Videos

Amitai Etzioni, author of How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism, moderated a discussion on the pros and cons of the Patriot Act. Joining Professo…

Mr. Etzioni talk about the Social Security reform debate from the viewpoint of the communitarian movement. He disputed President Bush’s notion that the Social Security system is in crisis. H…

Participants talked about the benefits and liabilities of instating a national identification card system. Among the issues they addressed were civil liberties and privacy concerns, ways in …

Amitai Etzioni talked about his memoir My Brother’s Keeper: A Memoir and a Message, published by Rowman and Littlefield. He talked about his life as an activist, an Israeli soldier, and as …

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) spoke about the existence of a values crisis in the United States. He outlined various responses by individuals to this, including his and others' efforts to cau…

Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) talked about the importance of character building through personal experiences. He emphasized that discipline and taking responsibility are the most important evi…

Senator Paul Simon, D-Illinois, spoke about the need to make television more educational and what both citizens and Congress can do to achieve this goal.

Senator Kassebaum spoke about the importance of community-oriented actions to deal with a variety of social issues. She stressed that people need to continue to link themselves to their loca…

The American Sociological Association sponsored a panel entitled "U.S. Racial & Ethnic Diversity". Panelists discussed the trends of diversity in the country and what motivated them. They sp…

The president of American Sociological Association Amitai Etzioni briefed reporters on topics which the ASA will cover in its annual meeting this week. The theme is “Community of Communities…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Mr. Amitai Etzioni, Communitarian Network Chairman, talked about the broadening of the communitarian movement to create a democrati…

In a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Mr. Bennett talked about how society can teach character and morality through communities and schools. He also talked about his pub…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, President Clinton addressed communitarian leaders on the importance of their three concepts: opportunity, responsibility and commun…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Secretary Riley talked about how public education can build character without infringing on the students' constitutional rights. Af…