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Our Founding Fathers and the Separation of Church & State

Dr. Philip Munoz lectures on the true beliefs of the founding fathers on church and state. He begins by comparing the liberal and conservative stories of the founders. He moves into the political philosophies of Madison, Jefferson, and Washington, and concludes with his thoughts on how we might best approach the father’s competing wisdom. Read More ›

The Real “Hurt Locker”

President of Discovery Institute, Bruce Chapman, interviews Koshin Mohamed, an American Combat Engineer in Iraq & Afghanistan. Mohamed gives his existential commentary on the happenings on the ground.

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Q&A Revisiting the Reagan Revolution

This is a clip from the Nov. 9th book party hosted by Discovery Institute to celebrate the release of Dr. Steven Haywards monumental second volume on our fortieth President, The Age of Reagan. Following Haywards influential first volume chronicling the rise of conservatism, the second volume provides a complete narrative history of the Reagan presidency and its aftermath, covering both domestic and foreign policy. Read More ›

Obama v. Reagan on Bipartisanship

Dr. Steven Hayward shows the secret of Reagan’s success in bipartisanship negotiations. Dr. Hayward distills it down to his taking ownership of the situation–something that Obama fails to do.

Driving Change

Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist at Microsoft, speaks at the Beyond Oil Conference Read More ›

Nuclear Arms: Sleepwalking Towards Armageddon

John Wohlstetter lectures on his upcoming book, Nuclear Arms: Sleepwalking Towards Armageddon. His goal, he says, is to take the problems of proliferation and arms control out of the hands of the so called priesthood of nuclear theologians and make the conversation palpable for the common people in order to generate discussion.

The Israel Test

Prolific thinker, George Gilder, lectures on his most recent book The Israel Test.

Is Iran Close to Revolt? A Student Dissident’s View

Discovery Institute is pleased to welcome Amir Abbas Fakhravar to Seattle. Mr. Fakhravar was Iran’s top student leader who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran before escaping and fleeing to the United States in May of this year. Read More ›

10 Big Lies About America – Q&A

Michael Medved takes questions after his lecture at the McNaughton Fellows Lecture Series on his book 10 Big Lies About America.

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10 Big Lies About America

McNaughton Fellows Lecture by Michael Medved regarding his new book 10 Big Lies About America. He speaks about two things regarding his book: (1) Why he wrote the book. (2) What has surprised him since the book came out.

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