In california, a distinguished core room, dwight d eisenhower, president of the United States of america. [applause] this happy occasion, a tradition which began with the other roosevelt, they have addressed this audience but tonight we will, man whom history will record among World Leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid succession of communists aggression his millions of people were involved behind farreaching iron curtain. The stalemate in korea, a rampaging inflation in the homeland, the traveling motors of our Free Enterprise economy. Here is the land framed in war who will be acclaimed by different generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more is our presence who we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] welcome. Im george hammond, chair of the humanities forum. Along with the staff, putting together these online programs, doesnt since the covid19 crisis began. Im glad to introduce susan eisenhower, gra
Court years installed on his own Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gas, the eventual royal succession. Trumpty dumpty its his way, unless the public has something to say. If we let him have all of his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello, everyone and welcome to todays Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. My name is linda mendoza, a senior partner in there does of Mckinsey Company a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters from making this and all of the programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their example to support the club particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown verses for a despotic age. He is best
Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. So lets start with the idea of your book 1 billion americans try to get more people in here . 670 Million People. And then sometimes have a Bad Reputation and how clean it was good. And then to be provocative and i thought to thought experiment like chinas competition we just cannot grow as fast. But we can have more people we spend money to keep them out and we dont have as many children as they say we want to have. We occurred provide childcare so why not . When i do it . Limited to say thats too many people like is hong kong to be crammed in like sardines. Is that true . With one americans the population would be about half. Yeah america is empty with a lot of amber waves of grain. [laughter] is just really big and stuff is historically odd 330 million in canada they are 25 million we make policy choices mature. Our career to get a lot of people to. It is very deliberate you look at the George Washington administration, there is a l
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Host speaker and author, this book called the deaf blind woman at harvard law. It have limited vision and hearing. I was born and raised in california. I am still living in california in the area. Im talking to you for my living room. And actually for care. I am jeff, and i sat down to write my book here. My death and blindness is not the thing that makes life difficult. Its other things of the life difficult. Disabled people are inferior compared to nondisabled people, that is not true. Its not a barrier. This keeps moving throughout our society and sing that disabled people do not matter. Therefore they dont need to have services accessible. Haben girma they dont provide medical care. And all kinds of unfair biases. When i was younger, i was not sure what to do. Do i just accept inferior ideals. But over time, alerted to advocate and i started to demand inclusion then i learned about the american act. In his celebrated his 30th anniversary year. Prohibits discrimination against peopl