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At the Miller Center, we believe that opposing positions can both have merit; that we can investigate questions of fact and discuss questions of opinion; that we can be open to changing our minds; and that our political system benefits from compromise. That’s why every year we bring together Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives. We convene dozens of events fostering civil and intellectual dialogue among scholars, politicians, journalists, and citizens.

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March 31, 2006 07:00 AM

Abiding Interests: Mobilization, Bias, and the Development of the Washington Lobbying Community.

  • Richard Harris

  • Daniel Tichenor

March 28, 2006 11:00 AM

Ideas, Policy, and Politics: The Role of Independent Research in Partisan Times

  • Strobe Talbott

March 24, 2006 06:00 AM

The Making of an Ink-Stained Wretch

  • Jules Witcover

March 22, 2006 01:30 PM

Fighting World Hunger

  • Sen. George McGovern

March 18, 2006 09:45 AM

Senator Edward M.Kennedy

  • Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

March 17, 2006 07:00 AM

Contours of American Major Party Factionalism: Causal Explanations and Periodicity

  • Howard Reiter

March 15, 2006 06:00 AM

Celebrating 45 Years of the Peace Corps

  • Anthony Essaye

March 03, 2006 06:00 AM

Supreme Court Report

  • Jan Crawford

February 24, 2006 07:00 AM

Rebels on the Right: Conservatives as Outsiders From William F. Buckley, Jr. to Operation Rescue

  • Grace Hale

February 24, 2006 06:00 AM

Soldiers to Citizens: The GI Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation

  • Suzanne Mettler

February 20, 2006 06:00 AM

Fugitives: Young Iranians Confront the Collapse of the Reform Movement

  • Laura Secor

February 17, 2006 07:00 AM

The Politics of Risk Privatization in U.S. Social Policy

  • Jacob S Hacker

February 15, 2006 01:00 PM

Katrina Revisited

  • Kent Germany

February 08, 2006 06:00 AM

The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism

  • John C Bogle

February 06, 2006 09:00 AM

Ronald Reagan Oral History Project: Afternoon Session

  • Fred F Fielding

  • Edwin Meese

  • James Miller

February 06, 2006 06:00 AM

Ronald Reagan Oral History Conference

  • Kenneth Adelman

  • Kiron Skinner

  • Peter Wallison

February 06, 2006 04:30 AM

Ronald Reagan Oral History Project: First Morning Session

  • James Kuhn

  • Peter D. Hannaford

  • Stephen Knott

February 03, 2006 07:00 AM

Inequality, Marginalized Workers, and the Politics of U.S. Labor

  • Dorian Warren

February 01, 2006 06:00 AM

Warrantless Wiretaps and the President: What Does It Mean?

  • Robert F Turner

  • Frederick P. Hitz

  • Timothy Naftali

January 30, 2006 06:00 AM

Managing the Financial War against Terrorists

  • Stuart Levey

January 27, 2006 07:00 AM

In Praise of Strong Mayors

  • Richard Schragger

January 20, 2006 07:00 AM

Americanism and Apple Pie: The Wartime Origins of Postwar Fiscal Citizenship

  • James Sparrow

January 19, 2006 06:00 AM

The Control of Conventional Arms

  • Brig. Gen. Greg Govan

January 13, 2006 06:00 AM

Martin Van Buren: The Original Party Boss

  • Ted Widmer

January 10, 2006 06:00 AM

After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader

  • Brian Latell

December 16, 2005 06:00 AM

Supreme Court Report

  • Jan Crawford

December 13, 2005 11:00 AM

Responding to the threat of a pandemic influenza

  • Frederick G. Hayden

December 09, 2005 06:00 AM

Diplomatic Efforts to Stop the Proliferation of WMD, and Their Means of Delivery

  • Ambassador Robert Joseph

December 08, 2005 06:00 AM

Marriage: A History

  • Stephanie Coontz

December 02, 2005 07:00 AM

Abiding by Segregation: Race and the Domestication of Public Opinion Research

  • Lynn Sanders

December 02, 2005 05:30 AM

Report From Iraq

  • George Packer

November 30, 2005 06:00 AM

Twilight in the Desert:The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

  • Matthew R Simmons