Check out our document rebutting and responding to Michael Moore's movie. "War, Lies, and Videotape is our attempt to separate the fact from the fiction in Fahrenheit 9/11, and to provide context when Moore fails to do so," says EPPC President Ed Whelan. "Given the critical importance of the movie's focus -- the war on terrorism and America's efforts in Iraq -- viewers deserve a claim-by-claim guide to Moore's distortions."
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Peter Berger Boston University
"The Ethics and Public Policy Center has effectively shown how crucial moral reasoning is to the proper formulation of foreign and domestic policy."
Matthew B. Crawford's new book Shop Class as Soulcraft has been called "timely and provocative" (New York Times), "a powerful case for the special value of skilled work" (Wall Street Journal), and "the best self-help book I've ever read" (Slate). Mr. Crawford will discuss his book in this evening lecture at EPPC, describing both the intrinsic satisfactions and the social value of the manual trades. A wine and cheese reception will follow.
Follow the evolution of crime in the movies from James Cagney to Fargo. EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman, film and cultural critic of the American Spectator and author of the books Honor: A History and Media Madness, will host a summer movie series with commentary by Leon Kass (of the American Enterprise Institute and the University of Chicago) and Amy Kass (of the Hudson Institute and the University of Chicago).
On May 12, 2009, EPPC Fellow James C. Capretta participated in a panel discussion at the American Enterprise Institute on the 2009 report of the Medicare Trustees. Mr. Capretta focused his comments on the structural problems embedded in Medicare's current design which are driving up costs for the program and for overall health system as well.
