If it’s bad for the country, it’s good for The Nation.”

Please come, listen and learn from Victor S. Navasky, author of the new A Matter of Opinion (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and publisher of The Nation Magazine, the oldest continuously published magazine of opinion in America.

When large numbers of Americans feel out of tune with their government, many turn with more interest to journals of dissent. These are successful times for The Nation, a magazine embodied by Victor S. Navasky, its longtime editor and now publisher.

Yet, high circulation or low, if dependency on advertising revenue remains the foundation of most magazines, can that be good for the nation? In his new book, A Matter of Opinion, Victor S. Navasky vividly and even hilariously tells the tale of how he captained The Nation through perilous times. Along the way, he builds a passionate case for independent journalism—free from corporate or governmental constraints. Navasky’s career (and with it, the opportunities he has created for thousands of writers to express themselves) springs from the belief that an unfettered war of words—with room for both facts and opinions—is the lifeblood of democracy.

Please don’t miss this chance to meet and honor Victor S. Navasky, the Delacorte Professor of Magazine Journalism at Columbia University, and one of the wittiest and sagest of contemporary literary warriors. He will talk to us about why he has waged his battles, how he keeps The Nation alive and lively, and what— in his opinion—is the future of opinion.

Co-sponsored by The Graduate School of Journalism and The Mass Communications Program.