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Moral Center: Values, Politics and America's Future
October 3, 2006
David Callahan cofounder, senior fellow, Demos
Robert Kuttner cofounder, The American Prospect
E.J. Graff writer, activist
Alan Wolfe professor, political science, Boston College

Robert Kuttner moderates a panel discussion of some of today's most polarizing conflicts around family, sex, popular culture, crime and poverty and explores Callahan's ideas for escaping the dead-end culture wars and building a more unified America. David Callahan challenges the right's monopoly of values issues, articulating a forceful moral vision for progressives.

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Binding: Paperback, 303 pages
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