And it was an attempt as a professor at the university of chicago i came back from the meeting piaster i had been and i told him that i had been called by hayek to try to bring together some believers in free and open in society to have them to have interchange with one another. He said reading of the veterans of the wars of the 20th century. [laughter] i thought that was wonderful and we were fostering is essentially the same set of ideas. The road to serfdom published 50 years ago, was really an amazing event when it came out. It is hard to remember now what the attitude was 1944. The Movement Toward centralization, planning, it also started with a society late 19th century with George Bernard shaw. And so on. But the war itself you have to have government control. But after the war you needed a rational plan and, organized society that was the atmosphere. Those of us who did not agree with 19th century liberalism works for quite a number of us. But for the rest of the world they wer
Here lies jacob at the end of the road. This man with his bare hands, he has built the highways, the tunnels, the bridges of this country. And with his bare feet, he printed all those footpaths running through the bush and farms. Here lies jacob at the end of the road. He said to those mothers squatting next to the grave, with their eyes solemn and the veils on their faces, he said, wipe your tears, my sisters. Lift up your veils. Stand up. Stand up, my brothers, and let us all sing. Let us sing because jacob, at last, is a better man. He hasnt got our troubles, he hasnt got our problems because jacob, at last, has reached home. Thats the home for the black man, is when they dig a hole to bury him, is when they press our face against the cold earth and we smile with our teeth out. That will be the only time we will be happy, brother, is when we are dead. Let me do you a favor. Have you ever been to skys place . Come with me. Ill do you a few shots there. Lets go drown our sorrows at sk
Anc, in order to deliver not just a transfer of power that offered the prospect of peace for all the people of south africa. Mandela once notably said, this is not about moving from white domination to black domination. There must be no domination of either community. He was an extraordinary man in not only believing that but practising it with every fibre of his being. As we look today at the lessons of mandelas extraordinary life and incredible achievements, at his contribution not just to south africa, which goes without saying, but to the wider world and at why he has become such an iconic figure, two factors stand out. First, he is perhaps the best example we have had in the past 100 years of how political leaders, by force of personality, transform themselves from politicians into statesman can by their sheer personal effort change the world and make what was impossible possible and then deliver it. He is not the only one who has done so. We should not think of him as unique. Gor
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. A Dramatic Development this week in the Catholic Churchs sex abuse crisis. Prominent retired Cardinal Roger mahony was stripped of his public and Administrative Church duties in los angeles amid widespread criticism of how he covered up allegations of child sex abuse by priests. L. A. s current archbishop jose gomez took the unprecedented step as the archdiocese began releasing internal documents which revealed the extent to which mahony worked to protect the church from the abuse scandal. Gomez said the behavior described in the files was sad and evil. Mahony has issued several apologies for his actions. Advocates for sex Abuse Victims called this a largely symbolic move. But Church Experts say its the first time in the crisis that any action has been taken against such a highranking church official. The Obama Administration announced a new attempted compromise with religious groups friday in the ongoing dispute over the controv
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. A Dramatic Development this week in the Catholic Churchs sex abuse crisis. Prominent retired Cardinal Roger mahony was stripped of his public and Administrative Church duties in los angeles amid widespread criticism of how he covered up allegations of child sex abuse by priests. L. A. s current archbishop jose gomez took the unprecedented step as the archdiocese began releasing internal documents which revealed the extent to which mahony worked to protect the church from the abuse scandal. Gomez said the behavior described in the files was sad and evil. Mahony has issued several apologies for his actions. Advocates for sex Abuse Victims called this a largely symbolic move. But Church Experts say its the first time in the crisis that any action has been taken against such a highranking church official. The Obama Administration announced a new attempted compromise with religious groups friday in the ongoing dispute over the controv