i intend tonight to discuss one of the most overlooked elements of james madison s career. perhaps i should say the most underemphasized elements of james madison s career. and one reason why it doesn t get the emphasis it should get his here as in other areas of his political life, madison self-consciously stood in the shadow of one of his contemporaries, that of tom jefferson. so for example, madison is often seen as lieutenant of jeffersons who claimed credit for drafting the virginia staff for religious freedom atop the virginia general assembly in 1986 and in fact checkers than was wise enough or perhaps we should say machiavellian enough to sketch his own gravestone on which he said that he wanted included statements that he was the author of the declaration of independence and of the virginia religious freedom besides father of university of virginia and this is commonly the way we understand the process that led to the establishment of a secular government in the old
most remarkable instances of civic engagement that i have seen in the united states, and you all are part of it, you make it happen. and i think one of the things that we forget when we talk about big concepts like citizenship is that what it boils down to in the most simple way is whether or not you show up. it s kind of all it boils down to, whether or not each one of us decides in ways large and be small to show up. and gregory and his remarkable team in creating this set of forums has held a space for us, but it s upon all of you here who have decided to show up on a very nice evening that helps give me hope for citizenship. i also want to thank our hosts here, this is an unusual and lovely setting to be doing a gathering like this here, the petersen automotive museum. and i didn t grow up a total car nut, but i have always felt like there was something physically embodied in some of the cars you see around us here today of the american spirit. and it s, i think, rather a
here is author elizabeth dowling taylor talking about her book, a slave in the white house. hertog in the library of congress is just under one hour. good afternoon. welcome to the library of congress. i am john kohl, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress. the center is the reading promotion arm of the library of congress. we were created in 1977 by librarian of congress daniel boorstin to help the library of congress stimulate public interest in books and reading and literacy. we operate primarily through a couple of national networks. there are state centers for the book and in most of the state. they work with us to promote books in their respective states and in particular to promote writers and writing. we also have national reading promotion partners, many nonprofit groups and government organizations that we also work with to promote looks and reading. we are a major component in the national book festival and i hope many of you know ab
barrington massachusetts. hello book friends, and welcome. thank so much for coming to the book loft on this fine berkshire evening. as many of you know in our nearly 40 years of business, we okies at the book loft are very proud of our staff. they represent a in fact we will often ask each other so what are you reading? and when told it will ask well maybe or not or yeah. even though hugh howard and i are best friends and have downed more than a few beers together over the years and a briton many side-by-side while skiing it doesn t necessarily follow however that i would pick his excellent new book. i did it because it is in fact an excellent book. more on that in a moment. hugh hubbard got his book working in publishing houses as an architectural historian. he wrote a series of articles for the new york times which became the basis for his first book, the preservation of progress. over the ensuing years he has written over a dozen books
shea organized the no fear coalition to provide protection to other whistle-blowers. efforts led to passage of the first civil rights legislation of the twenty-first century, notification of federal employees be given an anti-discrimination and retaliation. former president george w. bush in 2002. this is about an hour and a half. good evening and welcome to the new york public library. thank you for joining us this evening for tonight s presentation. tonight s program is a discussion led by the author on the book georgedaughan.com 18, a whistle-blower s triumph over corruption and retaliation and the epa. after graduating from mit the author landed her dream job and the epa as the first appearance post-apartheid south africa. her dream became a nightmare when she attempted to investigate a multinational corporation responsible for the deaths of hundreds of south africans mining minium. she. the whistle and suffered the fallout faced by federal employees who take on the