him and said, oh my god, he did it. i just remember screaming. probably the scariest moment my entire life. it was physically painful. it was not justice. the murders took only minutes. all these years later, the shock has yet to fade. it was a stunning time. and american legal theater. you think you might know the story of the oj simpson case, but there s a lot you probably haven t heard and seen. did nicole brown simpson actually predicts her own death? what she said to us was that oj is going to kill me. and he s going to get away with it. what went on in the jury room? not guilty of the crime of murder. all the people wanted to do was go home. in a frank interview prosecutor marsha clark answers the most important question of all. how did you not convict this guy? june 12th, 1994. brentwood, california. two horrific murders that came to be defined by just three words. the oj case. everybody seen a dramatic scene in both victims had their throats/
Tls and panamerica, and its a total delight to discuss the issue of free speech which never seems to go away. As i edit a literary magazine, i thought id begin things with a literary angle. In britain he wrote the polemic against [inaudible] and in it he said this which has continued to resound, give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience above all liberties. But before we get mistyeyed though, he also said this those which otherwise come forth, if they be found mischievous and libelous, the executionist will become the remedy to follow. He was the godfather of i believe in Free Expression but, which has been active as a brigade ever since. As were going to discuss over the next 50 minutes, free speech is never in practice absolute. The question before us today is how much it should be championed over other rights, especially in universities. And those rights might include the right not to be offended, but also the right to live free from abuse and
You can watch them on our web site, booktv. Org. Booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading. Heres what oklahoma congressman Steve Russell had to say. I read all kinds of stuff. Im a voracious history reader. Not much onion fiction although there are some. I just finished a fiction book, i should say im not much on fiction. But i did just finish a fiction book by Derek Robinson that was kind of a british antiwar protest on a world war i setting, and it kind of reflects the times. But i have a great interest in world war i. My great grandfather and his brothers were world war i veterans, one of my relatives is buried in france, killed in the first world war. And since were in the 100th anniversary of our entry into that war and our participation in the campaigns, ive been reading quite a bit about that time. Congressman, youre also an author as well. Could you kind of talk about your experience as an author . Well, it is i have a Great Respect fo
It has to measure value, and a measuring stick cant be part of what it measures. And if the government treats money as a magic wand to Summit Economic growth like fully entrepreneurs, thats the meaning of the crucial price signals that govern all their opportunities, then you have the kind of stagnation that we are experiencing today. Its a worldwide stagnation, which means its not simply bad policy of the united states. Some systemic affliction of capitalism around the world, and the systemic affliction is the erosion of the meaning of money. So this question throws all valuations into question. Because its like we float money today. Now, International Exchange trading today, just trading currencies back and forth, is 73 times bigger than all trade in goods and services put together. Its 25 times bigger that all global gdp, and it doesnt even arrive as monetary value that anybody can trust. When money is a model of all the horizons of the economy shrank. Host is this book a call to re
Hello, everybody, to and thank you for coming out tonight. We are pleased to have Laura Caldwell and Leslie Kleiner to present their new book. This is a longrunning series of estrins story. We have chuck at our colfax store on friday at 7 00 and we also will be having Craig Johnson will read his latest book, the highwaymen, and tonight we are happy to get started with this and welcome Laura Caldwell and leslie klinger. Laura is a director of life after innocence at Loyola University school of law. The author of 14 novels including the series and long way homer. Leslie klinger is a best assaulting author and editor therefore. Apracticing lawyer and a member of the baker street irregulars. Thank you for being here. Thank you so much, and thanks to tattered cover, one of the most respected and venerable independent book stores in our nation, which is something to be proud of at a time when its been a little challenging. Its such an amazing store. I literally wanted to sign here since my f