Friday, June 15, 2012 Meeting
Throw Them All Out
With Speaker Peter Schweizer
Peter Schweizer is the William J. Casey Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and a best-selling author. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm Oval Office Writerswhich provides speechwriting and communications services for corporate executives and political figures.
From 2008-9 he was a consultant to the Office of Presidential Speechwriting in the White House. He has also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. government’s Sandia National Laboratory and is a former consultant to NBC News.
His most recent book is Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). It was the subject of a feature on CBS’ 60 Minutes and Newsweek.
His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
Peter received his M.Phil. from Oxford University and his B.A. from George Washington University. He lives in Florida with his wife and children.
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012
Time: noon
Location: New World Landing
Past Events / Speakers
May 18, 2012 - Douglas E. French Greece, The Euro and US Monetary Ramifications |
April 20, 2012 - Bart Lubow Alternatives to Incarcerating Children |
March 16, 2012 - Vice Admiral William Ramsey, USN (Ret.) United States Military Space Forces |
February 17, 2012 - Judge Ron Swanson How the District Court of Appeal Affects Your Life |
January 20, 2012 - Mark Whitacre When Good Leaders Lose Their Way |
Upcoming Events / Speakers
June 15, 2012 - Peter Schweizer Throw Them All Out |
July 20, 2012 - Dr. Sandy Ikeda Weak Ties, Entrepreneurship and the Great Society |
August 17, 2012 - KrisAnne Hall Origin and Making of the US Constitution |
September 21, 2012 - John Zogby |