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In an interview from the University of Maryland, Second Lady Lynne V. Cheney explains her role as senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she studies education and culture, emphasizing particularly the value of knowing U.S. history. In 2003, Mrs. Cheney launched the James Madison Book Award Fund, which annually presents a $10,000 award to the book that best represents excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to young people. In both the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, Mrs. Cheney served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among her many books is “Telling the Truth: Why Our Culture and Our Country Have Stopped Making Sense–and What We Can Do about It,” which analyzes the effects of postmodernism on the study of humanities. Speaker(s):
Douglas J. Besharov, professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy
Lynne V. Cheney, senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
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