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Kay S. Hymowitz, Stefan Kanfer, and Sol Stern read their stories from City Journal's collection, May 1968: 40 Years Later, which appeared in the Spring 2008 Issue of City Journal.
 
Marcus Winters, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, reads his New York Post article, When Kids Fail, which examines the recent decision to extend New York City's test-based promotion policy to the eighth grade.
 
Nicole Gelinas, contributing editor at City Journal and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, reads her article on the effects of the Spitzer scandal on New York, New York Gets Steamrolled.
 
Hope Cohen, deputy director of the Center for Rethinking Development discusses the future of Coney Island, a theme from the October-November CRD newsletter, "Thinking Big for New York City," and the conference of the same name at which CRD hosted Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a distinguished panel of New Yorkers.
 
Steven Malanga, senior editor of City Journal and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, reads his article "Why illegal immigration alone doesn't matter."
 
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Jim Copland, senior fellow and director of the Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute, and Lester Brickman, professor at the Cordozo School of Law and renowned expert on asbestos litigation, discuss the evolution of asbestos litigation and the measures that should be taken to prevent the continuation of abuses by the trial bar. Click here to read Trial Lawyers Inc.: Asbestos, a report on the asbestos litigation industry released in May 2008 by the Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute.
 
Max Schulz, senior fellow and director of the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment, discusses his article, "California's Potemkin Environmentalism," from the Spring 2008 issue of City Journal, in a new podcast interview.

 
Max Schulz, Manhattan Institute senior fellow, interviews Professor Bjorn Lomborg, acclaimed author of the best-selling book The Skeptical Environmentalist and, more recently, of the new book Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming, about the lecture he delivered before a Manhattan Institute audience on April 10, 2008.
 
Senior Fellow John Leo interviews Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute on his efforts to eliminate racial preferences in five states this November. Leo and Connerly also discussed the role of diversity in university admissions.
 
Senior Fellow Paul Howard interviews the Honorable Tom Coburn, Senator of Oklahoma, practising physician, and Manhattan Institute guest speaker, about his innovative proposal for health care reform.
..."We're going to go back to where the patient and the doctor make the decisions about what is in the best interest of the patient. And that means we're going to consider economic issues as well—not just this blind "It doesn't matter what it costs, we're going to do it." Senator Tom Coburn
 
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January 17, 2008 | Los Angeles, CA
Manhattan Institute Forum
Title: Policing Skid Row: Is the Safer Cities Initiative the Right Approach?
Introductory: James Q. Wilson, Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
Panel One: Saving Skid Row from Squalor, or Criminalizing Homelessness? Speakers: Heather Mac Donald, Contributing Editor, City Journal, Andrew Smith, Commander, Los Angeles Police Department, Mark A. R. Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs, Carol Wilkins, Director, Intergovernmental Policy, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Moderator: Brian T. Kennedy, President, Claremont Institute

Panel Two: Lessons of Skid Row: Implications for Public Space and Order
Speakers: George Kelling, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Gretchen Dykstra, Former President, Times Square Business Improvement District
Estela Lopez, Executive Director, Central City East Association
Torie Osborn, Senior Advisor to Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
Moderator: Brian T. Kennedy, President, Claremont Institute
Keynote Address: William J. Bratton, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department
Click here to download MP3 file Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V

 
   

The Urban Innovator Award Luncheon
Honoring: Jeb Bush, Former Governor, State of Florida
Introduction by: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
November 13, 2007 | New York City

   

The Third Annual Hayek Lecture
Topic: Hayek on Spontaneous Order and the Mirage of Social Justice
Speaker: John Tomasi, Associate Professor, Political Science & Director, Political Theory Project; Brown University
Introduction by: James Piereson, Senior Fellow, Director, Center for the American University
June 20, 2007 | New York City

   

Seventh Annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
Honoring: Hon. Edward I. Koch, 105th Mayor of the City of New York & K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corporation
Introduction: Senator Al D'Amato and Roger Ailes
May 8, 2007 | New York City
Part I: Weismann, Rubenstein |  Part II: D'Amato
Part III: Koch |  Part IV: Ailes |  Part V: Murdoch, Mone

   

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: The Power of the Vote
Speakers: Douglas E. Schoen, Founding and Former Partner, Penn, Schoen, and Berlandy
April 19, 2007 | New York City

   

Center for the American University
Topic: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America
Introduction: Roger Hertog, Vice Chairman Emeritus, AllianceBernstein L.P.
Speaker: Martin Kramer, Wexler Fromer Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Senior Fellow, Shalem Center, Jerusalem; Senior Fellow, Olin Institute, Harvard University
April 12, 2007 | New York City

 
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