Peter thanks for the introduction. It is great to be with you. Mostly i am looking forward to the q a. You asked for a brief overview of my life so we will be here three days. Just a few minutes of my political journaling my political journey and some thoughts about the Republican Party in the age of trump. I would love to engage with you all. I was born in Washington State and developed an interest in politics at a very early age. We had a cabin in the Cascade Mountains on the east side of the state. I still remember as a kid driving with my parents to my cabin every weekend. We talked about Public Policy. We listened to the news at the top of the hour and i was a question asker. I would ask my dad why did the israelis and the arab world not get along. What about president nixon and Henry Kissinger . Those issues really fascinated me, along with sports. When i got to high school, i got into debates with my social studies teachers. They were liberal. I was conservative. Not because i t
Professor conways job is to point the conversation in any direction he wants and will take it from there in the discussion. I wanted to write human diversity for many reasons but at the center is this fact, we are on the cusp of an enormously exciting era. Advances in genetics and neuroscience are giving us new tools that will enable us to take giant strides in understanding human behavior, human apolicies and economies. We are like physicists, i like to say at the outset of the 19th century poised at a moment in history that would produce a apeople like me and dalton ought to be excited but a lot of social scientists are like, why . Because for almost a century now the social sciences have been in the grip of the orthodoxies scared stiff of biology. At the moment it takes the form of three widely and loudly proclaimed truths, gender is a social construct, race is a social construct. Class is a function of privilege. I stated those tenets very boldly. If you go to University Campus and
Plul reporters and Campaign Strategists discuss the upcoming president ial race. Panelists will mainly focus on republican politics. Hosted by the washington center. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Im anthony. My group yesterday went to go see freddie. They are a conservative think tank and they taught us the values and the what theyre trying to implement in congress as for term limits for both the houses for the house of representatives and the senate. You had a discussion about term limits. Thats interesting. Because that would be an amendment to the constitution. Sure. Okay. All right. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, of course, your first week here. Is anybody tired yet . Little bit. Little bit tired, yeah. Me too. And, of course, we come into this and, you know, if youve been following in the news obviously the president of the United States may be speaking at any moment. I dont think hes spoken yet about some of the events last night by iran with regard to iraq and were goi
Changing views on marriage and sexuality. Many, many other challenges too. During these and other periods of stress, especially over the last few centuries some have thought and argued the Catholic Church might become irrelevant. Disappear into the dust of history. My guess is says instead of being overwhelmed by modern times come the churches not only survived as it clearly has, but is actually key agent of change for the whole world. He is george whiteoak, catholic scholar and distinguished fellow with ethics policy centerpiece also wrote more than two dozen books and closing his latest the irony of catholic history how the church rediscovered itself and challenge the modern world to reform. George thank you for being here. Lets start with the book and pick this up right with the title. Whats ironic about the church, the churchs response. Whats ironic about it jerry, is a relationship that started with a lot of mutual head knocking. Vote tear, crying, crush the infini, folks hurling
Sexuality. Many, many other challenges too. During these and other periods of stress, especially over the last few centuries some have thought and argued the Catholic Church might become irrelevant. Disappear into the dust of history. My guess is says instead of being overwhelmed by modern times come the churches not only survived as it clearly has, but is actually key agent of change for the whole world. He is george whiteoak, catholic scholar and distinguished fellow with ethics policy centerpiece also wrote more than two dozen books and closing his latest the irony of catholic history how the church rediscovered itself and challenge the modern world to reform. George thank you for being here. Lets start with the book and pick this up right with the title. Whats ironic about the church, the churchs response. Whats ironic about it jerry, is a relationship that started with a lot of mutual head knocking. Vote tear, crying, crush the infini, folks hurling thunderbolts at maternity and a