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	States of Fear: Science or Politics? Featuring: Michael Crichton and a Panel of Distinguished Scientists Best-selling author Michael Crichton examines the intersection of media, politics, and science, inspiring viewers to challenge old assumptions and to search beneath the surface of issues as they seek to discover the truth.

	Innovative Solutions for Iraq Featuring Lawrence Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, Ivan Eland, Peter Brookes, Gareth Porter Should the U.S. extract troops rapidly or gradually, stay the course with current Bush administration policy, or escalate its involvement?

	Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done? Featuring Gore Vidal, Lewis Lapham, Barton Bernstein, Robert Higgs, Thomas Gale Moore Held before a standing-room audience of 1,350, this powerful program features celebrated authors and scholars who examine the terrorist crisis and ask the all-important question: Why?

	Stopping Violent Crime: New Directions for Reduction and Prevention Featuring Arthur R. Miller, Bruce L. Benson, Erika Holzer, Wendy Kaminer, William I. Koch, and more... In a lively and challenging exchange of ideas, this program addresses why the criminal justice system has become increasingly bureaucraticized and politicized, ever less responsive and ever more costly. Topics include victim’s rights, crime and incarceration rates, restitution, civil liberties, illicit drugs, guns, racism, policing, privatization, and sentencing.

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Date	Title
4/24/2001	Will Strong Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete? David D. Friedman	$	!
12/4/2001	Why Freedom Matters More Than Ever David R. Henderson	$	!
7/5/2001	Why Are the Public Schools Failing and What Can Be Done? John D. Merrifield, Richard K. Vedder	$	!
12/6/2007	Why Are Politicians Always Trying to Scare Us? Robert Higgs	$	!
7/2/2008	What the Second Amendment Means Today Stephen P. Halbrook, Don B. Kates Jr.	$	!
6/21/2000	The War on Drugs: Who is Winning? Who is Losing? Alexander Cockburn, J. Victor Marshall, Peter Dale Scott	$	!
2/4/2004	The Voluntary City: Restoring Urban Life in Crisis Times Fred E. Foldvary, Peter Gordon, Daniel B. Klein	$	!
4/18/2002	Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis Barton J. Bernstein, Robert Higgs, Lewis H. Lapham, Thomas Gale Moore, Gore Vidal	$	!
9/24/2002	The U.S. War on Terrorism: Myths and Realities Alan W. Bock, Lewis H. Lapham, J. Victor Marshall, Seth Rosenfeld, Paul H. Weaver	$	!
10/2/2003	The Truth About Medical Marijuana Donald I. Abrams, Edwin Dobb, Robert J. MacCoun, Ed Rosenthal	$	!
2/20/2003	Solving America’s Public School Crisis Peter Brimelow, John D. Merrifield	$	!
10/3/2001	Smarter Urban Growth: Markets or Bureaucracy? Daniel B. Klein, Randal O’Toole	$	!
2/21/2008	The Secret to Making Poor Nations Rich George B. N. Ayittey, Benjamin W. Powell, Alvaro Vargas Llosa	$	!
10/23/2002	Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers Barton J. Bernstein, Daniel Ellsberg, Edwin B. Firmage, David R. Henderson, J. Victor Marshall	$	!
10/17/2006	The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War Mark Danner, Ivan Eland	$	!
5/7/2002	The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Harry V. Jaffa	$	!
10/26/2000	Public Health vs. The Nanny State? Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Jacob Sullum	$	!
3/9/2004	The Promised Land of the Free Richard A. Epstein, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel	$	!
6/25/2003	Preemptive War Strategy: A New U.S. Empire? Joel S. Beinin, Ivan Eland, Edward A. Olsen	$	!
5/24/2000	Pearl Harbor: Official Lies in an American War Tragedy? Robert B. Stinnett	$	!
11/13/2003	PATRIOT Acts: I & II: The New Assault on Liberty? James Bovard, David Cole, Ivan Eland, Margaret Russell	$	!
2/9/2007	P.J. O’Rourke “On the Wealth of Nations” P. J. O’Rourke	$	!
3/7/2008	The New International Arms Race in Space—And How to Avoid It Peter L. Hays, Theresa Hitchens, Jeff Kueter, Mike Moore	$	!
11/6/2007	New Directions for Peace and Security Carl P. Close, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, James L. Payne, Edward P. Stringham	$	!
3/20/2001	Losing the Race? Black Progress, Freedom, and Independence John H. McWhorter	$	!
6/21/2007	Living With a Nuclear Iran and North Korea? Doug Bandow, Ivan Eland, Trita Parsi, Charles V. Peña	$	!
5/2/2002	Liberty for Women Wendy McElroy	$	!
5/3/2005	Liberty For Latin America: How to Undo 500 Years of State Oppression Alvaro Vargas Llosa	$	!
5/9/2006	Is White Guilt Destroying the Promise of Civil Rights? Shelby Steele	$	!
5/8/2007	Is Walmart Good or Bad for America? A Debate Ken Jacobs, Richard K. Vedder	$	!
2/12/2008	Is the U.S. Now Provoking an Arms Race in Space? Mike Moore	$	!
6/9/2008	Is the Second Amendment an Individual Right? Stephen P. Halbrook, Joyce Lee Malcolm	$	!
4/15/2008	Is the “War on Terror” Creating Terrorism? Ivan Eland, Ian S. Lustick, D. Gareth Porter	$	!
2/16/2006	Innovative Solutions for Iraq Peter Brookes, Ivan Eland, Lawrence J. Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), D. Gareth Porter	$	!
4/21/2004	Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Global Marketplace Daniel J. Edelman, Robert W. Galvin, Peter A. Thiel	$	!
9/21/2005	Immigration Wars: Open or Closed Borders for America? Peter Laufer, Benjamin W. Powell	$	!
3/1/2005	How—And How Not—To Fight Terrorism Michael Scheuer	$	!
11/15/2000	Gun Control: Separating Fact from Myth Gary Kleck, David B. Kopel	$	!
5/27/2003	Globalization and Cultural Diversity: Friends or Foes? Tyler Cowen	$	!
6/17/2004	The Future of Iraq: Democracy or Quagmire? George Bisharat, Ivan Eland, James H. Noyes, Christopher Scheer	$	!
5/16/2001	Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberty Charles W. Baird, Alan O. Ebenstein	$	!
1/19/2000	Freedom, Terror, and Falsehoods: Lessons from the Twentieth Century G. Robert A. Conquest	$	!
12/13/2005	The Frankenfood Myth? Bruce N. Ames, Henry I. Miller	$	!
10/28/2004	The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed Ivan Eland	$	!
1/31/2006	Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power? Steven Greenhut, Timothy Sandefur	$	!
5/6/2004	Drug War Crimes Joseph D. McNamara, Jeffrey A. Miron, Ethan A. Nadelmann	$	!
1/27/2005	The Death Penalty on Trial Bill Kurtis, Franklin E. Zimring	$	!
2/13/2002	Conning Americans: How Politicians Create Dependence on Government Charlotte Twight	$	!
1/30/2004	Confessions of a Media Maverick: Exposing Hucksters, Cheats and Scam Artists John Stossel	$	!
2/6/2001	Can America’s Electoral System Be Fixed? Robert D. Cooter, Randy T. Simmons, Alexander Tabarrok	$	!
6/28/2006	Bureaucracy vs. The Environment: What Should Be Done? Carl P. Close, Michael Shaw, Randy T. Simmons	$	!
6/6/2002	Big Brother Is Watching James Bamford	$	!
9/7/2000	The American Revolution and the Legacy of Liberty Joyce O. Appleby, Hans Eicholz, Henry E. Mayer	$	!
9/29/2004	Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society Robert Higgs	$	!
12/6/2006	The 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Awards and An Evening With Robert Higgs Robert Higgs, Robert Spillane, Thomas S. Szasz	$	!