Would a potential US-Afghan agreement end the war or cause it to continue?

US policy on Afghanistan, Iran

Professor Christine Fair of Georgetown University and P.J. Crowley, a former assistant secretary of state for public affairs, will join Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss ongoing negotiations over a US-Afghan security agreement.

Meir Javedanfar, the owner and editor of the Iran-Israel Observer, and Daniel Serwer, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a scholar at the Middle East Institute, will then join Antonio Mora to discuss how Israeli and US officials are viewing nuclear negotiations with Iran. 

What is the real-world impact of Obamacare? 

Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter for ProPublica, will join Antonio Mora to discuss the Affordable Care Act's impact on health care. 

Stabbing of Virginia state senator raises issues about mental health treatment

Dr. Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist and bestselling author, will join Antonio Mora to discuss mental health treatment in the wake of the stabbing of State Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Va.), who was allegedly attacked by his own 24-year-old son Gus. Details are still emerging, but earlier reports say Gus Deeds, who killed himself after the stabbing, underwent a psychiatric evaluation on Monday and was released shortly afterwards when the hospital allegedly had a lack of beds.

Are today's children less fit than their parents were?

Dr. Bassem Masri, the director of Cardiac Disease Prevention at Weill Cornell Medical College, joins Antonio Mora to discuss a recent medical study that found that children's "cardiovascular fitness has declined around the globe since about 1975." 

The lasting power of the Gettysburg address

Harold Holzer, the chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, joins Antonio Mora to discuss President Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address on its 150th anniversary.