Hello everybody, i have the job of introducing dr. Moore for todays book presentation and discussion. Now, when i agreed to do this, she and i talked about the best way to introduce her in the talk, and we decided the best way to do it was to mix things up from the traditional way and change it up a bit. So im going to begin by briefly introducing her Research Interests and professional activities and then say a bit more about where shes coming from in the book by liberal libor rowing from within the preface of the book. Her first book examined the interaction of race with the United States Senate Procedures from the 1950s onward. The book shes currently working on probes the politics of the Supreme Court Decision Making on race. And the book to be discussed tonight is about race and criminal justice. I guess you can say dr. Moore practices what she preaches. She was appointed by governor paterson to a fouryear term on new York State Commission on judicial conduct and was later appoint
More comfortable living there then i would in other parts of the industrial parts of the United States for the simple reason so much care and attention has now gone into the making sure that the toms river environment is okay. And i want to pick up on one of the questioners who asked you whether or not companies pick communities that maybe economically disadvantaged. Was toms river like that when the company moved in . It was. Life was slow and there wasnt a lot of Economic Growth was a bit of the back water franklth was looking for an isolated place, where there was plenty of water, a rail spur, and this met all of the requirements. The two previous places where the company has been really more places than two but in cincinnati things were crowded they were on top of their neighbors and lots of conflict resulted. Toms river had advantages. You talked in your presentation about the Regulatory Environment that its too complex when it comes to the environment, and i aim correctly rephras
Andrei cherny formerly of the Democratic Party. [applause] dot everybody can say that in arizona and get applause. But the book readers are what we call the base. [laughter] dot thank you for that. Currently the ceo of aspiration. Com. Who are freezing can admire your shorts and tshirts and silently curse you. Speaking of the tucson festival of books, we have bill minor here today, one of the visionaries. Give him a round of applause. Very much a volunteerdriven effort a group of people bill and many others who made a big impact on the community. If you want to be part of that, i hope you will consider becoming a friend of the festival. A tax deductible donation that impacts this event and were moting around the country. Let me introduce the panel. David maraniss author of many books, he was won several wards prince of tennessee about al gore books about sports in the 1960s, and other political books as well. So please welcome him. [applause] if you are political aware and not living u
This was a true labor of love. I researched my topic for three years and spent a yearplus writing it. It is hummabling and gratifying to see it so well received, and to be following walter isakson, robert caro, and tony. [applause] i came to develop a strong interest in Paul Jennings when i was director of education at James Madisons month peelier in virginia. I was familiar with jennings memoir considered by the White House Historical association to be the first memoir of life in the white house. It was titled a colored mans rem innocences of James Madison, and as the title implies, its really more about the socalled great man than it was about the author himself. My interest was in Paul Jennings. I set out to discover elements of his own biography to uncover the circumstances behind the original publication of the memoir in 1865 and to find an interview living direct descendents. A slave in the white house, Paul Jennings and the madisons is the story of Paul Jennings unique journey f
In the summit. The Catholic Leader met with a Prime Minister detention saved the day before this i saw the cooperation between two countries in the Energy Sector especially if youre in nuclear energy. I was about to close the japanese side to take part in Industrialization Program does expand and intentions and a bass to support the initiative of the land of the rising sun central asia plus japan. As most of the season and the situation in afghanistan the importance of keeping bilateral relations at all levels was also discussed the many teaching president has invited and president of the month starting the new stuff besides it is the divine agree to trade turnover has been growing steadily. The chinese president easy thing and have catholics and talked about stripping relations and tend to transport and water and Energy Sectors and an extended needs special attention was focused on the upcoming cac summit in shanghai. Based in relation to have met twice to visit and four times or near