There’s been much name-calling these days by both the left and the right. But are President Obama’s policies really ending democracy as we know it? Are the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves over health-care reform or the escalation of troop levels in Afghanistan?

Craig S. Barnes, a former NPR commentator, will discuss the state of democracy in America today. He’ll talk about ways our recent leaders have placed democracy at risk and the actions we need to take to protect our hard-won liberties.

CREDENTIALS: Known as an activist and international mediator, Craig S. Barnes was co-counsel on the nation’s first comparable worth case for women, a newspaper columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and a regular commentator on National Public Radio. DEMOCRACY AT THE CROSSROADS: Princes, Peasants, Poets, and Presidents in the Struggle for (and against) the Rule of Law is his third book.

Go to www.craig-barnes.com for more information.

AVAILABILITY: New Mexico, nationwide via telephone

CONTACT: Sam Scinta, 303-928-8219 (CO), sam@fulcrumbooks.com