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Can Someone from the Class of 1771 Save the Nation from Someone from the Class of 1879?
Dec 15, 2010, 4:30 pm

George F. Will *68Columnist, Washington Post; Author; Princeton University Trustee

James Madison Program 10th Anniversary Celebration Lecture

George F. Will's newspaper column has been syndicated by The Washington Post since 1974.  Today it appears twice weekly in…

Human Flourishing, the Economy, and Monetary Reform - A Conference (Day 2 of 2)
Dec 15, 2010, 4:30 pm

With the expansion of the government’s economic responsibilities over the past three years, there has been growing public concern about the economic role of the state and the level of sovereign and private debt. With this in mind, the Witherspoon Institute of Princeton, New Jersey is assembling a group of distinguished scholars –…

Soft Power and the Pope — The Catholic Church Confronts the Modern World, 1978-2005
Dec 2, 2010, 7:30 pm

George WeigelDistinguished Senior Fellow, William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies, Ethics and Public Policy Center

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Co-Sponsored by:

The Aquinas Institute

Open Field Politics: 2010 and Beyond
Nov 17, 2010, 7:30 pm

Michael BaroneResident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Fox News Contributor

Michael Barone is Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and contributor to Fox News Channel.  From 1969 to 1971, Mr. Barone served…

Human Flourishing, the Economy, and Monetary Reform - A Conference (Day 1 of 2)
Nov 3, 2010, 9:00 am

With the expansion of the government’s economic responsibilities over the past three years, there has been growing public concern about the economic role of the state and the level of sovereign and private debt. With this in mind, we have assembled a group of distinguished scholars – economists, philosophers, legal scholars, journalists…

Why Is American Politics So Polarized?
Oct 18, 2010, 4:30 pm

James Q. WilsonRonald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Visiting Lecturer, Boston College and Senior Fellow in the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College; Former President of the American Political Science Association; and Recipient of the Presidential…

Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Fair Minded Words: A Conference on Life and Choice in the Abortion Debate
Oct 15, 2010, 11:00 am

Inspired by President Obama’s call during his Notre Dame address for those on different sides of the abortion issue not only to work together where we agree, but also to engage in "vigorous debate" with "open hearts, open minds, and fair minded words."

Sponsored by the University Center for Human Values

Shakespeare’s Patriotic Resistance
Oct 14, 2010, 4:30 pm

John M. FinnisBiolchini Family Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame; Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford

Lecture One: Thursday, October 14, 2010
A TRUER AND FAIRER PATRIOTISM

Lecture Two: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
KING…

A Panel Discussion of Donald L. Drakeman’s Church, State, and Original Intent (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Oct 8, 2010, 4:30 pm

Donald L. Drakeman *88, Author; Chairman of James Madison Program Advisory Council; Kent GreenawaltUniversity Professor, Columbia Law School; Michael Stokes Paulsen, Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas; V…

Lincoln and Obama: Two Visions of Constitutional Union
Sep 17, 2010, 4:30 pm

Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania

Rogers M. Smith is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the…