James Traub: 'The Freedom Agenda'

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | 7:30 – 9pm
Location: Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street.

In his latest work, James Traub (a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine) traces the history of America’s democratic evangelizing, including a detailed portrait of the Bush administration’s largely failed efforts to bolster democratic forces abroad. Traub argues that democracy matters—for human rights, ethnic and religious reconciliation, political stability, and equitable development—but that the United States must exercise caution in its efforts to spread it, matching its deeds to its word, abroad and at home. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life, with University Book Store.

Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, [masked] and at the door beginning at 6:30. Town Hall members receive priority seating.