[act-ma] 9/13: John W. Dean, "Broken Government"

[Ford Hall Forum]

Ford Hall Forum presents:

Broken Government: 
How Republican Rule Destroyed the
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

with
John W. Dean

Thursday, September 13, 6:30-8:00 pm
at the
Old South Meeting House
(directions at www.fordhallforum.org/directions.html)

-FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC-

John W. Dean, counsel to President Richard Nixon, the government¹s key
witness in the Watergate trial, and bestselling author of Conservatives
without Conscience and Worse than Watergate, joins us tonight to address
what he sees as the ³dysfunction chaos and institutional damage² the
Republican Party and its core conservatives have brought to the federal
government.  Are the nation¹s current political ills primarily the fault of
the Republicans? Have the Democrats been any better? Most importantly, what
can politically moderate citizens do to combat extremism, authoritarianism,
and incompetence from political leaders of either party?

 Equal time will be provided for prepared remarks and questions from the
audience.
Come join the conversation!



Reserved seating available for Ford Hall Forum members.
Membership information at: www.fordhallforum.org/membership.html

This program is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House
as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series.

In its 99th fall series of events, the Ford Hall Forum presents seven open
public discussions on the issues concerning our community, nation, and world
today. With the 2008 election approaching, the Forum takes a hard look at
the state of our government and the policy issues that affect us all. Across
a wide range of perspectives ­- from the left to the right, from the harsh
to the humorous ­- the Forum hands over the microphone to thought-provoking
speakers on the front lines. To facilitate frank and open discussion, equal
time is provided for speakers¹ remarks and audience members¹ questions. At
the Ford Hall Forum, no speaker goes unquestioned and no view goes
unchallenged.

The Ford Hall Forum promotes freedom of speech and fosters an informed and
effective citizenry through the public presentation of lectures, debates,
and discussions. Its events illuminate the key issues facing our society by
bringing to its podium knowledgeable and thought-provoking speakers,
including some of the most controversial opinion leaders of our times. These
speakers are presented in person, for free, and in settings, which
facilitate frank and open debate. As the nation¹s oldest free public lecture
series, it has a storied past as a venue for some of the most intriguing
figures in our nation¹s modern history, including Maya Angelou, Isaac
Asimov, Alan Dershowitz, W.E.B. DuBois, Stephen Jay Gould, Al Gore, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Ayn Rand, Cokie
Roberts, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Malcolm X, to name just a few. Programs of
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members as well as corporations and foundations, including The Boston
Foundation, The Boston Public Library, Boston Private Bank & Trust Company,
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Corneel Fund, Houghton Chemical Corporation, Levine Katz Nannis + Solomon
P.C., The Lowell Institute, Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Nellie Mae
Education Foundation, Northeastern University, The Old South Meeting House,
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information log onto www.fordhallforum.org or contact Alex Minier at
alex at fordhallforum.org, 617-373-5800.

The Ford Hall Forum presents this program in collaboration with the Old
South Meeting House, as part of their Partners in Public Dialogue Series.
Old South Meeting House is a non-profit museum and historic site, located on
the Freedom Trail, dedicated to sustaining the building¹s tradition as a
community-gathering place for the free exchange of ideas and to provide a
place where people can connect the issues of the past with the issues of
today. It receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, and
other public and private sources. Visit www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org for
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