Here is a little damp and cold, we just drove back en route to from williamstown, massachusetts. So our first snow of the year in, of all places, the top peaks en route to in the berkshires, in the town of wait for it, florida and florida, mass situations. I always thought that was some kind of a joke. But anyway, it gets the first snow. This year and just a little harbinger of things to come and not enough to make the roads impassable, which will happen later on in the year. But anyway, i want to first thank a couple of folks who are here to thank our friends from cspan, who are going to be recording this for future use on television. Thank Rachel Hobson from the library, who was here making sure everything is set up properly and and most importantly, thank chris meyer, who is the sponsor of this series, a member of our board and a longtime member of the wellesley historical society. And also, just so you know, there will be refreshments. Youre after the talk by tom paine, although ma
loud and dangerous but must be handled with care like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. reporter: to what extent has vladimir putin been weakened by recent events? it s hard to tell, but he s clearl-y losing the war in iraq. tom: sorry, mr. president, theer war isry in ukraine.t some stories are like cherry womans bombs, if you re not paying attention, they can snear up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [background sounds] [laughter] tom: and some are roman candles. they get your attention, but they don t pack a lot of power and then they fizzle out hiked this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy s car because heman claimed the man was threatening him. do you know what the threat was? he had a biden sucks bumper sticker.king he was blocking my way saying that i scratched his car, icr didn t scratch hisat car. i m a state senator, i d thinkf you d recognize me. what s the reason to key the car though, that s
loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. they re not as dangerous but if you re not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy s car because he claimed the man was threatening him. you know what the threat was? he had a biden sucks bumper sticker. he was blocking my way saying i scratched his car. i didn t scratch his car i m state senator i think he recognized me. i think he s one of the one reason to key the car, though, that s the question. some stories are sparklers they re nice, and you can watch them with your kids. like the heartwarming story of vala the chimp who spent his whole life in a cage and then saw the
loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. they re not as dangerous but if you re not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy s car because he claimed the man was threatening him. you know what the threat was? he had a biden sucks bumper sticker. he was blocking my way saying i scratched his car. i didn t scratch his car i m state senator i think he recognized me. i think he s one of the one reason to key the car, though, that s the question. some stories are sparklers they re nice, and you can watch them with your kids. like the heartwarming story of vala the chimp who spent his whole life in a cage and then saw the
Radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So please feel free to submit your questions at any point. The presentation by using the q a that can be found at the bottom of your screen. And we will do our best