Conversations With History - Major General Antonio M. Taguba
Investigating Military Conduct at Abu Ghraib
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Major General Antonio M. Taguba for a discussion of the inquiry into Abu Ghraib. They discuss the relation of the military to the rule of law and the relevance of the Geneva Conventions to the War on Terror. In the discussion, the general analyzes the problems he found at the Abu Ghraib prison and talks about the aftermath of the investigation in Washington and for his career.
Veronica Miller, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Kenneth H. Mayer, The Fenway Institute
John G. Bartlett, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
PURPA, EPAct 1992, and EPAct 2005, EISA 2007 (Continued) - August 27, 2008
The basic concepts underlying the economic regulation of energy. In addition, discussion, of three federal acts that form reference points for our national conversation about renewable energy.
After an opening discussion of the unwarranted neglect of Southern Song Academy masters in studies of our subject, this lecture treats a succession of these masters and their works: paintings of children, of animals and birds, of flowers, and of narrative and genre scenes. A handscroll depicting "The West Lake at Hangzhou," paintings of arhats by Liu Songnian, and some evocative paintings of figures in various settings conclude the lecture.