Host here is the cover of the book. This is book to be on cspan to. We want to hear from you, post your your feedback on your facebook wall, facebook. Com book tv. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] good afternoon and welcome to the new school. I am robert, i am the dean. Im sorry should not be touching this. I am feisty and at the new school for research. I am delighted to welcome back to the university, to dear friends and distinguished colleagues. Both former members of the politics department. Courtney young and moeller who left us about a decade ago for greener or perhaps milk your pastures to canada and new mexico respectively. I am pleased to introduce Courtney Young his new book, collectivism and how feminist the fundamental list of physicians and politician make big business and bad policy. Were here to celebrate, the book was published last month in november by basic books. Courtney is a professor of Political Science at the university of toronto. She
Called the brain worm which infects ants and an infected ant has its behavior change. The brain worm burrows into the brain of the ant ant and make solution in the brain of the ant just like a physiologist might make a lesion in the brain of an ant and causes the ants to instead of going down into the ground in the heat of the day the ant goes up grass stems to the top where it shouldnt be in the middle of the day and there it becomes vulnerable to being eaten by a sheep which is exactly what the brain worm wants because the brain worms next host after the ant is a sheep. There are lots and lots of examples of parasites manipulating their hosts for their own advantage. I want to regard every one of those changes in the host behavior as an extended phenotype. Finally, a parasite doesnt actually have to live inside its host. Cuckoos and the american equivalent of cuckoos parasitize other birds by laying eggs in the other birds nest in the cuckoo hatches out and i talk about cuckoos, euro
Is funded by taxpayers. Our speaker is chair of the Organization Since mid2014 and we hope to hear bro adams plans for marking that opportunity organization. Its politically eclipsed in recent years 146 milliondollar budget grants generally go to state Humanities Councils museums, research and educational institutions. Than native of michigan adams has degrees from Colorado College and the university of california and santa cruz. His formal education was interrupted by three years of service in the army including one year in vietnam. It was partly that experience he says that motivated him to study and teach the humanities. He has said quote it made me serious in a certain way and as a 20yearold combat infantry adviser i came face to face acutely with questions of writers artists philosophers and musicians are examining in our work starting with what does it mean to be human unquote. Later he coordinated the great works in western Culture Program at Stanford University and served as Vi
Good morning, everyone. My name is nirra tanden president and ceo of the center for american progress, and im really honored to be joined by our esteemed Commission Members for the new report from the Inclusive Commission a commission convened over a year and a half ago. Im very honored to be joined by our cochairs, dr. Larry summers, former treasury secretary, and ed ball shadow chancellor of the exchequer for the u. K. We convened this commission because we at cap are very focused on the challenges the middle class is facing in the United States, challenges of stagnating wages rising costs. What we recognize these were not just trends that the American Public is facing. Its really Global Trends are faking us and we can learn from other countries. So that is why weve undertaken this effort. I hope everyone has gotten our report, a very big report. And im going to now turn it over to larry and ed, and then i will ask questions of our Commission Members to get their thoughts, and then r
On newsmakers republican senator john hoeven of north dakota. William adams, the 10th chair announces a new initiative to enhance the significance of the arts and humanities. The initiative is part of the institutions 50th anniversary celebration. The Government Institute titian was founded in 1965 with a mission to support research, education, preservation, and programs and humanity. This National Press club event is about one hour. Tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the Union Address. Live coverage begins at it 00 p. M. Eastern. The gop response, delivered by joni ernst and the reaction for open phones, live on cspan and cspan radio. On cspan2, watch the speech and congressional reaction in the u. S. Capital. The state of the Union Address live on cspan cspan2 cspan radio, and cspan. Org. William adams the 10th chair of the National Endowment for the humanities announces a new initiative to enhance the significance of the arts and humanities. The initiative is part