February 13

William Dietrich, Science, Journalist and Editor, Seattle Times,                                                        “Shy Science, Wary Public: A Date Made in Hell”.

March 11

John Frohnmayer, Lawyer and Ethicist, Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, “Censorship, Intolerance, and Other Swamp Vermin”.

April 3

Public Policy Symposium: “THE PAST AND FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS”.Moderated by James Thurber, Director for the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, The American University.  Panelists included: the Honorable Thomas S. Foley, the Honorable Al Swift, the Honorable Sid Morrison; and the Honorable Mike Kreidler.

April 23

James Fallows, Managing Editor, U.S. News and World Report, First Annual Media and Society Lecture “Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy”.

May 3

Christopher Piening, Senior Policy Specialist, European Parliament, “The European Union and the United States: Problems and Prospects for Transatlantic Relations”.