Stake here than just details. Theres a conflict of vision behind many of these cases. There is a form of modern liberalism that says only the individual in the state israel. Israel. Protect individuals against oppression by other social institutions. Then there is the approach i would call principled pluralism. That says a community of communities that allows people to seek a vision of the good consistent with the common good is a positive thing. It has a positive value. I do think it really matters what perspective what political philosophical perspective you bring to these issues. I come from a more conservative side that says the most important institutions are not the state and more than the individual. They are the institutions in which the individual is shaped or morality is passed. Where culture the standards of a culture are created. The government has a positive role to nurture that pluralism. I do think that there are deep political, philosophical disagreements behind us that
Of paper and carry it from florida to california to get a letter from california to florida. Why can they figure out a way to get these contraceptives to women that does not involve nuns . They put a man on the moon but they are forcingothersto four orcing others. We are dealing there other people at stake. There are employees who will go without coverage if the nuns will not fill out the form or if anyone or if the university of notre dame will not fill out the form. The government can pay for anything but the would not say for instance that i have an objection to paying within the same as men. We would never say the government has money to make up the salary different so no big deal. They would say we are going to enforce the laws. We would not say i have a religious objection to paying minimum wage. No big deal. The government can make of the salary difference. We would reject that form of claim let alone saying i refuse to fill out a form. The question about the Conscientious Objec
Happen. Saudi arabia. Something of a patching over, where do you see things between . I wish i were in that room where they at the Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting where they kissed and made of. They have told us that this thing is no. We have resolved their differences. The feud is over. I will you wish that i could believe that. You objectively examine the roots of the dispute, especially between the parties and the saudis this thing is far from over. The main issues that they disagreed on i still there. Just issuing a statement. Things are okay now. Support for the muslim brotherhood. He knows what they will concede on. The fact of the matter is that they still have a very different strategic path from the saudis and from the uae. Geography and economics, and a very different situation. A range of issues. The dispute. A fierce regional struggle. Negotiations, intriguing for me. What are you negotiating about. Nothing territorial. Government negotiations. Of course the eastern pro
Think things we can learn from those that didnt want to share. The common thing was they were good at being elusive. The biggest fish that got away was bill clinton. I was relatively close to meeting him a view times but it fell through and i regretted that. After i did 200300 the number of new ideas i was encountering was that great. But i set a goal and the largest studies was by columbia and they interviewed 545 people so i was going to do 546. I was in the middle of this research and it was january of 2011 and i turned to my wife and i said i have been working on this for seven years and still have 90 interviews to reach the goal but i think i might get to serve at Gordon College and i dont know how i would do both or finish the study. And she sat up in bed and said you are going to. So you know who the leader is in our household. I hope you buy the book and thanks for coming out. [ applause ] thank you michael and mary grace. If you did not a chance to ask your question, fear not.
When he doubled the budget of the campaign they spent a lot of money on the tumor viruses better brother and sisters of the aids virus so all of that research and Drug Development throughout the 70s laid the foundation for relatively small investment only a few billion per year from the nih now all an extraordinarily small number of people die from aids every year we still put 3 billion but alzheimers is 500 million we need to realign back that. I appreciate you ending the conference within the last words of wisdom . The queue for inviting me. Also a plug for my book that is outside i hope you will buy some of these from amazon because i am trying to sell as many books as her. [laughter] i have a long way to go. Thank you. [applause] but but it will but have but the at good evening and welcome to the tragedy for an even when dash conversation with Michael Lindsay from the view from the top. We are thrilled by the turnout if you are Still Standing there are a few seats right over here o