Mcdonnell, she argues that identity politics is challenging diverse thinking at the collegiate level, this is from 2018. This is a different experience ive been speaking on colleges campuses recently. , you know what that means, i received a walk out the storm this age strategy in southern california, the blockade that prevented anyone from actually attending my talk, socalled students of color, nearby at Pomona College announced that i was a quote fascist white supremacist trans lobe, queer folk classes and ignorant of interlocking systems of domination that produced the lethal condition of which oppressed people are forced to live. So to actually have an audience, is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. Now we have been hearing a lot about the crisis of free speech on College Campuses, but not much about the root cause. The narcissistic victim ologies that is rapidly spreading from academia to the rest of culture, in a word the American University is i
Im here with others author of the American Gods country and for me in the heartland. On return to the bulk and marie in a moment. Just have a couple of announcements to make. My name is danny im the owner of the raymond bookstore in kansas from city right now. The director of the literary festival. We appreciate you being here. With us, trend 12 the author. It would perhaps be more fun if we were altogether this beautiful sunny day. But we appreciate regardless. And we plan to be back stronger than ever in 2021. We had a great series of Online Events are all archived and available for replay just like raven bookstore at the top of the page. To get to the list of archived events. In a couple of other things about how this is going to work. Marie is going to give a sort talk and show some photos about the book. Then well open it up to questions. You can ask a question by clicking the ask question buttoned at the bottom of your screen. We appreciate you asking questions to kind of keep th
The 18 check who likes to dip . I went to say thank you for having me on i went from a shy and pledgee motion sick little girl to the first woman in us history to fire fighter jet in combat. When the law was changed it was against the law and policy , he broke through the barriers and it was not an easy journey. Was trying to show i can fly the jet it doesnt care if your boy or girl but if you can fly straight and shoot straight they were playing the Fighter Pilot games i even chewed tobacco for a little while somebody said that to me if i die tomorrow after all the effort to make a difference that is how i am remembered . So thats why i quit. When you talk about dip you are talking about chewing tobacco. Yes i know it sounds gross the a10 is called the warthog built to go after the soviet tanks on the frontline was called Close Air Support so big 30millimeter gun i dont know if that is totally true but there is no tuesday models it is a single see also no simulator. The first flight i
Partners for yet another of what i know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money. As many of you know. We are so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome our two guests. They had me in grade school. I was a fourthgrader when hollywood released the great escape starring james Steve Mcqueen and james garner and charles bronson, among others. All of the guys in my class fell in love with it. All of us wanted to be mcqueen. He survives. The movie was based on a true story. The escape of 76 allied soldiers escape from germany in 1944. The film pretty much gave us the real life tragic ending to that story, only three of those men who escaped state escaped. Two norwegian pilots, and another pilot from the netherlands. No americans. The other 73 were killed or recaptured, more than two thirds of them were executed. The fact is, escaping was hard. And it wasnt often try during world war ii in particular. When it was, it often didnt succeed. When it
35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, adam schiff asked, where is howard baker . Where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty . Senator baker spoke to delegates. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Does anyone here think Ronald Reagan ought to be reelected as president of the United States . [applause] i have come to the right place. The democrats have come to a different conclusion. Voting for Walter Mondale. Booing] tremblingmerica is and despairing. While, i thought they were talking about themselves. [laughter] [applause] that is why america will reelect Ronald Reagan and a lot more wills why americans 1984 ct Ronald Reagan in [applause] americas choice this year is not just between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. Between a team that has proven it can succeed. And a team that has proven it can. The Walter Mondale team gave us inflation. A punching bag for a Foreign Policy. The misery. Friends, misery has become a very i