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## Policy Perspectives 2010

**Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York City 
Thursday, April 1, 2010 
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.**

Featuring: **Edward H. Crane**, President, Cato Institute; **Michael D. Tanner**, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; **Neal McCluskey**, Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; **Roger Pilon**, Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute; and **P. J. O’Rourke**, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute.

Waldorf=Astoria Hotel 
301 Park Avenue 
(Between 49Th And 50Th Streets) 
New York City

| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | **Registration** |
|---|---|
| 11:00–11:15 a.m. | **Welcoming Remarks** [Edward H. Crane](/people/edward-crane)*,* President, Cato Institute |
| 11:15–11:35 a.m. | **The Coming Entitlement Tsunami** [Michael D. Tanner](/people/michael-tanner), Senior Fellow, Cato Institute |
| 11:35–11:55 a.m. | **The Standards and Accountability Illusion: Distorting the Truth about Academic Achievement** [Neal McCluskey](/people/neal-mccluskey), Associate Director of the Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute |
| 11:55 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | **How Congress and the Court Created theExecutive State** [Roger Pilon](/people/roger-pilon), Vice President for Legal Affairs, Cato Institute |
| 12:15–12:30 p.m. | **Reception** |
| 12:30–2:00 p.m. | **Luncheon Address — Don’t Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards** [P. J. O’Rourke](/people/pj-orourke), H. L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute |

For further information on the seminar, please call Yana Vinnikov at (202) 218‑4617 or e‑mail her at [yvinnikov@​cato.​org](mailto:%20yvinnikov@cato.org).

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