[WATCH]: Joe Conason: Thomas Paine Memorial Lecture

On Jan. 21, 2009, the Center for Inquiry-New York City hosted its annual Thomas Paine Memorial Lecture, given by Joe Conason. Joe Conason is an investigative reporter and outspoken political commentator in the tradition of Thomas Paine. He is a regular contributor to 'The New York Observer' and 'Salon.com' and the author of many books, including most recently 'It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush'. This lecture, which was delivered the day after the presidential inauguration, provides a broad view of Paine's political and economic ideas and their relevance to American society, politics and government today. For more:

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