Our speaker todd are today is you val levin. Its a privilege to introduce yuval today. He is a mentor to younger scholarships and all you need to know about yuval is that he has the wisdom not to use twitter. I should say more than the doesnt tweet, but more relevant today, yuval is better than anyone in america at defining what conservatism means, showing its relevant to modern society, and applying its principles to the challenges of today. Now he has written a book doing just that the fractured republic renewing americas social contract in the age of individualism. I think this book is an extraordinary accomplishment just as a diagnosis of our societys economic, cultural, and political maladies. Not since myron have we had such a thoughtle account of changes in society and the ultimate consequences of. The. But even more notably he didnt stop there. And for me the most important and maybe overlooked message of the book is the importance of presenting a positive vision for americas f