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\"David<\/a><\/p>\n

David Horowitz and Al Franken, authors and political commentators who represent distinctly opposed social and political viewpoints, are scheduled to speak within days of each other at Bates College.<\/p>\n

The Maine College Republicans present the conservative Horowitz, author of the Academic Bill of Rights<\/em> that the Bates College Student Government adopted last spring, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The event is open to the public at no charge.<\/p>\n

In conjunction with the Maine College Democrats, the Bates Democrats present Franken, a comedian, Air America Radio host and author, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Bates College Chapel, College Street. Limited seating for the talk remains available at $10 per person, Bates Democrats President Will McElhinny said on Sept. 26. Overflow seating presenting Franken’s talk over closed-circuit television will be offered at no cost outdoors near the chapel, weather permitting.<\/p>\n

Prior to Franken’s talk, he will be the guest of honor at a reception in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. Those attending the reception will receive seats for the chapel event. Admission for the reception is $30, according to McElhinny.<\/p>\n

For more information, call McElhinny at 207-240-6147.<\/p>\n

Horowitz is editor-in-chief of FrontPageMagazine.com,<\/a> founder and president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and an outspoken observer of politics and culture. A prolific author, his books include The End Of Time<\/em> (Encounter Books, 2005), Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left<\/em> (Regnery Publishing, 2004) and Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey<\/em> (Free Press, 1997), in which Horowitz describes his personal journey away from radical left-wing politics.<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/a><\/p>\n

Horowitz has spoken at more than 60 colleges and universities (including Bates in 1999) and appeared on myriad leading news and commentary broadcasts. His Academic Bill of Rights has opened a national debate about the political climate prevailing in college classrooms, with advocates of the bill calling it a needed defense of intellectual diversity and opponents claiming that it would actually curtail open inquiry and free speech.<\/p>\n

Franken first earned national attention as one of the original writers and a performer on television’s “Saturday Night Live” in the 1970s. He is perhaps best-known as a liberal political commentator and satirist in live performances, on television and in such books as the best seller Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right<\/em> (Dutton Adult, 2003), Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot<\/em> (Delacorte Press, 1996) and The Truth (with jokes),<\/em> scheduled for a late October release (Dutton Adult).<\/p>\n

Franken has hosted Air America’s flagship program, the three-hour “Al Franken Show,” since the liberal broadcast service was launched in 2004. A resident of New York City, Franken frequently visits Maine because of family connections — his wife, Frannie, is from Portland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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