Seeker and has hosted numerous space and science related shows. Among them, nasas unexplained files. She gives talks about space night all over the u. S. And america. Please give a warm welcome to amy teitel. [applause] bring it down to short level. Good morning and thank you for coming out to listen to me talk first thing in the morning for some, including myself. Something weird about hearing your bioread like that. Ill try to live up to everything that was just intention l said about me. Intensely said. I want to start with the brief who here has heard of the story of the socalled mercury 13 . Oh, look at the number of hands, maybe 15 or 20 or sometimes called the first lady astronaut trainees. I dont no way to print my talk so ill read this off my phone. If you dont know the story over the mercury 13 ill explain it later. Basically its the story of everything in 13 women trained for space flight in the 1960s and can do on nasa with the goal of writing the wrong of sexism, analysis
Id like to welcome yall here to politics and prose. My name is allen watke and im then events staff here where we host klose to a thousand author events a year at three locations. For everything confirm you can go to the website at politics prose. Com or pick up a monthly printed calendar. Before we get started id like to ask everyone to please silence your cellphones so not to disrupt the event. And when we get to the q a, if you could line up at themake crow phone at the pillar lat would be great because were audio recording and cspan for booktv is filming as well. So wed really like to have your questions in there following the q a well have a signing at the table and if you could just leave your chairs where we are because we have a couple mored reading today. So today were very excited to welcome robert c plumb, celebrate his back the bert angel, five women who changed civil war america. Collective biography of five extraordinary women who came to National Prominence during the ci
Then will jump right in. Scott here no interest in giving a speech before mr. Asking questions. What you start asking questions. There we go. Just in time for thanksgiving. A book to help you deal with people with whom you disagree. Everyone, get out and get your copy. Gavel, intro, questions. Please send yours up. They dont have to be related to just the book. Here weit go. My name is melissa caen. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club hosting of the scott adams. In his new book loserthink scott dison did epidemic of mental shortcuts that he believes is making as prone to believing in bad ideas. Racist,g that gun control is equal to full compensation and most importantly avoiding self reflection join personal relationships and period were very excited to have him here with us tonight to discuss his new book. Loser thing. And whatever else you guys would like to ask him. He has told me that that thing is loft offlimits for so they go. Please welcome scott adams. [applause] loser say is the
And one particular thing that is featured is secret diplomacy and trial of the cuban spies. A legal lien even though he doesnt look like one. [laughter] he is one of the top trial lawyers an expert at civil and criminal trial litigation who was nearly courtmartialed out of the army and use the opportunity of the army giving him he was giving speeches about sam betty and the desk job that army gave him as an opportunity to springboard to attend New York University at night for law school. Met is how his career started he has appeared before the Us Supreme Court multiple times with civil rights cases in front of Justice Brennan with his 1970 case which it with the rights of people with government entitlements and the due process that could be the most important due process case in the 20th century. The client list includes the cuban poet legendary photographer sally man peter Chavez Nelson mandela, Daniel Ellsberg and he has clients that go from Lauren Mccall to spike lee and Igor Stravi
This microphone at the pillar , that would be great as we are audio recording for book tv is filming again. So wed like to have yourquestions in their. Following the q and a we will have a signing at this table and if you could just leave your chairs where they are as we have a couple more readings today, that would be fantastic. So today we are very excited to welcome robert plumb celebrating his book the better angels five women who changed civil war america. A collective biography of five extraordinary women who came to National Prominence during the civil war. Documenting out the conflict left openings for women to assume rules usually held by men and showing the depth of their passion and commitment. Plum recounts area cabins work in the underground railroad, traces her move from teaching in massachusetts to a core position in washington where he began the work that led to her establishingthe American Red Cross. Chronicles how Harriet Beecher stowe drew on her staunch abolitionism