Probably the richest their brothers in the world, certainly in america who are very Strong Political views and have taken fortune over the last 40 years to try doing a america. They spent in very targeted ways in interesting ways to try to change the whole direction of american politics. Poster what are their names and where are they located . Guest charles koch and david koch are the ones that people think of the Koch Brothers. 11 wichita, kansas where Coke Industries is based. David lives in new york. He is the wealthiest in manhattan. They are actually two other Koch Brothers that people dont talk about too much. There is bill koch and fred koch. You talk about hear about them than about the mostly dont much in the headlines. Host why not . Guest they are not as political and in some ways they are losers and a huge family struggle but to this over the years. And at that kind of struggle and the family for who is going to control the family company. A huge privately owned company tha
Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. And just yesterday the clinton and sanders campaigns engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified candidate to be president. So things are just really getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although, it did occur to me on the train coming up, that bad to whom
History programming in primetime. W well take you live to conferences and historic site. Go behind the scenes with us to museums and archives and travel with us to the nations classrooms where you will hear some college and University Professors lecturing about history. As the 2016 campaign continues, watch past and president ial campaigns on the way to if white house. And reel america that showcased documentary and other films. Watch our airing of portions from the 1975 Church Committee hearing of the cia, fdi, irs and nsa. Look for all of you are programming every weekend on cspan 3. All this week while congress is in recess showing American History tv on primetime here on cspan 3. Beginning with american artifacts and looking at photographs. Followed by an event in honor of the centennial ce and armstrong cable in help in coordinating the visits. View the winning documentaries at student cam. Org. Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first
Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first looked at what makes a president the worst, followed by their nominees. The panel was port of the organization of american historians annual meeting held this year in providence, rhode island. It is an hour and a half. Welcome to the oah 2016 and welcome to the planary panel, worst president ever. Im claire potter, professor of history and director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems par
To the u. S. Taxpayers a year to maintain these bases. Good evening, i am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose, on behalf of the staff, thank you. It is terrific to see so many people out here. We underestimated a little bit. That is wonderful. I hear like half of American University is here. And there is a good chunk of people from sid well as well where david used to go to school. A few quick administrative notes. Now is a good time to turn off our cell phones or anything that might go beep later. When we get to the q a part of the session, try to make your way to the microphone because we have cspan, booktv here, and we would like to pick up your question on the tape. And at the end, before you rush up here to get all of your books signed, our staff would appreciate it if you would fold up up the chairs you are seated in and lean them against a pillar or book case somewhere. It is really, really a pleasure to be hosting david vine this evening. David is an associate pro