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    Economists Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman

    University of California Santa Barbara economics professor Lanny Ebenstein taught a class comparing the work of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman. He drew on examples…

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    Chicano History Conference Opening Remarks

    Professor Mario Garcia delivered opening remarks at a conference on the history of the Chicano Movement. He spoke about Chicano activists in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1070s. …

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    Chicano Movement Authors

    Authors talked about their books chronicling the history of Mexican American civil rights from the 1930s to the 1970s. Book topics included a pioneer for education rights, the fight for bett…

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    Chicano History

    Professor David Montejano talked about the research that inspired his dissertation and books, chronicling Texas Chicano history from the 1930s to the 1980s. Professor Montejano discusses the…

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    California Farm Worker Movement

    Lori Flores spoke about Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants and their fight for better conditions for farm workers in California’s Salinas Valley. She is the author of Grounds for Dream…

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    The Case Against the Supreme Court

    Erwin Chemerinsky talked about his book The Case Against the Supreme Court, in which he argues that while Supreme Court justices have a reputation for being objective, evidence shows that th…

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    Media Ownership, Media Bias

    A panel, featuring three of the nation’s top editors, was held on “Media Ownership, Media Bias: A Crisis in the Newsroom.” They discussed the concern about media concentration and the effec…

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    King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel

    Jonathan Kirsch discussed some of the themes of his book King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel, published by Ballantine Books. In his book, Mr. Kirsch draws from Biblical tex…

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    Business and Social Responsibility

    Body Shop founder and CEO, Anita Roddick, and Ben Cohen, Co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, talked about social responsibility and business. Among the issues discussed were corporate p…

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    The Argument Culture

    Author Deborah Tannen talked about her book, The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words, published by Ballantine Books. In the book, she posits that misunderstanding is endemic in…

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    History, Reality, and Journalism

    Mr. Vanocur talked about the role of journalists in recording history. He talked about seeing historical events through the eyes of a journalist and his experience as a journalist. He emphas…

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    Television Violence Study

    Researchers briefed reporters on the study of television violence funded by the National Cable Television Association. The study concluded that the proportion of shows with violent scenes in…

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    Native American Land Recovery

    Environmental activist Winona LaDuke talked about the efforts being made to recover land originally held by Native Americans. She began her remarks speaking in Ojibwe, her native language. M…

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    National Television Violence Study

    Four communications experts released the second annual report of the Televison Violence Study sponsored by the National Cable Television Association. They stressed that television programs r…

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