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  • Ambassador Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
    Tue, May 29, 2012, 8 pm

    Dennis Ross is the co-author, with David Makovsky, of Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East. They offer their perspective on recent events in the Middle East, the peace process and the future of Israel.

  • The Middle Class Revolt: Democracy or Plutocracy?
    Sun, Jun 10, 2012, 7:30 pm

    Is the recent Occupy Wall Street demonstration a reaction to perceived plutocracy?

  • John Heilemann in Conversation with David Axelrod
    Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 8 pm

    John Heilemann is joined by political analysts and journalists to assess the tenor of the country at this pivotal time.

  • Gail Collins: As Texas Goes...
    Thu, Jun 14, 2012, 8 pm

    New York Times columnist and best-selling author Gail Collins posits, “like it or not, where Texas goes, so does the nation ...”

  • Christopher Buckley with Chris Matthews
    Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 8:15 pm

    Satirist Christopher Buckley returns to 92nd Street Y to discuss his career and a hilarious and sure-to-be-controversial novel about US/China relations.

  • Saving America’s Working Class: James Carville and Stan Greenberg with Ben Smith
    Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 8 pm

    Carville and Greenberg argue that the peoples’ suspicions are correct: government has screwed things up.

  • Andy Borowitz: Countdown to 2012
    Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 8 pm

    Join award-winning comedian and New York Times bestselling author Andy Borowitz for a look at the election with an A-list panel of comedians, journalists, and celebrity guests.




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