January 25

Iran’s Nuclear Program: The Costs and Benefits of America’s Policy Options

Featuring: Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Foreign Policy and Defense Studies, Cato Institute, Author of “Iran’s Nuclear Program: America’s Policy Options”; and Justin Logan, Foreign policy analyst, Cato Institute, Author of “The Bottom Line on Iran: The Costs and Benefits of Preventive War versus Deterrence.”

January 23

Why We Fight: Do Public Schools Cause Social Conflict?

Featuring: Neal McCluskey, Policy Analyst, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; Charles Haynes, Senior Scholar and Director of Education Programs, Freedom Forum First Amendment Center; and Gerald Bracey, Associate, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation.

January 18

Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood

Featuring the author Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute; with comments by James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Jay Stanley, Public Education Director, Technology and Liberty Project American Civil Liberties Union.

January 9

On the Wealth of Nations

Featuring the author, P. J. O’Rourke, America’s leading political humorist and Cato H. L. Mencken research fellow.