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Since
1997, James Q. Wilson, one of America's leading social scientists,
has delivered an annual lecture on public policy at the Manhattan
Institute. Wilson, a former professor at Harvard University
and UCLA, has written many books, among them The Moral Sense
and The Marriage Problem. His public service includes the chairmanship
of the White House Task Force on Crime in 1966 and the National
Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention from 1972 to 1973.
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Wilson received
the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
in July 2003.
2007
| Christians,
Jews & Israel
THIS
EVENT AVAILABLE IN [REAL
VIDEO] [REAL
AUDIO] [MP3]
2006
| War
and the Mass Media
(An
adaptation of this lecture was reprinted in OpinionJournal.com,
11-06-06)
2005
| Why
Is America More Religious than Europe?
2004
| Can
Muslim Nations Acquire Liberal Democracies?
2003
| Who
Becomes a Terrorist?
(This lecture was reprinted in the Winter 2004 issue of City
Journal.)
2002
| Religion
and Freedom
(This lecture was reprinted in the Fall 2002 issue of City
Journal.)
2001
| Why
Is Marriage in Trouble?
2000
| Public
Policy and the Media: Do We Get the Whole Story?
1999
| Why
Is Any Nation a Democracy?
1998
| Topic:
Connections Among Television, Guns and Violence
1997
| Making
Justice Swifter
(This lecture was reprinted in the Fall 1997 issue of City
Journal.)
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