Upcoming Events
![]() Bethany McLean |
More "Smartest Guys in the Room"Monday, November 30, 2009 - 11:00amBefore joining Vanity Fair as a contributing editor in 2008, BETHANY MCLEAN was an editor-at-large for Fortune magazine. In 2001, she wrote an article in Fortune that questioned the immense profitability of Enron, then a darling of the stock market. Her book about the scandal, The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Portfolio, 2003) led to the energy company’s collapse and was developed into an Oscar©-nominated documentary in 2005. |
![]() Joan Biskupic |
Justice Antonin ScaliaFriday, December 04, 2009 - 11:00amJOAN BISKUPIC has covered the Supreme Court since 1989. Before joining USA Today in 2000, she served as Supreme Court Reporter for the Washington Post and Legal Affairs Writer for Congressional Quarterly. Prior to that, Biskupic covered government and politics for newspapers in Wisconsin and Oklahoma. She is the author of several books, including Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice and Congressional Quarterly’s two-volume encyclopedia on the Supreme Court (3rd Ed., 1997, with co-author Elder Witt). A book signing will follow her Forum |
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About the Forums
The Miller Center Forum presents more than sixty speakers each year, drawn from high-ranking public officials and others involved in shaping public policy, from the academy, leading research institutions, and from journalists covering national and international events. Our speakers address a wide range of issues including the current political environment, national security concerns, American history topics, timely international relations issues, and an expansive public policy agenda that includes health care, immigration, energy security, the environment, among many other themes.
As part of the Miller Center's mission, the Forum program allows for thoughtful reflection on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States. They offer a unique opportunity for speakers to engage in stimulating public policy discussions in a beautiful setting that encourages direct interaction between speaker and audience. Forums attract a large audience of faculty, students, and interested citizens.
Miller Center Forums are non-partisan, free, open to the public, and no reservations are required.
Forum Series
Each year the Miller Center Forum will initiate a topic focused forum series. The current series focuses on the state of the U.S. military. Please click one of the links below to learn more about the current or previous series.

