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Monday, May 14, 2012 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
No citizen left behind: Closing America's civic empowerment gap

Harvard Graduate School of Education's Meira Levinson argues that recovering the civic purposes of public schools will take more than tweaking their curricula. Drawing on political theory, empirical research and her own experience from teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson calls on schools to remake civic education.

Monday, May 14, 2012 | 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Freedom’s forge: How American business produced victory in World War II

In "Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II," Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman describes how the U.S. won history’s greatest conflict by harnessing free market principles and private-sector creativity and innovation to increase war production.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Election 2012: Informing the national security agenda: The U.S. national security budget

On Tuesday, May 15, join the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation to discuss an issue sure to face the next president: U.S. defense spending in light of American grand strategy.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Post-Castro Cuba: What future will Raúl leave behind?

What sort of economic model will Raúl leave behind? And what strategies can restore genuine economic opportunity and freedom to the Cuban people? Please join us for a discussion of these topics and more, keynoted by Castro scholar, author and former U.S. intelligence analyst Brian Latell.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
The road to freedom: How to win the fight for free enterprise

This Bradley Lecture is based on Brooks’s new book, “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise” (Basic Books, May 2012).

Thursday, May 17, 2012 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Phake: The deadly world of falsified and substandard medicines

In his new book, “Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines,” Roger Bate explores the underground trade in illegal medicines that kills over 100,000 people per year and supplants billions of dollars of real products.

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Friday, May 18, 2012 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Monumental fights: The role of memorials in civic life

What do America’s memorials and monuments tell us about our nation and our identity as citizens? How should we memorialize past events and individuals?

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‘Despair, destitution, and undiluted evil’

What a difference a century makes in the portrayal of country folk.