Issues Affecting America: Responsible
Citizenship Fall 2008
Two of America’s best-known political pundits discuss and debate
what is arguably one of the most important Presidential elections
in American history. Michael Waldman and William Kristol will go
head to head in an event that is open to students from St. John’s,
Wagner College and the College of Staten Island. Also invited are
high school students, civic leaders, local elected officials and
their staffs, local political clubs and groups and the general
public.
Michael Waldman is one of American’s leading experts on the
presidency, politics, and public communications. He is a lecturer
at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where
he teaches courses including “The Art of Communication,”
“Rhetorical Leadership,” “Communication in a Time of Crisis’ and
“Political Reform.” He was the Deputy Communications Director for
the Clinton-Gore 1992 campaign, and then went on to serve as
principal White House policy advisor on political reform. Mr.
Waldman has worked as Special Assistant to the President for Policy
Coordination, helping to lead the fight for the passage of NAFTA
the battle of the budget during the government shutdown of
1995.
William Kristol is editor of the influential Washington-based
political magazine The Weekly Standard. Widely recognized as one of
the nation’s leading political analysts and commentators, Mr.
Kristol regularly appears on FOX News Sunday and FOX News Channel.
As an advocate for a strong American foreign policy, he has pushed
forward the foreign policy debate since September 11, and continues
to drive conversation as co-author of The New York Times’
bestseller The War Over Iraq. He edited the well-received anthology
The Weekly Standard, A Reader: 1995 – 2005. In 2007, he was a
regular columnist for TIME magazine. Mr. Kristol became a regular
Op-Ed page columnist for The New York Times in 2008.
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Sponsored by the Staten Island
Foundation
Date
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Center for the Arts (1P), Concert Hall, College
of Staten Island