New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and Republican political strategist Karl Rove will discuss the political landscape and November elections at the 2026 Stern Family Forum in Geneva.
The free event begins at 7 p.m. Friday at the Smith Opera House. Hobart and William Smith Colleges trustee and 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker will moderate.
The conversation will cover public discourse, the role of the media, and how politics and the courts interpret the Constitution as the nation marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Dowd has written for The New York Times for more than
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