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EVENT: Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
In an age where modern ideas of feminism increasingly beget unisexism, what becomes of femininity? Join us for a half-day conference and luncheon in Washington, DC with a keynote address, “The Battle for Feminine Identity” by Cormac Burke, author of Man and Values: A Personalist Anthropology, panelist Pia de Solenni from the UN Conference on Women, and more. This conference has been postponed indefintely.
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EVENT: The Defense of the West: How to Respond to the Islamist Challenge
A Lecture with Professor Roger Scruton
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Honorable Rick Santorum and The Ethics and Public Policy Center cordially invite you to attend the lecture "The Defense of the West: How to Respond to the Islamist Challenge" with Professor Roger Scruton on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at the Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. A reception will follow the lecture.
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EVENT: The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
A book discussion with Bing West
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Please join EPPC's Program to Protect America's Freedom and author Bing West on October 2 for a luncheon discussion of his newest book. The Strongest Tribe is the first published overview of the entire course of the Iraq war since General David Petraeus implemented a change in strategy that is likely to be eternally, if incorrectly, identified as "the surge."
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EVENT: Religious Justification of Terrorism in the Islamic World
A Presentation by Dr. Shmuel Bar
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Please join EPPC's Program to Protect America's Freedom and Dr. Shmuel Bar this Thursday, September 18, for a luncheon lecture that will explore the tendency within the Islamic world to justify terrorism in the name of religion.
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The Future of Medicare Advantage
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Medicare Advantage is an important source of coverage and financial protection for millions of America's senior citizens, but many in Congress believe the program should be scaled back. On September 10, 2008 EPPC Fellow James C. Capretta was a speaker at an event sponsored by the Heritage Foundation entitled " The Future of Medicare Advantage." Mr. Capretta's presentation focused on disspelling myths surrounding Medicare Advantage and presenting important research findings which have gotten too little attention in the Congressional debate.
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In the Shadow of Progress
Eric Cohen on "Being Human in the Age of Technology"
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Why are the wealthiest and most comfortable people in human history the least likely to want children? What is lost when we relieve human sadness by altering the chemical balance of the brain? What kind of civilization will we become if we seek cures for the sick by destroying human embryos? In this evening event at EPPC, Eric Cohen discussed these questions and others from his new book, In the Shadow of Progress. He was joined by William Kristol of the Weekly Standard and William Saletan of Slate. Leon R. Kass moderated. Audio of the event is now available.
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Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care
Thursday, June 26, 2008
EPPC Fellow James C. Capretta presented at a June 26, 2008 session of the President's Council on Bioethics in Chicago, Illinois. The Council held the session to explore the relative merits of alternative health care reform plans. Mr. Capretta presented the reasons policymakers should implement a reform program based on consumer choice and market competition.
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| Technology and Society |
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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