Sponsors National Art Commission and content group, and about university and in this book. This special session is entitled remake america. Have a panel authors and three books in first, we are going to read some but i will introduce the authors first and ill begin with she grewp in bosnia. After surviving cousin cleansing and the 111 days underilitary siege, she immigrated to the u. S. In 1996. Friday 71999, she earned aa in economics from Brown University and later obtained two masters degrees of doctrine from Columbia University. Currently, a profeor at Columbia University working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and wha role education plays in this countr shes published extensively on education related issues and lectured around the world adolescent audience. Hertudents feedback, nsistently praised as one of the most aspirin professors th have encountered throughout theicareers. Our second guest, stephanie, and often from staff sectors. Her books include the awardw
And the brooks still worth reading. Thank you for your time and good nights been a good afternoon. I want to welcome you on the half of humanity tennessee to the southern festival of books. I want to particularly thank our key sponsors, Metro National art commission, and chrome content, tennessee art commission, vanderbilt university. This session is entitled dreaming america. We have a panel of three authors and three books and our first we will read some, but im going to reduce the authors first. I will begin with amra sabicelrayess. She grew up in bosnia. After surviving ethnic cleansing and more than 1100 days under the serbs military siege she immigrated to the United States in 1986. By december, 1999, she earned a ba from Brown University and later obtained to master degrees in a doctorate from Columbia University currently, shes a compass a professor eric on the egg working on understanding how and why societies fall apart and what role education plays a rebuilding decimated cou
Professor explaining why when i was in college, what i wanted to major in like most kids do and i was torn between going into science and going into the humanities. I found those questions more interesting, engaging, and urgent. My First Political science course, we read the great political philosophers from plato on up. They were all asking the question, what is justice, what is good government, how can you organize government and society to make life better for people, to make justice . So before i decided to become a Political Science major, i already have lack of confidence, and social scientists, and i got good grades in science and math courses. I took a Political Science course and didnt remember the paper, you never remember is that stuff. You remember the nasty comments. This is a credible effort but never be a political scientist. I remember myself, a similar dilemma, slightly different reaction, one of the things i realized in middle school, talking about manifest destiny, i
Gear up for their ninth debate set to begin in just a few short hours. We have a live report from las vegas. Good evening. Im david. Thank you for joining us. Joining me on the panel is steve warr steve forbes, liz. [inaudible] the push for the left take center stage. Bernie sanders is surging to a doubledigit lead with joe biden numbers tumbling. Peter ducey is there with what we can expect tonight. David, the big buzz in las vegas that you can h see here is the debate debut for bloomberg. We have not seen him alongside the top democratic hopefuls yet but the campaign is starting to signal what they want to say and who they want to go after. Mike has what every candidate should have, passion matched with principal. The legacy extends well beyond the five boroughs so, joe biden has a very long record, obviously but so does Michael Bloomberg. The fact of the matter is. [inaudible] [inaudible] joe biden might not be the name to be according to the Bloomberg Campaign there is an internal
New kill with more on these people that were finally able to get off this hour roaming cruise ship way. Yes certainly an air of celebration as the 1st of those passengers were able to disembark up to spending 14 days in that ship the westerdam now they will be that now taken to the airport boarding charter flights paid for by the Holland America line the owner of the ship and then flown back to their home countries its going to be a very slow process with so many people on board the process of issuing cambodian visas so they can disembark is still going on and again the charter flights have to be organized as well so the company that owns the ship is saying that that process could take 2 or 3 days said the frustration for many passengers on board will still continue but as they came off the ship they were greeted by the cambodian Prime Minister who spoke to those gathered on the port but also those gathered on the ship on the decks and on the balconies of their cabins and he was greete