My and and pleased to welcome you evenings if went with duncan white presenting his new book cold warriors in conversation with Lauren Kaminsky. You can learn more at mass communities. Org. We have several events are the next components which includes allen lightman Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Powers and New York Times bestselling novelist al huffman. More details and information on these and many other Upcoming Events please visit our Events Calendar at harvard. Com sign up for a weekly newsletter. We are pleased to have cspans booktv here with us today. When asking questions for q a please know youll be recorded and wait a moment for the microphone to come over before asking your question. We will have a book signing right here at this table. Be careful of the camera. We have copies for sale at the register and an excerpt of it like to take a moment to say thanks to the harvard bookstore. Today is the first date and get copies of this book so congratulations. [applause] a quick re
Broadcast schedule. Because it is being broadcast will be broadcast, its important that we silence our cell phones. If you wouldnt mind making sure that were really blur in the recording if you dont do that. Silence the cells. Questions and answers, basically the format will be will start off with a brief hesitation, have a brief questionandanswer between our guests then you all be invited to participate. Well pass around this microphone. If you want to ask a question, if you just wait until this microphone is in front of your face so it gets recorded and we dont have a big blank spot. Lastly, if you need to use the restroom during the filming, there is a restroom at here. If you could try not to walk in front of the camera that is ideal. You can squeeze around back that way if you need to. Thats about it. Cool. All right. Welcome everybody. Thank you all so much for coming up to me. Were extremely excited to have p. E. Moskowitz discussing his new book the case against free speech and
Titled American History, renegades and is sponsored by the Mississippi Library association. Tracy car with with the Library Commission was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival and couldnt do this without the Mississippi Librarycommission or libraries from all over the state. Thank you very much for your support. And we are in the room today, courtesy of foreman watkins, author and our gratitude to them. Our panelists are tom and then, eric j dolan and peter coupland. Purchased copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times our authors will be signing in your program. It will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room toask your questions. Now help me welcome our moderator for this panel katie blunts, director of the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Thank you chris. All right, im going to tell you about these guys and then we will
We have great lineup of events over the next couple of months which include National Book Award Finalist out of lightman, goes a prizewinning Samantha Powers and your times bestselling novelist alice hoffman. For more details information on these and are many other Upcoming Events please visit our Events Calendar at harvard. Com harvard. Com events. We are pleased to cspans booktv here with us today. When asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a month for the microphone to come over to you before asking your question. After two nights clinic will have a book signing here at this table. The line will form towards my left and be careful of the camera. We have copies for sale at the registers in the next room. Id like to take a moment to say thanks for buying books are at harvard bookstore. Your purchases this authors series. Tonight is the first that you can get a copy of this book, so congratulations. And finally [applause] just a quick reminder to silence you
I think its very exciting time. People are a little bit some consider a little bit worried, hope, fighting too much. Were arguing too mump. Disputing too much. Like hatfields and mckoys. And i say thats great. Because that means these are signs of vitality, of life, not of a movement thats cracking up. Or that itsen its last legs. People are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerned here and that is the conservative movement. Which is still a major actor in american politics. At the same time we have an opportunity to accept change. I think thats part of what it means to be a conservative today. Not to be so resistant that we wont allow anything to happen. Even edmund burke said that change is inevitable the the question is whether its prudent change and they whats i as traditional conservative looking for to right kind of leadership and the right kind of debate and discussion so i welcome all thats going on this various strands, the vario