Tonight at 7 00, we continue q ancore presentations of with columnist gregg easterbrook. He discusses his book the king of sports. Here is a preview. Areoday most politicians oleaginous hacks what brought all that on . Congratulations knowing how to pronounce oleaginous. You are in a small minority. Football has become a cult and you see some evidence of this trade i present it in the book. Coaches have become revered figures in American Life and in some cases justifiably. If all men were like tony dungy the world would be a better place. But coaches have become substitute father figures in american society. We dont believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy. Coaches still seem like people who practice tough love, like a good father would be, and it has a lot to do with their high standing in society. See our discussion with Greg Easterbrook today at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Clock, highlights from our original history series first ladies. Tonight come a 20th century first
Nd publishers have asked me to write a book about football. I was flattered but what could i add . I realized a book that had not been written was a book assessing the role of football in american society. Young boys, teaching them how to be men, there are a lot of positives. The public enthusiasm and a lot of negatives. I wanted to weigh the two and try to seek an answer to the question is football fundamentally good or bad and secondly how should it be reformed . The book builds up to a chapter of reformed agenda. Host you give some strong opinions in the book. I want to read one. Today, most politicians are what brought on all that on in that . Guest and congratulations on eing able to pronounce oleaginous. You see some evidence that football has become a cult and im talking about coaches there. If all men were like tony dungy the world would be a better place but i think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. We dont believe in politicians anym
Energy. We will kick off with your Energy Habits. How have they changed over the years . Emocrat, host 202 5853880 republicans, 202 5853881. Independence and all others, 202 5855883. Send us a tweet at cspanwj. Mail us, journal cspan. Org let me begin with a poll taken energy and the environment tradeoffs. From an april 10 poll, americans are still divided on this Energy Environment tradeoff. Americans divide evenly when asked whether the u. S. Should Prioritize Energy production, or environmental protection, 45 , when goals conflict. From 2000 one to 2008, americans came down on the side of the environment. Since 2009, they have been divided or showed a preference for energy production. Aside from a shift for the environment in the late of the gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in april 2010. Have your Energy Habits changed over the years, what do you think about this . We want to hear from you this morning. More polls. Is it possible to reduce the effects of Global Warming . There may be disag
Peniel joseph. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is my pleasure to welcome you to our third panel of the day. Again the title was 50 years later blacks in the 21st century. The panel is framed around but kind of progress blacks have made since the Civil Rights Movement and the endorsement challenges and quality that these African Americans in the 21st century. The organizers have formulated two major questions for us to talk about. The first is of historical and contemporary factors continue to make racial equality a contested and elusive concept in the 21st century. And second, what kind of knowledge can we mobilize to face the specific challenges of racial inequity in our contemporary moment. I am absolutely thrilled to be able to be in conversation with two and possibly three speakers, dynamic speakers and thinkers today and i would like to introduce you to that before opening the conversation. Joining us is farah griffin, a professor of english, comparative literature and afr
Not a printout of a stack of emails, but an actual book. It is actually quite an enjoyable experience and i suggest that you all try it sometime. This is the book. Ive had the pleasure of reading about this. So i have found was a real surprise. I wanted to find cleverly worded propaganda as the hallmark of any debate in our soundbite driven news cycle. But instead i found nuance and the understanding of complexity and expected to find handpicked anecdotes with one side of the argument. Instead i found an appreciation of both sides could argue and have validity. Except to identify what the true nature was and i think you will agree that this is exceedingly rare in energy and environment on the council of Foreign Relations and Energy Insecurity change of climate, Energy Security and arms control. As project director, cochairs by governor vilsack, Scientific American among others. The Financial Times and the book is even reviewed. Perhaps most interesting he served as a technical consulta