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Governing a Divided America

POLICY FORUM
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
12:00 p.m.

Featuring Terry Teachout, Commentary; Debra Dickerson, The New America Foundation; Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic and andrewsullivan.com.

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Divided America

In the wake of the 2000 election, some commentators have suggested that the United States is deeply divided politically. Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has written of America as one nation and two cultures. Terry Teachout has argued that the United States now comprises a Republican and a Democratic nation. Has the United States grown apart culturally and politically? Are we a deeply divided nation? Please join us for a lively discussion as three well-known writers discuss the divisions within the United States and their implications for the new Bush administration and the future of American politics.

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