Lectures tagged "President"

The Obama Year
Michael Porter
October 24, 2009
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
Moral Center: Values, Politics and America's Future
David Callahan
October 3, 2006
01:20:29
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.
Vietnam War and the Presidency: Keynote Speaker
David Halberstam
March 10, 2006
00:58:27
David Halberstam, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, gives the opening lecture at "Vietnam and the Presidency", a national conference where leading historians, key policymakers of the Vietnam War er
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Jefferson: Man Who Couldn't Live Without Books
Douglas L. Wilson
November 10, 2005
00:54:51
Douglas L. Wilson describes Thomas Jefferson's library, the book lover who created it, and the intriguing history of its creation.
The White House: A Pop-Up Book
Chuck Fischer
March 22, 2005
00:38:15
Starting with the design by Irish-born architect James Hoban in 1792, the White House history spans more than 200 years.