Well, i just want to welcome you. We are still so thrilled tonight to be hosting doctor John Palfreman in conversation about his new book, brain storms the race to unlock the mysteries of parkinsons disease. His books are up for sale at the register. Also, a big thank you to the Parkinsons Institute in sunnyvale for helping us arrange this. And cspan is here filming tonight. I amim going to ask you to raise your hand if you have a question command i will bring the mic over. Professor emeritus of journalism at the university of oregon, and me, dupont, and peabody awardwinning journalist, nieman fellow, and recipient of the victor khan prize for excellence in medical science reporting. John palfreman is coauthor of the case of the frozen alex along with doctor jay william langston. The science fix director of the institute in sunnyvale, california. They coauthor, received numerous awards including the distinguished Achievement Award for modern medicine. Please help me give a warm welcome
But it does take a concerted effort because were just at the beginning what is fact or sugar or salt. Host were out of time but you have left us with so much to think about and to be skeptical about the end we can think about the issue of new ways. Thank you very much for writing the book. Guest it was a real pleasure. That was after woods booktv Signature Program were authors of nonfiction books are interviewed by a journalist and Public Policy makers and others familiar with their material it airs every weekend 10 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. On monday. You can also watch afterwards online go to booktv. Org and click on the upper right side of the page. J nick bostrom talks about a future where machines are more intelligent than humans that it will try to save for destroy us. This one hour 45 Minute Program is next on booktv. Can you hear me . Yes . In the back . Excellent. Height and the exec director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institutes and we are of a Nonprofit Research Ins
Studies is your host for this event also i want to welcome the cspan audience in those who are also watching Live Streaming later through the archives. We are here to discuss religious liberty as it may or may not be exercised in the context of the modern Business Corporation pursuant to statutory and constitutional law. Immediately were here to mark the publication of a new book on that subject religious liberties for corporations . And i note that the title and with day question mark. Is in the book are the two main speakers ilya shapiro and david gans who provide comprehensive analysis indicates burwell v. Hobby lobby the blockbuster decision of the Supreme Court handed down at the end of last term which rejected the obamacare regulation of the Employer Sponsored Health care plans that require them to provide free contraception and coverage. The book is based on a series of debates that took place earlier this year at the National Constitution center in philadelphia moderated by Jef
To move the thing along quicker, you know, for research or for staffing. And then, as we saw, by the way, you know, in the bill that kept the government going for another eight months or so, we saw writers attach to that, you know, fundamental budget bill what was designed to affect derivatives risk. So congress is in it, theyre in wit both feet, theyre in it at the front end, theyre in it in the middle, and theyre in it in the back. There is something, and let me get to this one on the next slide yeah. A guest speaker said derivatives were defined three different ways in dodd frank on purpose to give the agency more power to actually select the definition that they wanted because they could have more power not on the hill at that point but with the agency defining it. Yeah. Well, i mean but if youre saying that the agency has the power, youre really saying that the groups that influence the congress to write those three different definitions were expecting some advantage from one or m
Diplomatic corps alive today. He said, i do. We could have gotten that agreement if we had been a little more persistent, flexible and creative. But what really cost us was the political withdrawal. We cut off highlevel Political Engagement with iraq when we withdrew our troops. There were no senior visits. Very few phone calls. Secretary of state john kerry made one visit prior to this Current Crisis mainly to lecture the iraqis on how bad they were being for facilitating iranian Weapons Systems to syrian Bashar Assad Bashar Assad and we left them to their own devices, knowing if left to their own devices it would not work out well. You have mr. Blinkens comments and juks to pose them with juxtapose them with crocker. Heres what leon panetta said, secretary of defense quote it was clear to me and many others that withdrawing our forces would endanger the fragile stability then barely holding iraq together. Thats from secretary leon panettas book. Then he went on to say my fear is i vo