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In the September Bradley Lecture, Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review, and author of the new book The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009), will discuss the current state of conservatism, examined from a historical and philosophical context. Mr. Tanenhaus argues
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that for seventy-five years, conservatives have been split into two factions, the “realists” who believe in the virtues of government and the “revanchists” who distrust government and society. He argues that the “revanchists” have won the argument about conservatism and that this has caused conservatism to falter. Steven F. Hayward and Henry Olsen of AEI will respond to Mr. Tanenhaus.
Sam Tanenhaus is the editor of both The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section of the New York Times. From 1999 to 2004 he was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he often wrote on politics. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications. He is the author of The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009), and Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Modern Library, 1998), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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| 5:15 p.m. |
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| 5:30 | Introduction: | Arthur C. Brooks, AEI |
| Address: | Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review |
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Steven F. Hayward, AEI |
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| Henry Olsen, AEI |
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| 7:00 | Adjournment and Wine and Cheese Reception |
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Speaker biographies
Steven F. Hayward is the F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow in Environmental Studies at AEI and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He is also an adjunct fellow at the John Ashbrook Center and a former Bradley Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Mr. Hayward studies the environment, law, political economy, and the presidency. He is the author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, published jointly by the AEI Press and the Pacific Research Institute. Mr. Hayward contributes to AEI's Energy and Environment Outlook series and has authored numerous books, including Greatness (Crown, 2005), The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964–1980 (Crown, 2001), and Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity (Crown, 1998).
Henry Olsen is vice president and director of the National Research Initiative (NRI). He disseminates and publicizes the Institute’s work to the academic community; works with AEI’s visiting, adjunct, and NRI research fellows; commissions and supervises NRI projects; and oversees the production of NRI publications. Mr. Olsen previously served as vice president for programs at the Manhattan Institute and as a judicial clerk to Danny J. Boggs, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Sam Tanenhaus is the editor of both The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section of the New York Times. From 1999 to 2004 he was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he often wrote on politics. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications. He is the author of The Death of Conservatism (Random House, 2009), and Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Modern Library, 1998), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Part of the Bradley Lecture Series
