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Mr. Scheer interviewed Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler magazine and author of Sex, Lies and Politics: The Naked Truth. Mr. Flynt talked about defending freedom of speech and criticized t…

Robert Scheer, author of They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy, talked about his book and responded to vi…

National security whistle-blowers explained the challenges they faced when trying to expose wrongdoing or violations of the law and discussed the critical balance between civil liberties and…

Heidi Boghosian talked about her book, Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance, in which she discusses the increasing surveillance of American cit…

Panelists talked about student unrest in the 1960s. Tom Hayden was the original drafter of "The Port Huron Statement", the founding document of the Students for a Democratic Society in 1962.…

Authors talked about their books about reporting on disasters. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Barry Siegel moderated “Nonfiction: Narrating Disaster” was a panel, …

Robert Scheer talked about the people and policies that led to the 2008 economic collapse. Mr. Scheer argued that the successful deregulation of Wall Street over the past three decades--by b…

Robert Scheer spoke on foreign policy and civil liberties in his speech titled “Ike Was Right and We Are Becoming What We Despise.” He also responded to questions from the audience. Rob…

Investigative reporters talked about the topic, “Iraq: What’s Next?” and about their books on that topic. Their discussion was moderated by Nancy Snow. After their presentations the panelist…

Moderated by Marjorie Miller, panel members discussed the topic, “Iraq: Where Do We Go from Here?” Topics included the insurgency, the U.S. military occupation, the Iraqi government, the va…

Robert Scheer was interviewed about his book Playing President: My Relationships with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush, publish…

Ron Kovic celebrated the paperback release of his book Born on the Fourth of July, with Robert Scheer and Johnny Temple. Mr. Kovic discussed how he was affected by the Vietnam War including …

The forum participants discussed their research into and experiences with the Vietnam War. They also entertained questions from the audience. Ms. FitzGerald’s latest book is Way Out Ther…

On a panel titled "Interrogation or Torture: Human Rights After 9/11", five authors talked about legal and practical definitions of torture, historical precedents for torture and other inte…

Larry Flynt talked about his book Sex Lies and Politics: The Naked Truth, published by Kensington Books. Mr. Flynt voiced his concerns over what he saw as an escalation in censorship by the…

A panel titled “U.S. and Iraq One Year Later: Right to Get In? Wrong to Get Out?” was held in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. The panelists each in turn stated differing views about the war…

Journalists and others talked about media coverage of the war in Iraq, Bush administration statements about the war and its aftermath, and the role of the media in shaping public opinion abo…

Mr. Wassesrman was interviewed before the panel began about the history of the festival and the members of the panel. Mr. Wasserman moderated the discussion panel on American Power and the W…

The Los Angeles Times hosted a forum where a group of Authors and Journalist talked about a War with Iraq and the role of the United States in the World. Among topics they addressed were the…

Arianna Huffington talked about her book, How to Overthrow the Government. John W. Dean talked about his book, The Rehnquist Choice. Oliver Stone commented on the book, Oliver Stone’s USA: F…