Today Marvin Lansky is a prolific writer we are welcoming him back the author of more than 25 books including the latest which he will discuss with us today his political journey is unique he became an atheist and marxist in high school joining the communist party in the seventies at the university working on his phd with a spiritual awakening then joined the church in 1976 the founder of the Presbyterian Church in austin texas 1992 after college he taught journalism for more than 25 years and became a reporter to the yale daily news and the boston globe his first book garnered significantt attention and caught thed eye of the Bradley Foundation that supported his foundation at the Heritage Foundation one of the most wellknown works is the tragedy of american compassion turning him into a leaderia Newt Gingrich speaker of the house distributed to every republican member of the house at the time also to inspire the phrase conservativism he was urinstrumental in the success of where he i
And studying this book i have realized for decades with the areas of education or immigration or hot contemporary political debates about climatee change. And that these days have made american knives and researching this book i found scores of data and they have asked American Voters for decades and the answers have been overwhelming by a margin of 70 percent to tell the truth with the ills of political policies have created other 60 percent to trust politicians to tell the truth about those as well. So researching or detailing the problems i have also laid out some solutions having the facts for people to see that there are some glaring issues has been a true testament to the research in thista book. Who is the day quicksand is it just the media or are there others quick. I explain this in the introduction my College Campus unfortunately to me look like College Campuses today instead are encouraged to be skeptical of those that do so College Professors that the rate freethinkers for
Jerome hudson joining from Jacksonville Florida and his new book 50 things they dont want you to know. Thank you for being with us. Guest it is an honor and a pleasure to be here. Host let me begin with the premise and you write the following, quote, this confirms the belie belief elites hold deh the wisdom that cuts through the fog of the Political Correctness crippling our culture and shutting down serious debate these will begin to undo decades of damage from the misinformation and liberalof mythmaking. Lets begin on that point. Can you elaborate . Guest i realize that for decades thereve been policies that have just not worked it be areas of information, contemporary political debate about Climate Change policies have been put in placplace but have not actually helped in researching this book i felt scores of data and theyve asked American Voters for decades now. The answers have been overwhelming. Se American People simply dont trust the media by a margin of 70 to tell them the tr
From opi. [laughter] [applause] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history the 87th president of the National Press club, bureau chief of gaylord News University of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much the legacy of the 112 year history of journalism especially in washington we are pleased we have a new book of the new history of the club called tales from the National Press club scheduled to be published by the History Press and those that have had an impact on history. This event tonight was proposed by our moderator who himself is part of the Grover Family founded by eds greatgrandfather Alexander Graham bell. Who by the way now editor and publisher of the American Heritage magazine that has inspired generations of historians and hes also the author and editor of 13 history books and a thirdgeneration club member and is here to introduce our distinguished panel from the
Good afternoon and welcome to the Heritage Foundation, my name is rob bluey, Vice President of communications at heritage and executive editor of the daily said no. As a courtesy to the speaker spo become a habit to ask you silence your cell phone although dont turn them off, because we do encourage you to share on social media about todays program and to help us spread the word we are streaming on twitter and youtube and you can find it on the heritage beyond both of those channels and platforms. To introduce the guests today, Marvin Olasky is a prolific writer and accomplished editor. We are proud to welcome him back to the Heritage Foundation where he is a former visiting fellow in somebody that is a close friend of the organization. Hes the author of more than 25 books including his latest, reforming journalism, which he will discuss with us today. Marvins political journey is quite unique as he became an atheist marxist in high school and went on to join the communist party in the