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Miller Center speakers address the nation's most pressing problems—sometimes eliciting protests

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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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October 31, 2003 07:00 AM

Social Capital: A Conceptual Theory

  • James Farr

October 30, 2003 07:00 PM

A Conversation between a Military Strategist and a U.S. Ambassador on Postwar Developments in Iraq

  • Joseph C Wilson

  • W. Patrick Lang

October 29, 2003 07:00 PM

Kennedy, Johnson, and the Quest for Justice

  • Jonathan Rosenberg

October 26, 2003 07:00 PM

The Values of Long Term Care

  • Mark E Williams

October 23, 2003 08:00 PM

The Serenity Prayer: The Life and Work of its Author and Friends

  • Elisabeth Sifton

October 20, 2003 08:00 PM

Incivility in Public Life

  • William P Hobby

October 19, 2003 08:00 PM

Collaborative Solutions to Improving End-of-Life Care

  • Patricia Bomba

October 16, 2003 08:00 PM

Is Arab-Israeli Peace Possible?

  • Aaron David Miller

October 12, 2003 08:00 PM

The United States and Iraq: Reflections after Studying and Teaching Diplomatic History for 50 Years

  • Prof. Gaddis Smith

October 09, 2003 08:00 PM

Getting There -- Getting Started: Campaigning and Governing

  • Gov. A. Linwood Holton

October 05, 2003 08:00 PM

Taking Stock in the Middle East: Six Months after the Fall of Baghdad

  • William B Quandt

October 02, 2003 08:00 PM

President Gerald Ford: His Political Realism for a World in Conflict

  • James M Cannon

September 30, 2003 01:45 PM

Summary - 5:45-6:30 p.m.

  • Paul Herrnson

  • Ray La Raja

September 30, 2003 11:00 AM

Coping with BCRA - 3:00-5:30 p.m.

  • Michael J Malbin

  • Peter Overby

  • Gloria Totten

September 29, 2003 08:15 PM

Freedom of Speech and American Democracy - 12:15-2:45 p.m.

  • Robert Kelner

  • Spencer Overton

  • Roger Witten

September 29, 2003 08:15 PM

Political Parties, Interest Groups, and American Democracy - 12:15-2:45 p.m.

  • Professor Brian Balogh

  • Anthony Corrado

  • Thomas Mann

  • Sidney M. Milkis

September 28, 2003 08:00 PM

Ensuring the Continuity of Government in an Age of Terrorism

  • Thomas E Mann

September 25, 2003 08:00 PM

Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks.

  • Michael R Gardner

September 21, 2003 08:00 PM

The Uneasy Chinese-North Korean Alliance: History and Contemporary Implications

  • Chen Jian

September 14, 2003 08:00 PM

Exploring Global Fundamentalism

  • James D Hunter

September 09, 2003 08:00 PM

Why You Can't Trust the Social Security Trust Fund

  • Allan Sloan

September 04, 2003 08:00 PM

Diplomacy and the Resolution of Civil Wars in Africa: Liberia as a Case Study

  • Leonard H Robinson

August 28, 2003 08:00 PM

Reflections on Iraq

  • David D. Newsom

August 21, 2003 08:00 PM

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Model for Other Divided Societies

  • Lyn Graybill

August 14, 2003 08:00 PM

The Presidential Public Financing System: A Troubled System and Options for Reform

  • Michael E Toner

July 31, 2003 08:00 PM

The Crisis in Korea: The Nuclear Issue and U.S. Policy towards North Korea

  • L Flake

July 27, 2003 08:00 PM

Elephant on the Table: How Washington is Dancing around the Coming Demographic Disaster

  • Alan Murray

July 22, 2003 08:00 PM

America's Challenge in the Post-Hussein Era

  • Dr. Joseph J. Sisco

July 20, 2003 08:00 PM

Helping Patients with Chronic Illness: A Generalist Perspective

  • John D Gazewood

July 17, 2003 08:00 PM

Catholicism: Confronting Religious Scandal and the Policy Advocacy

  • J Hehir

July 16, 2003 08:00 PM

Bush and Boldness: The Assault on Risk Aversion in the National Security Establishment since 9/11

  • Evan Thomas

July 13, 2003 08:00 PM

The Emergence of the Communist Monolith

  • Marc Selverstone