When people experience inequality, they experience it as like a personal problem that they individually need to fix rather than a social problem that needs to be solved together. So if we could achieve this fundamental shift and outlook so that people didnt think where they ended up with solely just from their own actions but actually were so heavily influenced by all the social forces that are around them that would change the world. That would lead people to demand policies that provide security for families and if we did that i think we would all worry less than three more. [applause] and with that and a huge, huge applause and congratulations for such work to mary anne this meeting of the Commonwealth Club and forum is adjourned. Thank you. Host hello dr. Caleb scharf its wonderful here to have you. I found your book fascinating and a terrific read and im thrilled to be here. The great thing is i get to about get to ask you about some Big Questions that most people would not dare t
War in the middle east. Tonights debate could not be in more timely. Our debaters also could not be better suited to giving us different points of view. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John, stand up. Jen was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel and the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memo supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorist policies. Then bruce, standup bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy adviser to rand paul during the 2012 president ial campaign. And harvey is going to be our moderator. Harvey is currently the dean of the national war college. Harveys last job was director, the Less Government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. So thank you Harvey Rishikoff. [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war with the most important decision a republican made. The war power is the most important are because war is th
the youngest of 13 children anita hill grew up on a farm in rural oklahoma. after receiving a j.d. from yale university in 1980 she worked in private practice and for the federal government in washington d.c.. hill is the author of numerous articles on international commerce, commercial law, bankruptcy and civil-rights. turbo details her experience as a witness in clarence thomas s supreme court confirmation hearing. earliest book reimagining equality is the basis of our present discussion. please join me in welcoming to the cambridge forum anita hill. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. good evening. i can at say thank you enough. i am so thrilled to be here. thank you for the gracious introduction. thank all of you for coming out tonight in this lovely weather. where do i start saying thank you? i could say all night. i have some friends here. i have to start with meet the press but i will end by saying thank you to my colleagues