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Toward an Understanding of Religion, Politics, and Public Life
Conversations among Journalists and Scholars on Religion and Public Life
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Sunday, December 5, 2004
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004
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Pier House Resort
Key West, Florida
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The Ethics and Public Policy Center hosted its semi-annual conference on religion and public life with some of the nation’s leading journalists on December 5-7, 2004 at the Pier House in Key West, Florida.
The conference, “Toward an Understanding of Religion, Politics, and Public Life,” featured three presentations:
- “Religion, Rhetoric, and the Presidency” by Michael Gerson of the White House;
- “The Surge of the Shi’is in Iraq and its Implications for the Middle East” by Yitzhak Nakash of Brandeis University; and
- “Bioethics and Human Nature: Exploring Some Background Issues” by Gilbert Meilaender of Valparaiso University.
Twenty-four reporters and journalists from major newspapers, magazines, television, and radio networks attended the conference and participated in the lively discussions.
The full participant list is available to the right.
SELECT PRESS AND BLOG COVERAGE
- "The Man Who Puts Words in the President's Mouth Defends His Style," Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, January 17, 2005
- "The Log and the Speck," Ross Douthat, The American Scene, January 16, 2005
- "Gerson Talks Religion," Terry Eastland, The Weekly Standard, December 23, 2004
- "A Hot Line to Heaven," John Parker, The Economist, December 16, 2004
- "There's Power in the Words," Terry Mattingly's "On Religion," December 15, 2004
- "White House Speechwriter Talks About the Bush Code," Ted Olsen, Christianity Today blog, December 14, 2004
- "Bush's References to God Defended by Speechwriter," Alan Cooperman, Washington Post, December 12, 2004
- "Bush Hardly a Zealot," Kathleen Parker, Orlando Sentinel, December 8, 2004
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
SUNDAY, DEC. 5, 2004
5:00 - 7:15 -- Reception (Havana Docks Sunset Deck)
7:30 -- Dinner (Harbor View Room)
(All meeting sessions will take place in the Cayman Room, in the Caribbean Spa Building.)
MONDAY, DEC. 6, 2004
- 7:45 - 8:45 -- Breakfast (One Duval Dining Room)
- 9:00 - 9:40 -- The Surge of the Shiites in Iraq and its Implications for the Middle East” - Yitzhak Nakash, Brandeis University
- 9:40 - 10:05 -- Response — Franklin Foer, The New Republic
- 10:05 - 10:45 -- Q & A/ Discussion
- 10:45 - 11:00 -- Break
- 11:00 - 12:15 -- Q & A/ Discussion
- 12:30 - 2:00 -- Lunch (One Duval Deck)
- 2:00 - 2:40 -- “Religion, Rhetoric, and the Presidency” - Michael Gerson, The White House
- 2:40 - 3:05 -- Response - Carl Cannon, National Journal
- 3:05 - 3:45 -- Q & A / Discussion
- 3:45 - 4:00 -- Break
- 4:00 - 5:00 -- Q & A/ Discussion
- 5:00 - 7:00 -- Free Time
- 7:00 - 8:00 -- Cocktail Reception (Havana Docks Sunset Deck)
- 8:00 -- Dinner (Havana Docks Sunset Deck)
TUESDAY, DEC. 7, 2004
- 7:45 - 8:45 -- Breakfast (One Duval Dining Room)
- 9:00 - 9:40 -- “Bioethics and Human Nature: Exploring Some Background Issues” - Gilbert Meilaender, Valparaiso University
- 9:40 - 10:05 -- Response - William Saletan, Slate
- 10:05 - 10:45 -- Q & A/ Discussion
- 10:45 - 11:00 -- Break (Please check out before eleven)
- 11:00 - 12:15 -- Q & A/ Discussion
- 12:30 - 2:00 -- Lunch (One Duval Deck)
More Information
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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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