Good afternoon and welcome to the final presentation of the day. Im happy to welcome you to the 13th annual savanna book festival. Presented by georgia power, bob, david and nancy and the philip and nancy be foundation. They are especially grateful to jack, our sponsors for this beautiful venue. Quick housekeeping notes that youve probably heard multiple times today, first, signing copies of her book immediately following her presentation. Please turn off your cell phones so they dont disrupt the presentation. We also ask that you not use flash photography. Later, as you ask at the venue, he will seek volunteers with yellow buckets and they will happily take your donations to the savanna book festival. Please help us to continue sharing the love of books with the public. Well have the opportunity for questions and answers at the end of the talk. Please come to the microphone at the center aisle to ask your question. Michelle solomon is with us today, courtesy of jim and christina and r
Well be back with more live from savanna in just a little bit. While we wait, we wanted to tell you about our indepth guest for the month of april. The American Enterprises Institute Look to sit down with us to discuss his book and career and answer your questions. His previous appearance on book tv. You lose faith in institution when we no longer believe that ethical formative role, shaping the people to be trustworthy. One the way that can happen, they enforce an ethic of responsibly which is plainly failed to do that. Instead of healing and empowering bad behavior like when theres a member of the clergy abuses a child. That kind of gross abuse of power obviously undermines institutions that the familiar form of correction, but its not new. Their play next there are plenty of examples of it every where. Doesnt apply explain the loss of confidence in the constitutions in our own day. Another related but different way in which institutions could boot whose our trust, when it fails to i
Prose and i would like to thank you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to clap again, and a nonprofit like sixth i. [applause] your attendance at events like this is vital to us and we literally wouldnt be here without you say we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to tonights event because it isnt a speaker among my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. She began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice on my own, and of course the book you are here for tonight when my time comes, which addresses the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and physicians, spouses, relatives and representatives of those who vigorously opposed the movement, she gives voice to a broad
You can come and see all of our rabbis wasted. [laughter]. And speaking of things that drive us to drink, a few weeks into the new year year and decade, the reality has set in for us all. For now undeniably in 2020, approaching one of the anticipated and polarized american president ial elections of all time. The 2016 elections results were shocking to many of us. It seemed that we didnt know our country, our communities, or even her friends as well as we thought we did. The aftermath had people questioning peoples deep rooted values. Tonight we are thrilled to welcome ezra klein back in dc to make sense of it all and to share his perspective of how the polarization has been growing roots for decades. And why we are polarized. He asserts that american political system isnt broken but rather is working exactly as it was designed. Aezra klein shows us how disastrous results are Building Bonds to pull us together. The editor at large, vox cofounder ezra klein and executive producer on the
In the constant loyalty. In the boston massacre, historian looks at the personal conflicts that led to the revolutionary war. The housing crisis in San Francisco and how the rest of the country can avoid the same thing in golden tickets. In dark powers, New York Times financial editor, david takes a critical look at the International Banking giant and its dealings with donald trump. Look for these titles and bookstores this coming week and watched any of the authors in the near future on petitti on cspan2. Later in about 40 minutes the history of africanamericans in amarillo. We began our special feature with the cities of mayor. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census will cross the 200,000 mark so thats a mile marker for us but its one of the most unique things about amarillo and as a travel rent and talk to others i think our superpower in the cit