria Steinem Business & Technology May 7 – Non-Profit Accountability: Post's Pearlstein April 30 – Executive Pay: Post's Pearlstein -- Part 2 April 24 – AOL: The Post's David Vise April 9 – Executive Pay: Post's Pearlstein
Select a discussion April 2: Airline Industry -- Post's Pearlstein April 1: Tax Season -- Michelle Singletary March 7: E-Gov Czar Mark Foreman March 4: New Tax Laws -- Post's Crenshaw Feb. 7: Technews -- Cyberwarfare Jan. 13: Copyright Vs. Privacy Jan. 13: Post's Ahrens on AOL's Case Resignation Jan. 10: AOL Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis Dec. 12: Internet Filtering Oct. 29: Pfizer CEO Henry McKinnell Sept. 6: Post's Alexander on US Airways Aug. 8: Girl Scout Camp CEO Aug. 2: Corporate Ethics Aug. 1: The Fall of Enron July 31: History of Corporate Scandals July 24: Wall Street -- Analyst Maria Fiorini Ramirez July 23: Corporate Ethics July 11: WorldCom President and CEO John Sidgmore June 12: JetBlue Airways CEO David Neeleman May 22: Business Futurist on Market Trends March 27: Tax Planning with Michelle Singletary Feb. 4: The Enron Controversy Jan. 5: Enron's Political Donations Regular Business Discussions Regular Washtech Discussions Regular Washington Jobs Discussions Metro May 16 – Washington City Museum May 8 – Marcel's Chef Robert Weidmaier May 1 – Equinox Chef Todd Gray March 21 – Metro's Richard White March 20 – Fairfax County Schools
Select a discussion Regular Metro Discussions Feb. 3: Weather Warriors -- Bob Ryan Feb. 3: Weather Warriors -- Topper Shutt Jan. 15: D.C. Police on Antiwar Protests Jan. 14: Terrorism Insurance Dec. 5: National Weather Service Dec. 4: Snow -- AAA Safe Driving Tips Nov. 26: AAA's Lon Anderson on Holiday Travel Oct. 25: Gridlock -- Yes on Sales Tax Oct. 25: Gridlock -- No on Sales Tax Oct. 22: Sniper Investigation Profiler Sept. 26: Metro Transit Police on World Bank/IMF Protests July 24: Spy Museum Director Peter Earnest July 9: Gallaudet University President I. King Jordan June 19: National Zoo Panda Curator March 23: Levy Case -- Forensics Expert March 23: Levy Case -- D.C. Police Spokesman Terrance Gainer March 22: Monument Surveillance March 21: Fairfax County Schools Superintendent Feb. 28: Four Years of Mayor Williams Jan. 11: Young Genius Style & Entertainment May 22 – 'Globe Trekker' Justine Shapiro May 21 – Sister Sledge May 21 – PBS: Daniel Yergin on Globalization May 7 – Film: 'Respiro' May 2 – Film: 'Owning Mahowny' May 1 – PBS: 'Manor House' -- Part 3 May 1 – PBS: 'Race: The Power of an Illusion' April 30 – PBS: 'Manor House' -- Part 2 April 29 – PBS: 'Manor House' -- Part 1 April 23 – Film: Actor/Director John Malkovich
Select a discussion Regular Style Discussions Regular Entertainment Discussions April 18: On the Road -- Eric Brace April 17: 'The Daily Show's' Mo Rocca April 16: PBS -- 'Avoiding Armageddon' -- 4 April 11: PBS -- 'Avoiding Armageddon' -- 3 April 4: On the Road -- Eric Brace April 4: Victory Garden Host Michael Weishan April 1: Wilco Documentary Filmmaker Sam Jones April 1: PBS -- 'Avoiding Armageddon' -- 2 March 25: PBS -- 'Avoiding Armageddon' -- 1 March 19: Academy Awards & Filmmaking March 11: Broadway Strike -- Post's Peter Marks March 7: Actress Valerie Harper Feb. 27: Shopping for Cosmetics Feb. 24: David Segal on Grammy Awards Feb. 24: PBS 'Perfect Illusions': Eating Disorders Feb. 21: 'Trading Spaces' Designer Vern Yip Feb. 19: 'Unchained Memories' Producer Feb. 19: Director Gurinder Chadha Feb. 11: PBS/NOVA -- 'Mountain of Ice' Jan. 31: 'George Gershwin Alone' Star Jan. 23: PBS -- 'Two Towns of Jasper' Jan. 21: Entertainer/Author Chuck Barris Jan. 14: 'Chicago -- City of the Century' Jan. 13: PBS -- 'Under Antarctic Ice' Jan. 10: 'South Pacific' Director, Stars Dec. 18: 'Lord of the Rings' Dec. 18: Holiday Party Planning Dec. 6: Story Behind "Amazing Grace" Dec. 6: Remembering Roone Arledge Dec. 2: Olympian Scott Hamilton on Surviving Cancer Nov. 19: PBS 'NOVA's Sinking City of Venice' Nov. 6: Leonard Nimoy Nov. 6: 'Sopranos' Actor Joe Pantoliano Oct. 10: 'This Old House's' Tom Silva Oct. 9: Christopher Reeve Oct. 4: Allan Slutsky on Motown Film Sept. 24: Lisa de Moraes on Fall TV Sept. 23: Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns Sept. 18: Psychology of 'The Sopranos' Sept. 19: "Mr. Show's" Bob Odenkirk Sept. 16: PBS "Endgame" Creator Aug. 28: Tony Curtis (Audio) Aug. 23: Wolftrap Celebrates Kentucky Aug. 16: Elvis Anniversary Aug. 1: Pet Psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick July 24: "Lovely and Amazing's" Raven Goodwin July 17: PBS -- "Refrigerator Mothers" July 12: Actor Morgan Freeman June 19: Hip-Hop Musician Busta Rhymes June 13: "Sunshine State" Sayles, Producer Renzi May 28: Actor/Comedian John Leguizamo May 16: "Star Wars" Release May 14: Post's Hank Stuever on Star Wars May 14: Nelson Pressley on Sondheim Celebration May 10: PBS -- "Secrets of the Dead" May 8: Film -- "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" May 6: "Victory Garden" Host Michael Weishan May 1: Film -- "Y Tu Mama Tambien" May 1: PBS's "Frontier House" April 30: Film -- Bethesda's New Landmark Theatres April 25: Letitia Baldridge on Jackie Kennedy April 25: Film -- "Dogtown and Z Boys" April 25: "About A Boy" Directors Paul and Chris Weitz April 24: Musician Suzanne Vega April 22: Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown April 19: "Science Guy" Bill Nye April 17: "Triumph of Love" Director Clare Peploe April 9: Comedian/Actor Dave Foley March 21: Rosebud Film and Video Festival March 7: Comedian David Cross Feb. 28: PBS -- Egypt's Golden Empire Feb. 25: Entertainer Sandra Bernhard Feb. 21: Janeane Garafalo (Audio) Feb. 19: Musician Jonatha Brooke Feb. 19: Historian on George Washington Feb. 15: Artists Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo Feb. 13: PBS -- Secret Life of the Brain Jan. 31: Author Penn Jillette Jan. 25: Remembering Peggy Lee Jan. 17: Actor Benjamin Bratt Jan. 17: National Geographic's Bill Allen Jan. 9: Actress Linda Dano Jan. 4: Jenny Toomey on the Future of Music Authors May 23 – Buckner F. Melton, Jr., "A Hanging Offense" May 22 – Kenneth T. Walsh, "Air Force One" May 20 – Samantha Power, "A Problem From Hell" May 20 – David Halberstam, "The Teammates" May 20 – Lawrence Ashmead, "Roone: A Memoir" April 14 – Jonathan Safran-Foer, "Everything Is Illuminated" April 1 – Marilyn W. Thompson, "The Killer Strain" March 13 – Joseph Farah, "Taking America Back"
Select a discussion March 6: Greg Palast, "Best Democracy Money Can Buy" Feb. 10: George Anders, "Perfect Enough" Feb. 3: James McDonald, "Debt and Democracy" Jan. 24: Bob Schieffer, "This Just In" Jan. 15: Susan McDougal, "The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk" Jan. 14: Chris Hedges, "War Is A Force..." Jan. 13: Antwone Fisher, "Who Will Cry..." Dec. 2: Antonia Felix, "Condoleezza Rice Story" Dec. 2: Ben Bradlee, "Katharine Graham's Washington" Nov. 22: John Feinstein, "The Punch" Nov. 19: Bob Woodward, "Bush at War" Nov. 15: Patricia Cornwell, "Portrait of a Killer" Nov. 14: Anthony Bourdain, "A Cook's Tour" Nov. 13: Ina Garten, "Barefoot Contessa Family Style" Oct. 29: Mollie Gregory, "Women Who Run the Show" Oct. 28: Fiona Horne, "Witch" Oct. 24: Joyce Carol Oates, "I'll Take You There" Oct. 23: Johnny Holliday, "From Rock to Jock" Oct. 17: Dan Savage, "Skipping Towards Gomorrah" Oct. 15: Daniel Ellsberg, "The Pentagon Papers" Oct. 9: Daniel Benjamin, "The Age of Sacred Terror" Oct. 9: John Burnett, "Dangerous Waters" Oct. 8: Rick Atkinson, "Army at Dawn" Oct. 7: National Book Festival Oct. 2: Chuck Palahniuk, "Lullaby" Sept. 26: Francine Prose, "The Lives of Muses" Sept. 25: Merrick and Wood, "War Torn" Sept. 23: Mike Isikoff, "It's a Free Country" Sept. 18: Bruce Feiler, "Abraham" Sept. 9: Paul Light, "Government's Greatest Achievements" Aug. 16: Jerry Oppenheimer, "Seinfeld" Aug. 8: James Gavin, "Deep in a Dream" July 18: Jack Valenti, "Speak Up With Confidence" July 16: Linda Greenlaw, "The Lobster Chronicles" July 3: Dr. Richard Marfuggi, "Plastic Surgery" July 8: Mary Augusta Thomas, "An Odyssey in Print" June 26: Helen Thomas June 10: Charles Grodin, "I Like It Better When You're Funny" June 6: Alton Brown, "I'm Just Here for the Food" June 25: Terrence Cheng, "Sons of Heaven" June 3: David Halberstam, "Firehouse" May 30: Rick Perlstein, "Before the Storm" May 30: Carlo D'Este, "Eisenhower, A Soldier's Story" May 24: David Hoffman, "The Oligarchs" May 23: Strobe Talbott, "The Russia Hand" May 15: Robert Littell, "The Company: A Novel of the CIA" May 15: Benjamin Wittes, "Starr: A Reassessment" May 7: Sheila Siddle, "In My Family Tree" May 6: Rachel Simmons, "Odd Girl Out" May 1: James Bamford, "Body of Secrets" April 26: Jim Bellows, "The Last Editor" April 23: Philip Kaplan, "F'd Companies" April 16: Laura Blumenfeld, "Revenge: A Story of Hope" April 10: Rob Adams, "A Good, Hard Kick in the Ass" April 1: Neal Pollack, "The Neal Pollack Anthology of Literature" April 1: "Growing Up Baseball" March 28: Emily White, "Fast Girls" March 19: Sharon Kay Penman, "Time and Change" March 8: Todd Gitlin, "Media Unlimited" March 5: Dr. David Daniels, "The Essential Enneagram" Feb. 26: Randall Kennedy Feb. 25: Michael Moore, "Stupid White Men" Feb. 12: "Love By the Glass" Feb. 7: Jorge Ramos, "The Other Face of America" Feb. 6: Frank Wu, "Yellow" Feb. 4: Nick Bantock, "The Gryphon" Jan. 28: Elmore Leonard, "Tishomingo Blues" Jan. 22: Eve Ensler, "The Vagina Monologues" Jan. 8: John Gray, "Mars and Venus in the Workplace" Jan. 7: Carl Hiaasen, "Basket Case" Jan. 2: Anita Diamant, "Good Harbor" Sports May 23 – Women & PGA: Sally Jenkins May 22 – Women & PGA: Laura Neal May 16 – NBA Playoffs May 13 – The Preakness May 8 – Wizards: Jordan's Future May 1 – Kentucky Derby April 1 – NCAA Basketball: John Feinstein March 19 – NCAA Basketball: Post's Rennie March 14 – Caps GM George McPhee March 14 – ACC Basketball
Select a discussion The Chat House Jan. 24: Super Bowl XXXVII -- Post's Len Shapiro Jan. 6: Robert Johnson on New NBA Franchise Dec. 13: Redskins Asst. Coach Noah Brindise Dec. 6: Redskins Asst. Coach Noah Brindise Oct. 4: Terry Bradshaw Aug. 13: Redskin Fred Smoot July 24: Youth Soccer -- Washington Freedom July 10: Former Redskin Bobby Mitchell July 9: Wimbledon June 26: Capitals Coach Bruce Cassidy June 21: World Cup -- DC United's Brandon Prideaux June 13: World Cup -- DC United's Ray Hudson June 13: Post's Steven Goff on All-Mets June 4: High School -- Spring All Mets May 14: Capitals General Manager George McPhee March 25: DC United and MLS March 18: Baseball Hall of Fame President April 11: Washington Freedom's Abby Wambach Feb. 5: Washington Capital Sergei Gonchar Jan. 24: Michael Leahy on Michael Jordan Jan. 16: Liz Clarke on the Redskins More Sports Discussion Transcripts Education PBS DragonflyTV: Science for Kids April 16 – The Human Body April 9 – Space
Select a discussion March 19: Plants March 13: Technology with Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) Feb. 26: Flight Feb. 12: Water and Dolphins Feb. 5: Animal Behavior Jan. 24: Dr. Richard C. Hudson, Executive Producer "DragonflyTV"
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