The passion of the voters and so forth. When you talk about a symbol of state, how important is that . Very important to. Having the presidency is all from the kingship and its a twopronged thing, symbolic president and manager of the government and it has been from the start and some are good administrators and some are battle better symbols and i think its the characteristic of the office. They have to be both, really. In your book, the leaders we deserve and if you didnt, you write that if great or near great president s were shaped by numerous experiences with people from all walks of life the unsuccessful spent most of their adult lives in a single pursue politics. Thats correct and if you look at some of my failures, James Buchanan probably had more jobs than anyone. He waited all of his life to be president and it was a goal from the time he was in the state legislator. He conspired behind his wifes back to run for president. She did not even know he was one of the candidates an
Significant Law Enforcement action regarding North Carolinas public facilities, privacy and security act, also known as house bill 2. The North Carolina General Assembly passed house bill 2 in special session on march 23 of this year. The bill sought to strike down an antidiscrimination provision in a recently passed charlotte, North Carolina, ordinance, as well as to require transgender people in public agencies to use the bathrooms consistent with their sex as noted at birth rather than the bathrooms that fit their gender identity. The bill was signed into law that same day. In so doing, the legislature and the governor placed North Carolina in direct opposition to federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity. More to the point, they created state sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security, a right taken for granted by most of us. Last week, ou
Well, its a really great honor to be here and to be back in new york. Were on a 100city tour for the 20th anniversary of democracy now . And i also want to shout out to my colleagues, norman and dena and aaron over there in the back and the volunteers and the interns who are helping out. Democracy now is a joint effort, a joint project, a brain trust, a Remarkable Group of reporters and producers and videographers for the last 20 years. We didnt think it would go past nine months. It was the only election broadcast in 1996. I was asked to do the show when i was in a safe house in haiti and the first coupe. People who announced for office could be gunned down. People who would go to the polls would be gunned down and still the overwhelming number of people voted. But in our country when i was asked to do a daily election show sitting there from that advantage point, many people didnt vote, facing nothing like the adversity that they faced in haiti. But most people didnt vote. And i thou
Are at startup mode at this point. Delightedy is to host todays session and sees this conference as an important step in the library punish mission of helping to preserve s cultural mission. Near members tell me the includes canada and that the far includes australia. Heards quite a standard there are around 100 organizations represented, with many more individual serving as Research Associates for this project. We at the library of congress are genuinely grateful for all the enthusiasm, planning, and the effort that has brought this about. That radio has played a vital role in the last 100 years of our history. There are more than 14,000 Radio Stations in the United States. Mid1920s until the 1950s, radio was the preeminent source for entertainment and news information. It was an irreplaceable part of our sociocultural heritage and a key part of our social memory. Many libraries and archives have recordings, but there have been few systematic efforts to collect commercial Radio Broadc
Tv, broadcast historian and Communications Professor paddy scannell. He argues that sound is as important in film as film in capturing history. He was a keynote speaker at a conference in conjunction with the Radio Preservation Task force. This is about an hour and a half. Ms. Mcauliffe national and International Outrage is a newly created division of the library of congress that pulls together into one unit, all of the externally facing programs of the library. We started on october 1, so we are at startup mode at this point. The library is delighted to host todays session and sees this conference as an important step in the library punish mission of helping to preserve americas cultural mission. Staff members tell me the near includes canada and that the far includes australia. That is quite a span. There are around 100 organizations represented, with many more individual serving as Research Associates for this project. We at the library of congress are genuinely grateful for all the