Young Republican Assembly to Host Talk by Dinesh D'Souza
Best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza will give a lecture titled "America through Muslim
Eyes: Why the U.S. is Loved, Why the U.S. is Hated, and Who is Winning the War on
Terror" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall. Admission
is free to both the campus and local communities.
Skidmore's Young Republican Assembly is a sponsor of the event.
An immigrant who came to this country from India at the age of 17, D'Souza graduated
Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1983. Soon after, he became editor of Crisis Magazine, a Catholic monthly publication of news and opinion. He was managing editor of Policy Review from 1985 to 1987 and served as the senior policy analyst for the Reagan administration
from 1987 to 1988. He is currently the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University.
D'Souza has been called one of the "top young public-policy makers in the country"
by Investor's Business Daily. The New York Times Magazine named him one of America's most influential conservative thinkers, and the World
Affairs Council calls him one of the nation's 500 leading authorities on international
issues. Newsweek cited him as one of the country's most prominent Asian-Americans. His long list of
popular books includes the best-selling Illiberal Education, What's So Great About America, The Virtue of Prosperity, The
End of Racism, and Letters to a Young Conservative. He is one of the most sought-after speakers on the college circuit today.
The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Books and autographs
from the author will be available afterward as well.
Co-sponsors of the visit are the Young America's Foundation, First-Year Experience,
Speakers Bureau, and the Government Department.
