From the Washington Ideas Forum

Some highlights from the very successful conference

Clive Crook Oct 1, 2010

Ahmed Chalabi: WMD Were 'Marginal' to Iraq Invasion

The former Iraqi leader has long been accused to misleading the U.S. into war

Max Fisher Oct 1, 2010

The Pundit Consensus: Gridlock Ahead in Washington

Margaret Carlson, Chuck Todd, Ronald Brownstein, Charlie Cook, and John King talk politics

Marc Ambinder Oct 1, 2010

Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists'

Eric Schmidt on the power of lobbyists, a Google "implant", and how China resembles a big business

Derek Thompson Oct 1, 2010

Webb: Obama Had Wrong Focus in the Beginning

The senator said Obama misread his mandate and wrongly put health care reform ahead of job creation

Marc Ambinder Oct 1, 2010

Barbour: GOP Will Gain at Least Four Governorships

Mississippi's governor on 2010, whether he'd run in 2012, and why Obama is mysterious

Marc Ambinder Oct 1, 2010

Kenneth Feinberg Explains the Art of Compensation

The "pay czar" on who should—and shouldn't —be paid, especially regarding the BP oil spill

Derek Thompson Oct 1, 2010

Spike Lee: 'People Are Dead Now' Because Bush Bungled Katrina Response

The director reflects on the hurricane, the oil spill, and the Tea Party

Derek Thompson Oct 1, 2010

The Podestas Face Tough Questions About Lobbying

The power couple gets grilled about how political influence is really peddled in Washington

Marc Ambinder Oct 1, 2010

Holbrooke on U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: It's 'Complicated'

Obama's man in Afghanistan talks to Christiane Amanpour

Marc Ambinder Oct 1, 2010

David Rohde: 'What I Saw in Captivity' With the Taliban

The reporter on the stunning ignorance of his captors when it comes to the world

Derek Thompson Oct 1, 2010

Washington Ideas Forum, Day Two

The Editors Oct 1, 2010

America's Culture of Innovation

Drawn from the private sector, think tanks, universities, local governments, and Congress, 22 men and women who have built their careers around the…

Sarah Nathan Oct 1, 2010

The Middle Class in Peril

A group of economists, congressmen, think tank strategists, university presidents and private-sector executives gathered on Thursday at the…

Alex Hoyt Oct 1, 2010

Who Will Pay for the News?

Business executives from media outlets nationwide joined with journalism scholars and policy makers to discuss viable business strategies for…

Emily Q. Hazzard Oct 1, 2010

Bending the Health Care Cost Curve

Public health experts from inside and outside the Beltway gathered at the Newseum Thursday to discuss the recently enacted health care…

Christina Koningisor Oct 1, 2010

Health and Weight in America

Thought leaders in the field of health care, obesity, and nutrition met Thursday morning at the Washington Ideas Forum to discuss issues underlying…

Leyla Ballantyne Oct 1, 2010

Building a Sustainable Energy State

More than two dozen experts on energy from a number of fields met this morning at the Washington Ideas Forum met to discuss on-record the future of a…

Leigh Rossi Oct 1, 2010

Bloomberg on 2012: 'Can't Win'

The mayor of New York City responds to the question of whether he would run for president by dismissing his chances at victory

Nicole Allan Sep 30, 2010

Axelrod: Obama Hasn't 'Gone Washington'

The president's senior adviser fights the charge that the White House is putting politics above the national interest

Marc Ambinder Sep 30, 2010