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Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio’s Democracy Now!, talks to Raj Patel, author of “The Value of Nothing” and Naomi Klein, author of “The Shock Doctrine,” about their books, the economy, t…

A panel discussion was held on political satire in America. The panelists shared samples of their work and Lewis Lapham read an essay on the subject of American satire. Following their discu…

Contributors to Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover, published by The Nation, participated in a forum on the downturn in the financial sy…

A memorial tribute to syndicated columnist Molly Ivins was held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Ms. Ivins died of cancer at the age of 62 on January 31, 2007. The event began wi…

Norman Mailer and his son, John Buffalo Mailer, talked about their book The Big Empty: Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America, published…

Novelist and critic Salman Rushdie talked about the reasons Westerners and secular liberals have, in many instances, failed to respond effectively to the threat to human rights posed by radi…

As part of an event honoring Clay Felker, the panelists, moderated by Mr. Schell, discussed the ethics of journalism in a fragmenting media culture, and the media’s responsibility as “watchd…

Scott Ritter talked about his book, Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change, published by Nation Books. He was interviewed by Seymour Hersh. Topics included a …

Scott Ritter talked about his book, Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein, published by Nation Books. In the bo…

Joan Mellen talked about her book A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK’s Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History, published by Potomac Books. The book argues that t…

Sam Harris, who is currently completing a doctorate in neuroscience to research the neural foundation for belief, talked about his first book The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Fut…

Teams from two magazines debated Wal-Mart’s business practices and impact on communities. The team from The Economist, Ben Edwards and Steve Malanga, argued “yes” to the question, “Is Wal-Ma…

Editors of The Nation and The Economist debated the question, “The U.S. Role in the World: Protector or Predator?” After their presentations they answered audience members' questions.

Author Gore Vidal talked about his book Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, published by Nation Book’s Thunder’s Mouth Press. In this collection of essays he argues that …