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SPLIT: A Divided America

Shocking and informative, SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA takes a behind the scenes look at the partisanship dominating our politics. Balancing candid discussions with…

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Beyond Belief

Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief co…

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Debate Team

Debate Team is a documentary exploring the weird subculture of competitive college debate.  Competitors battle at 360 words per minute, hauling around mountains…

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Land of Confusion

In March of 2004 a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq.  During the next twelve months he would document his…

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Sarkozy’s digital agenda

Zdnet reports on a new initiative in France to tighten copyright protection over the Internet and prevent illegal downloading. The French president himself gave…

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New Copyright Statute for Israel

Some time ago I posted an update about the planned copyright reform in Israel. The Israeli copyright law now passed legislation and the text of the new statute…

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Using email in couples counselling

Great new article from ADR pioneer David Hoffman on Mediate.com today.  From the conclusion: "Because email is such a new medium {...}the techniques for su…

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The second (un) civil war

Ron Brownstein has written a new book called "The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America." Here'…

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This is your brain on politics

A recent Op-Ed in the New York Times examined brain scans of individuals who were considering various political questions and candidates. The piece was written…