http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/ en-us Copyright 2008 National Review Online Peter Robinson interviews today's big thinkers. Peter Robinson Peter Robinson interviews today's big thinkers. Peter Robinson interviews today's big thinkers. Peter Robinson webmaster@nationalreview.com Uncommon Knowledge Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a columnist for Bloomberg. Her work has appeared in publications from National Review to The New Yorker. She is the author of Germany: The Empire Within, The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It, and, most recently, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. Amity Shlaes is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a columnist for Bloomberg. Her work has appeared in publications from National Review to The New Yorker. She is the author of Germany: The Empire Within, The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It, and, most recently, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. Mon 25 Aug, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Richard Brookhiser grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and was educated at Yale. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including What Would the Founders Do? and, most recently, George Washington on Leadership. Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a columnist for the New York Observer. Richard Brookhiser grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and was educated at Yale. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including What Would the Founders Do? and, most recently, George Washington on Leadership. Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a columnist for the New York Observer. Mon 11 Aug, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Victor Davis Hanson is the Hoover Institution's Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow. He is the author of many books, including Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power and, most recently, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War. A contributor to National Review Online, Hanson has written hundreds of articles for major American periodicals. He was one of ten recipients of the National Humanities Medal in 2007.Christopher Hitchens is the author of more than ten books, including, most recently, God Is Not Great -- How Religion Poisons Everything. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has written prolifically for American and English periodicals, including the Nation, the London Review of Books, Granta, Harper's, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, New Left Review, Slate, the New York Review of Books, Newsweek International, the Times Literary Supplement, the Atlantic, and the Washington Post. He is a regular commentator on radio and television. Victor Davis Hanson is the Hoover Institution's Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow. He is the author of many books, including Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power and, most recently, A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War. A contributor to National Review Online, Hanson has written hundreds of articles for major American periodicals. He was one of ten recipients of the National Humanities Medal in 2007.Christopher Hitchens is the author of more than ten books, including, most recently, God Is Not Great -- How Religion Poisons Everything. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has written prolifically for American and English periodicals, including the Nation, the London Review of Books, Granta, Harper's, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, New Left Review, Slate, the New York Review of Books, Newsweek International, the Times Literary Supplement, the Atlantic, and the Washington Post. He is a regular commentator on radio and television. Mon 28 Jul, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Andrew McCarthy is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. He led the 1995 terrorism prosecution of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others, all of whom are now serving long sentences for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Now a senior fellow for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracies and a contributing editor of National Review Online, McCarthy is the author of Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Andrew McCarthy is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. He led the 1995 terrorism prosecution of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others, all of whom are now serving long sentences for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Now a senior fellow for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracies and a contributing editor of National Review Online, McCarthy is the author of Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Mon 14 Jul, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Philip Bobbitt teaches at the University of Texas and at Columbia University, where he is the director for the Center for National Security. He has served in a number of government posts, and has been a member of the National Security Council. Bobbitt's most recent book is Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century. Philip Bobbitt teaches at the University of Texas and at Columbia University, where he is the director for the Center for National Security. He has served in a number of government posts, and has been a member of the National Security Council. Bobbitt's most recent book is Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century. Mon 30 Jun, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Douglas Feith is a professor at Georgetown University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. From 2001 to 2005 he served as undersecretary of Defense for policy, reporting directly to the secretary of Defense. He is the author of War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (Harper, 2008). Douglas Feith is a professor at Georgetown University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. From 2001 to 2005 he served as undersecretary of Defense for policy, reporting directly to the secretary of Defense. He is the author of War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (Harper, 2008). Mon 16 Jun, 2008 07:00:00 EST Uncommon Knowledge Daniel Pipes is the director of the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank. Currently the Taube/Diller distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, he earned a doctorate in early Islamic history from Harvard in 1978. He is the author of 12 books, including Militant Islam Reaches America and Miniatures: Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics. He writes a weekly column for the Jerusalem Post. Daniel Pipes is the director of the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank. Currently the Taube/Diller distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, he earned a doctorate in early Islamic history from Harvard in 1978. He is the author of 12 books, including Militant Islam Reaches America and Miniatures: Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics. He writes a weekly column for the Jerusalem Post. Mon 2 Jun, 2008 07:00:00 EST