Joe Conason: 2009 Thomas Paine Memorial Lecture

May 06, 2009

Joe Conason is an investigative reporter and outspoken political commentator in the tradition of Thomas Paine. He is a regular contributor to 'The New York Observer' and 'Salon.com' and the author of many books, including most recently 'It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush'. This lecture, which was delivered the day after the presidential inauguration, provides a broad view of Paine's political and economic ideas and their relevance to American society, politics and government today.

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