WELCOMEPrivate Empire: Exxon Mobil, 7:30 PM, Friday, September 22, 2017, The Hotchkiss School
Steve Coll, Dean of Columbia Journalism School, Author of Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine. Now that the chairman of ExxonMobil has become the Secretary of State Steve Coll is in a unique position to interpret how he may influence events worldwide.
“In order to preserve protect and defend the Constitution … you have to know it, and I don’t know how much he (Donald Trump) has actually thought about it,” Akhil Amar told an audience earlier this year. One of America's premier constitutional scholars Dr. Amar was discussing his new book The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of our Era. 
In his 25 year career producing documentaries for Frontline on PBS Martin Smith has reported from virtually all the hot spots. Few people know the politics, ethnic and religious complexities and impact of American actions better.