Join us this evening to hear Thomas Frank (author of the bestselling What's the Matter With Kansas?) discuss his new book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, which examines the blundering and corrupt Washington of today.

Casting back to the early days of the conservative revolution, Frank describes the rise of a ruling coalition dedicated to dismantling government. He argues that Washington itself has been remade into a golden landscape of super-wealthy suburbs and gleaming lobbyist headquarters.

Free and open to the public. For more information, call (773) 752-4381.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thomas Frank is the author of What's the Matter with Kansas? and One Market Under God. The founding editor of The Baffler and a contributing editor at Harper's, he is also The Wall Street Journal's newest weekly columnist. He has received a Lannan Award and been a guest columnist for The New York Times. Frank lives in Washington, D.C.

This program is co-sponsored by the Experimental Station; The Public Square, a program of the Illinois Humanities Council; and the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.