Followed by the Prime Minister taking questions from the house of commons. This week, allison stanger, professor of Political Science, she talked about the reaction on the appearance of Charles Murray. What is the famous middle barry protest . Ebury protest . A Student Group invited Charles Murray, a controversial figure, libertarian scholar, to campus. They invited me to ask him the first three or four questions. And it went from there. This is back in march. The event was on march 2 and there was a runup to the event where tensions rose to the point where they were with into a frenzy with into a frenzy where some students organized a shutdown of the speech, which was successful. That is where you got the incident where i was injured outside the lecture hall. Where is the college . In the Green Mountains of vermont. You can explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Oats liberal arts is something of a bubble. Vermont, the home of bernie sanders, the state of t
Green mountains of vermont, the champlain valley, so in some sense, you can in part explain the reaction because it is almost a bubble within a bubble. Every liberal Arts College Campus is something of a bubble, which is a good thing, because liberal learning takes place there, but it is in vermont, the home of ben jerrys, the home of bernie sanders, and also the states in the union with the smallest percentage of voters who voted for donald trump. That context is very important for understanding what transpired. Host how many students . Guest 2350 . Fairly small. Host i saw the Number Online that says that is what tuition and room and board costs for one year. Guest it is an expensive proposition, but we make a real effort to make the experience available to as many bright, capable young people as possible. Ahere are significant number of students on for financial aid. A greater number pay that enormous amount, which is quite extraordinary. Host where did you get your education . Gues
You have finished writing a book they do something about it thats very enchanting and there are so many angles to it. I made want to play with another piece of it still. Host stacy schiff, the witches salem, 1692 is the name of the book. This is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen we are going to get started create ladies and gentlemen if Tucker Carlson could please take his seat. [laughter] rumors are that p. J. Is in fact in the building so that is what we are waiting for it. Jonah goldberg, i want to thank everybody for coming. Its very rare and Public Policy for someone to come up with a new idea but that is exactly what Charles Murray has done with this new book by the people. Its a compelling and cogent rethinking this is that deadly virtues thing. On thursday im doing a book event with Charles Murrays so i hope you can all come to that too. I guess i will just winning this one. I think of this steve jesus said in the blurb e
You have finished writing a book they do something about it thats very enchanting and there are so many angles to it. I made want to play with another piece of it still. Host stacy schiff, the witches salem, 1692 is the name of the book. This is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen we are going to get started create ladies and gentlemen if Tucker Carlson could please take his seat. [laughter] rumors are that p. J. Is in fact in the building so that is what we are waiting for it. Jonah goldberg, i want to thank everybody for coming. Its very rare and Public Policy for someone to come up with a new idea but that is exactly what Charles Murray has done with this new book by the people. Its a compelling and cogent rethinking this is that deadly virtues thing. On thursday im doing a book event with Charles Murrays so i hope you can all come to that too. I guess i will just winning this one. I think of this steve jesus said in the blurb e
Booktv. Org bookclub. President ial historian tevi troy examines the Popular Culture that american president s have partaken in over the past 200 years from Andrew Jacksons interest in attending the theater to the Reading Habits of dwight eisenhower. He speaks on a panel with jonah gold burg, William Galston and political analyst and columnist mona charen. This Panel Discussion is just under two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Im chris demuth, fellow here at the Hudson Institute, and i will be moderating this afternoons session in which we will be recognizing and celebrating and discoursing upon tevi troys new book, what jefferson read, ike watched and obama tweeted 200 years of Popular Culture this the white house. With a title like that, you might expect that the book is a parade of ton and entertaining stories about president s idiosyncratic tastes in reading, theater, music, sports, movies, tv, or maybe its more than that, maybe its a study of decline [laughter] from a