Qualities like common decency in the way that we treat each other and a way that i think damages our culture in a serious way that needs to be opposed so i agree. Go on to north carolina, grace is on our republican line. Go ahead. Call,l go to the next delano from missouri, democrats line. Like to knowld what you would do about Flint Michigans water condition. Guest thank you for the question. These wein crises like have to make sure that local governments have the resources in thein case cases where they dont have them to ensure that peoples immediate needs are met. It is unacceptable that the people of flint, michigan would be Drinking Water that is unsafe to drink. We need to the states need to issue. On this also, federal Government Agencies failed as well. There needs to be accountability. In these crises as president , i would ensure that local governments and state governments have the resources they need to respond immediately. Then we have got to look at reforms that ensure th
The minute they enter a day care center, theres two months, six months, it is required, required by the state, that they have real books, not throw away books in that day care center. I dont think if its six kids, four kids and that begins early. We wait until they get to preschool or to first grade to introduce books to them and then we wonder why our kids are behind, you have to start early and start hard. Here in new york theres a program where they have books and they have them with pediatricians and so its a program where the pediatricians introduce books to parents. So if your local hospital doesnt have that program, look for it. But with the amount of time that we have left, im sorry, i cant take audiences questions because i have five minutes left. Okay, quickly. [inaudible] [inaudible] what can we do today . I want to go back to my panel and start with stacy, quickly, what can we do today and then vanesse and laz with last with javaka because hes an author. It can really make
There had been of leading liberal book review that was the sunday New York Times book review and the new republic which was there a prominent than a dividend plays to review one anothers books but noplace for conservatives have long for book reviews or essays about book ideas and also we felt there was conservatives were in need of that they needed in intellectual Playing Field where there is the debate what conservatism is our chevy to be thought out at a high level. Is it like the new york review of books that there are essays better not necessarily book related. Yes. It can be they are more comprehensive book review because they come out 20 times per year with a lot of power and money behind them and we do not but they set out really to review all kinds of books for all kinds of academic readers so they have a much more academic reading class to feed than we do. We are more concentrated of history and politics and philosophy religion war classic literature less current literature an
You may subscribe, and its a publication of the claremont institute, a conservative think tank here in california. Host how did the review books begin . Guest it began 16 years ago. Because of necessity, really. There had been for many years a leading liberal book review in the country, the new york review of book, the sunday New York Times book review, the new public pages. But there had been no place for conservatives to engage in longform book reviews and essays about books, and bookish ideas. And also we felt there was a conservatives needed that, point one. Point two, they needed an intellectual Playing Field where the debate still very much going on about what services is and should be, could be, fairly thought out at a high level among conservatives. Host is it like the new york review of books in the sense that there are several essays that arent necessarily book related . Guest yes, it can be. We do they are a more comprehensive book review than we are because they come out ma
And a lot of things are still working themselves out through american politics. You know, it is going to be different after this race, the Republican Party is going to be different from what it is before appeared the Democratic Party a little bit less. Im not sure what were the republicans are going to end up in 2017. Host are you a fan of Donald Trumps . Guest i dont admire him. I do find him interesting and to some extent amusing. I think he is hard not to watch. There is something about him which is attractive and fascinating in the way that makes you slightly ashamed of yourself for being so fascinated. Some of my friends are very upset by him and think he spells the doom of republican government in america. I dont think so. If anything, hes more interested in Caesars Palace in caesarism. I think though that he is probably if he were to be elect did, he would prove to be something closer to schwarzenegger but say. I dont think its a serious politician. If we do have a president , t