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Intelligence Squared US Announces 2010 Fall Season

The new season will include debates on subjects from Islam to Big Government and will feature prominent debaters such as former Senator Phil Gramm, women's rights advocate Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Obama Economic Adviser Laura Tyson, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former CIA Director Michael Hayden.

The Bloomberg Television network will air each of the five debates scheduled for the fall 2010 Season and IQ2US debates will continue to be carried on more than 220 NPR stations nationwide.

As always, the live audience will participate in each debate by voting on the propositions at the top and bottom of the debate evening. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, is the New York home of Intelligence Squared US debates. Tickets are available at the box office or at www.intelligencesquaredus.org.

For the fall 2010 Season, IQ2US will feature debates on the following motions:

• Tuesday, September 14: Treat Terrorists Like Enemy Combatants, Not Criminals
• Wednesday, October 6: Islam is a Religion of Peace
• Tuesday, October 26: Big Government is Stifling the American Spirit
• Wednesday, November 10: Afghanistan is a Lost Cause
• Monday, November 22: US Airports Should Use Racial & Religious Profiling

John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News Nightline, is moderator of Intelligence Squared US debates. Dana Wolfe is the executive producer.

To view transcripts and videos, download audio or video clips or learn more about Intelligence Squared US please visit: http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org

ABOUT INTELLIGENCE SQUARED US

Launched in September 2006, the goal of Intelligence Squared US, an initiative of the Rosenkranz Foundation, is to raise the level of public discourse and promote a realization that, on contentious issues, those who challenge the conventional wisdom have intellectually respectable and often persuasive viewpoints. We encourage citizens to "Think Twice" about their opinions and participate in the conversation, and we provide a forum for balanced discussion that transcends emotion and ideology. Through an annual series of between 10 and 12 live Oxford-style debates, IQ2US brings together experts and audience around public policy and cultural issues. IQ2US debates air on the Bloomberg Television network and are heard on more than 220 NPR stations nationwide.

Intelligence Squared US
Eileen Murphy, 917-913-2233
eileen@eileenmmurphy.com
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