Much of this moment and forces us to confront challenges that our society has had trouble with in recent years, this is a time that makes us wonder how stronger institution will prove to be, how we will rise to a challenge i and i think i cant help but see it as a time of a crisis but because it is a time of testing at the time to think about what americas strengths are, what were good at as a country how we can build on that to address the innermost problems. How did we get here . Thats an awfully complicated question. Our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and equality in the individual one hand and some form of strength of community on the other, every free Society Faces the tension in our society has in the past halfcentury emphasize individual, emphasize liberty and emphasize freedom and diversity and that has brought enormous advantages and benefits but there is another side to that coin and the other side can look Like Division and fragmentation and
Author here on june 72020 what is the assessment of the United States . Thanks for having me thats a wonderful a broad question to open with its challenging one in a moment of crisis sets hard to deny a spring dominated by a Public Health crisis that is still very much with us we are facing now a social crisis as old as the country the struggle for racial equality and human equality but very much of this moment forcing us to confront challenges our society has had trouble with in recent years and makes us wonder how strong our institutions will prove to be how we will rise through a challenge like this you cannot help see it but it is a time of crisis but also to think of americas strengths what we are good at as a country and how we address the problems. Host how did we get here . Its a complicated question our country has always tried to strike a balance between the dignity and quality of the individual on the one hand and some form of strength of community on another our society in
Vitality, of life. Not of a movement thats cracking up or that its on its last legs. People are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerning here and that is the conservative movement which is still a major actor in american politics. At the same time, they have an opportunity to accept change. I think thats part of what it meansto be a conservative today. Not to be so resistant that we wont allow anything to happen. Even edmund burke said change is inevitable. Its a question of being prudent change and thats what i as a traditional conservative are looking forward to the right kind of leadership, the right kind of debate and discussion so i welcome all thats going on right now. All the various strands, all the various strains of conservatism. Thats good. Coming out of that is going to be a bigger, better, i think more relevant conservative movement in the years ahead. I want to read you a quote. Barry would go absolutely crazy if we were wa
Petrilli, chester finn president emeritus of the institute how to educate an american was the brainchild of mike and chester and today theyre going to share with us the original inspiration behind the book and why its themes are even more important now to revitalize k12 Civic Education. Joining us today are david bob, president of the bill of Rights Institute, david has worked for 20 years to build strong Civic Education programs thatengage the hearts and mindsof young people. Previously david worked at Hillsdale College and is author of a book on the vital role ofhumility. Welcome david also joining us is Jonah Goldberg , hes the chair applied liberty at the American Enterprise institute and editorinchief of the dispatch and let me jonah has authored a chapter in how to educate an american and finally several morgan smith, director of faculty at the Ashford Center which seeks to restore and strengthen the capacities of the American People for constitutional selfgovernance. Thank you a
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