Videos

Journalist P.E. Moskowitz talked about his book, The Case against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent, in which he argued that the term “freedom of speech” i…

Stephen Kotkin recounted the early life and political ascendancy of Joseph Stalin in his book, Stalin: Volume 1 - Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928, the first of his planned three-volume biograp…

Joel Waldfogel talked about his book Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Presents for the Holidays (Princeton University Press; October 25, 2009). In his book he argues that Americans end u…

John Jackson talked about his book Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness (Basic Civitas Books, March 24, 2008). He talked about the relationship between race,…

Edward Humes talked about his book Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America’s Soul, published by Ecco. He described the 2005 court case Kitzmiller et al. v. Do…

Andrew Burstein talked about his book Jefferson’s Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello, published by Basic Books. It examined at the private life of America’s third president and more sp…

Professor Thomas Childers lectures on his book In the Shadows of War: An American Pilot’s Odyssey Through Occupied France and the Camps of Nazi Germany, published by Henry Holt and Company.…

Deborah Willis talked about her book Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present, published by W.W. Norton. She also responded to questions from the audience.…

Author Scott McCartney talked about his book ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer published by Walker & Co. The book is an account of the achievements and controve…