Brian professor allison stanger, whats the famous middle berry protest . Prof. Stanger what happened you mean . The story has been retold many times. A Student Group invited Charles Murray, rather controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. And because they knew he was controversial, they invited me to ask three or four questions. And it went from there. Brian this was back in march . Prof. Stanger the event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event were tensions rose and rose that it was whipped into a frenzy. Some students organized a shutdown of the speech that was successful. We went to a remote location to simulcast the exchange. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Brian Middlebury College is where . Prof. Stanger Middlebury College is in the Green Mountains of vermont, the champlain valley. In some sense, you can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal arts campus is of is a b
Week, david mcintosh, former congressman, president of tax cuts for growth. Joining us is Alex Eisenstadt and greg corti. Mr. Mcintosh, to start things off, the last thing congress and the white hosted before leaving for the august recess, they passed and signed the bipartisan deal for budget caps to delay the debt ceiling. Senator rand paul called it the death of the tea party. If you think the tea party is dead or dying . David i think the leadership in the house and senate decided its dead and ignoring it. Although i was pleased that over half the House Republicans voted no, even with pressure from the white house and their leadership to vote yes for it. But its true. Republicans have become big spenders. At least the house and Senate Leadership republicans, just like the democrats. And the tea Party Started out as an independent group. They lined up with republicans because they were smaller government, but they were suspicious of politicians, and i think that sentiment is very muc
M really happy to have sean karencroft, the c. E. O. And president of the corporation. After a long wait we have a fully installed m. C. C. President. I think thats worthy of applause. Why dont we give our friend sean a round of plus and welcome. Plus plus sean, congratulations. I think you get the prize for intly patience and by poemly and diplomacy and im really, really glammed that youre in this job. I think its really important that Government Agencies set up confirmed leads leaders and i think its really important that youve been entrusted with in roam. I wanted to give you a chance to share some of your views with our friends here about how you see the future of the m. C. C. But before that, i think probably anyone in this group probably noles all about the m. C. C. But maybe just so were all on the same page, you might do the m. C. Dr. 101 from your perspective. What suspect m. C. C. Sure. And how does it work and then i have a cup of softball questions for you. And we can take
Ewing Marion Kauffman foundation for supporting the lecture series tonight. Perhaps you are aware that the Eisenhower Foundation is raising money to conduct a comprehensive exhibit renovation. It is the largest Fundraising Campaign in our foundations 73 year history and it is the First Comprehensive exhibit renovation in more than 45 years. The new exhibits will be unveiled this summer. We have been so encouraged by the response that we have received thus far and am pleased to report that we raise 90 of our goal. We want to finish the campaign before june 6 so we can publicly announce this milestone to all of the veterans who join us at the eisenhower president ial library and museum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of dday. Many of our friends have already made a gift to the exhibit renovations and i would like to thank you for your trust and participation in this project. There is still time to participate and i hope everyone will consider a gift so we can reach our goal. It gives
California. Tell us about your school and your students. I am fortunate to be able to teach a population that is almost entirely firstgeneration american. Bilingual coming into their english language skills. Teach students who want to learn. Immigrant children love learning. Their parents are super invested. I get to be the guide to teach them about those connections to American History and World History and the government and help them see their place within this country that sometimes does not always treat them as part of it. You said you were moving in the coming fall. Taught in the past . I was the only history teacher so i ran the whole gamut of World History, u. S. History, and government and this year entirely on government. When you say focused on government, one of the topics that class covers . I am fortunate to get the whole year of government. We get to go over the branches, the functions of government, all the Different Levels but i get to have the time to talk about media