Panelists spoke at a conference on James Burnham’s Suicide of the West: An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of Liberalism. The conference was hosted by Yale University in recognition of the 50th…
1,514 viewsDonald Kagan made opening remarks at the fourth annual conference of the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program, giving a biographical sketch of James Burnham before a panel discussion. “The Life and Political…
1,089 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry delivered the annual Class Day lecture to the 2014 graduating class of Yale University at their Class Day ceremonies. He spoke about the struggles of the 1960's…
490 viewsMichael Kimmelman talked about urbanism, architecture, and architectural criticism, including issues of public space, housing for the poor, parks and infrastructure, social equality, and…
322 viewsPanelist talked about “Liberalism at Home and the Challenges to Western Survival,” as part of a conference at Yale on the 50th anniversary of the publication of James Burnham’s Suicide of the West: An Essay on the…
818 viewsRichard Preston talked about the latest Ebola outbreak in several West African countries and the spread of the virus to the United States. Mr. Preston’s 1994 book, The Hot Zone: The…
1,855 viewsPanelists talked about U.S. foreign policy challenges for a liberal administration. “The Drift of U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenges to Western Survival” was the final panel at a conference on…
1,033 viewsSupreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas returned to their alma mater to receive the Alumni Award of Merit. They talked about Court traditions, technology,…
1,556 viewsPolitical cartoonist Patrick Oliphant and historian David McCullough talked about interpretations of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama.
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