February 24th, 2001 marked the 10th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War, which started with a massive 100-hour ground offensive by American troops against Iraqi soldiers in Kuwait City. To mark this occasion, Boston University held a three-day conference entitled “Reassessing the Gulf War,” during which panelists from Iran, Israel and the U.S. focused on [...]

On this week’s show, three discussion guests looked at the original design of the American President’s office, its changes through time, where it stands today and where it may be going in its third century. They also tracked the American presidency’s evolution by talking about the men who have occupied that office, shrinking and expanding [...]

Romantic love is as old as humanity itself but has it been mostly a Western phenomenon or a universal one? Is love simply an expression of male chauvinism that puts a woman on a pedestal where she may never compete with a man? If so, is love evolving such that it entails a sense of [...]

The state of California has been in an energy crisis in the last few weeks. Many are wondering whether other states will be heading down the same path. On this week’s show, three discussion guests discussed the specific implications such a crisis has for the state of Massachusetts.
The Senior Vice-President for the Energy and the [...]