Public Debate: Is Trumpism Good or Bad for America?
October 30, 2019
7:00 PM—8:30 PM
Fluno Center Auditorium (map)
Join the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Tom Sawyer Society for a debate featuring Max Boot and Stephen Moore on the question: is Trumpism good or bad for America? Why or why not? The debate will be moderated by Marc Thiessen.
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New Book Examines the Shifting Political Orientations of Thought Leaders
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CSLD Affiliate Published in Federal History Journal
The journal Federal History recently published an article authored by CSLD associate director Scott Mobley. Entitled “‘By the Force of Our Arms’: William D. Leahy and the U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua, 1912,” the piece sheds …