Elections come and go, but some questions are eternal: What do we mean when we talk about values, where do our values come from, and how are values changing?
Archives for blog topic “Election 2012”
Nov 05 2012
By Elizabeth Nicholas
Nov 02 2012
Last night at our Annual Awards Dinner in New York City, the Institute honored former Representative Gabrielle Giffords with the Henry Crown Leadership Award, in recognition of her commitment to civility in public discourse, and the grace and stre
Nov 01 2012
Registration for the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival opened this morning, with tickets to the Festival available here.
Oct 30 2012
Alexis Karolides, a principal at Rocky Mountain Institute, discussed the role natural gas should play in our energy future at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Oct 30 2012
By Jeff Harris
Politicians often campaign on a promise to make America energy independent.
Oct 26 2012
By Peggy Clark
This election season, the candidates have sparred over all the predictable topics: unemployment, the national debt, gun control. But they have also faced off over on an issue that stopped being controversial a long time ago for most Americans and for most of the world: family planning.
Oct 25 2012
Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives and chair of the Medical Ethics and Health Policy Department at the University of Pennsylvania, discussed the economics of the Affordable Care Act at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. Governor Romney has promised to introduce a bill to repeal the Act on his first day in office, if elected.
Oct 23 2012
The day after the presidential debate on foreign policy, The Aspen Institute Presents continues the coversation with our next episode: "War and Peace in the Modern World". Does America need a new version of the draft? Does American power come from our values more than our military? Gen.
Oct 22 2012
While the previous two presidential debates focused primarily on domestic issues, Monday night’s final debate will spotlight foreign policy and national security exclusively.
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