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Civitas Forum on Principles and Policies for Public LifeCivitas Forum is directed by Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson, the Center's Fellow in Politics and Policy. As suggested by its name, this program is concerned with the realm of citizenship and the common good. The Forum seeks to identify and expound upon the principles of a free and well-ordered society in the American and Western tradition and to examine contemporary issues in relation to such principles. Through an annual half-day symposium, the Civitas Forum brings to campus an eclectic blend of scholars and experts to address ideas and issues pertaining to the restoration of the civic traditions of America's founding and their moral-cultural underpinnings. The audience for the Civitas Forum includes members of the clergy, members of the legal profession, business executives, students, and faculty. Past Lectures
2006 Alternative/Conservative Media 2005 Stephen A. Camarota - Contemporary Immigration Issues and Challenges Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies Daniel T. Griswold - Fixing America's Dysfunctional Immigration System Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, CATO Institute Thomas L. Krannawitter - Citizenship and Multicultrualism Claremont Institute Senior Fellow, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hillsdale College Noah Pickus - Immigration and American Civic Nationalism Associate Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University 2004 Amy E. Black - God Is On Our Side: Religion and Campaign 2004 Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, Wheaton College. John C. Fortier - Terrorist Attacks On Our Elections Research Fellow and Executive Director, Continuity of Government Commission, American Enterprise Institute. Richard Dougherty - The Election was a Necessity: American Presidential Election in War Time Professor of Political Science, University of Dallas Morris Fiorina - The Myth of a Polarized America Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University 2002 Eloise Anderson - Thinking About Child Protection Director, Project for the American Family, Claremont Institute Susan Orr - The Forgotten World of Child Welfare Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Sally C. Pipes - False Promise of Single-Payer Health-Care: A Close Look Inside the California Health Security Act President and CEO, Pacific Research Institute Robert Rector - Marriage, Poverty and Welfare Reform Senior Research Fellow, Welfare and Family Issues, The Heritage Foundation 2001 Dr. Andrew E. Busch - Ronald Reagan and the Statesmanship of Liberty Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Denver Dr. Elizabeth Spalding - President Reagan's Statesmanship in the Cold War Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College Dr. Thomas B. Silver - Reagan's Failure President, The Claremont Institute Dr. Paul Kengor - The Legacy of Ronald Reagan: The Academic View Associate Professor of Political Science, Grove City College 2000 Dr. Peter W. Schramm - Ethics and Politics According to Booker T. Washington: Citizenship Rightly Understood Executive Director, John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs. Dr. Fariborz L. Mokhtari - Ethics and Society: Civilian vs. Military Approaches Director, Military Graduate Program, Norwich University. Dr. Adam Wolfson - Why Liberals go to War: The Case of Kosovo Executive Editor, The Public Interest Dr. James H. Nichols, Jr. - Rethinking Politics for the next Generation of Liberalism, Professor of Political Science, Claremont McKenna College Dr. Todd R. Flanders - Macintyre's Imprudence, Director of Programs, Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. Dr. Bradley C.S. Watson - Impeachment's Wake, Fellow in Politics and Policy, Center for Political and Economic Thought. 1999 Dr. David Lowenthal - Liberalism: Its Glories, Failures, and Prospects Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Boston College Dr. Peter McNamara - Locke, Civil Society, and the Spirit of Liberalism Assistant Professor of Political Science, Utah State University
1998 Glen E. Thurow - The Guardian of Liberty?: American Education At The Millenium Provost and Professor of Politics, University of Dallas Paul A. Rahe - Soft Despotism: Democracy's Drift Jay P. Walker Professor of American History Dr. Angelo Codevilla - Shaping Our Character Through Government Professor of International Relations, Boston University Dr. David Walsh - The Perennial Experiment In Liberty Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America 1997 William H. Lash, III - The Free Market and the Free Society Adjunct Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law Gerard V. Bradley - Law and Morality Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, President, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Co-Editor, American Journal of Jurisprudence and Vice President, American Philosophy Institute Robert A. Destro - Citizenship and Community: Legacy and Challenge Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law Catholic University of America R. Alexander Acosta - Judicial Activism and Self Government Director, Project on the Judiciary, Ethics and Public Policy Center 1996 David Brooks - Politics and the Renewal of Culture Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard and commentator for National Public Radio. s "All Things Considered" James Nuechterlein - Religion and Politics: The Legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr Editor, First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life and Associate Director, Institute on Religion and Public Life Robert Benne, Ph.D. - Green Shoots in America: Religion and the Renewal of Culture Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion, Chair of Religion and Philosophy Departments, Director of Center for Church and Society, Roanoke College J. Brian Benestad, Ph.D. - Catholicism and the Renewal of Culture: The Place and Meaning of Virtue Professor of Theology, University of Scranton 1995 James V. Schall, S.J., Ph.D. - On How Revelation Addresses Itself to Politics Professor of Government, Georgetown University Norman B. Ture, Ph.D. - Taxes and the Good Society President of Institute for Research on Economics of Taxation (IRET) Patrick F. Fagan - Welfare Reform William FitzGerald Senior Fellow for Family and Cultural Studies, The Heritage Foundation Max L. Stackhouse, Ph.D. - Theology and the Economic Life of Society in a Global Era: On Mars, Eros, the Muses, Mammon, and Christ Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics, Princeton University 1994 Nicholas Eberstadt - The Poor and the Marginalized: Current and Proposed Domestic Policies Visiting Fellow at Center for Population Studies, Harvard University James P. Hannigan, Ph.D. - The Place of Government in Civil Society and the Implications for the Public Witness of the Church Professor of Moral Theology and Chair of Department of Theology, Duquesne University Ronald Nash, Ph.D. - The Restoration of Citizenship and Civic Culture Professor of Philosophy, Reformed Theological Seminary 1993 Don E. Eberly - Emerging Issues and Political Trends and their Moral Consequences President, The Commonwealth Foundation Bruce Bickel, Ph.D. - Christian Ethics in the Marketplace Vice President and Manager, Charitable/Institutional Trust Department, PNC Bank Kurt Rethwisch, Ph.D. - Good Intentions are Not Good Enough: Reacting to Economic Issues Professor of Economics, Duquesne University Rev. Robert A. Sirico - The Entrepreneurial Vocation CSP President, The Acton Institute
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