These trials were not held by what we consider to be modern law. Has not been in place and no one has a defense the were no lawyers. Tonight, author stacy schiff talks about her book the witches, on the salem witch trials. Part with theting accusations is that wealthy merchants were accused as witches, sea captains were accused as witches homeless fiveyearold girls were accused to be witches. This is not an incident where all the victims are female. We have five male victims, including on minister. We didnt burn them, we hang to them. Hanged them. There is so much myth, i thought it was important to dispel. A signature feature of the coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with Nonfiction Author talks, interviews, viewer callin segments. Coming up they will be live from the miami book fair. Authors include representative john lewis discussing his book march. I live callin with author peggy noonan. Joins us tor discuss her book, the story. Book,d koppel on his ligh
[applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the Fourth Annual conference and gala presented by the william s. Ugly program at yale. Attributed to winston churchill. He. He said, if you are not a liberal when youre 25, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative by the time you are 35, you have no brain. [laughter] a radical in the 1930s, became a leader. Later on he rejected marxism and moved to the right producing in 1941 the work for which he was best known, the managerial revolution published in 1941. 1941. He also became a red regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review. In 1933 along with sidney hook he had to organize the American Workers fund, supported its merger with the communist league of america to the United States Workers Party. In 1935 the allied with the wing of that party and defended offended no one less than leon trotsky himself. Writing for the partisan review, he was also an important influence on writers, such as Dw
Questions, but rob will be signing in the atrium and you can ask more questions ar there. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] is there a Nonfiction Author kabookie would like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email to booktv or cspan. Org, tweet us at booktv or post on our wall, facebook. Com booktv. Facebook. Com booktv. From this conference on james byrnes suicide of the west, and examining and testing of liberalism, a panel entitled the drift of u. S. Foreign policy and the challenges to western survival. My pleasure to introduce the moderator for the final panel which is u. S. Foreign policy of the challenges of western survival. The professors to diplomat and lectern International Studies here at your mic the report immediately, he served as a Senior Advisor to george shultz, and because new and reagan justin mckee. Professor hill is a Research Fellow at stanfords hoover institute. I served as chief Foreign Policy adviser to candidate rudy giu
Of what everyone knew would be a long war but as you pointed out, our Current Administration does believe, and there is an enormous pressure now toward the Political Correctness of that islam is a peaceful religion. I know something about the koran. You can fine peaceful mentions in it, but basically, as you say, islam and islamic terrorism feed on each other, and all you had to do was find the worldwide polls of september of 2001 that showed how many muslims around the world supported the attack on the United States. Now, my question is, given all these years of Political Correctness, given the kinds of things that the Yale Muslim Students Association were saying in their fortunately unsuccessful attempt to squash alis appearance at yale, how long is it going to take . What will it take to convince the American People to understand where were going . You mentioned it took 30 years after 1970, 40 years for americans to understand soviet communism. I dont think we can wait 40 years for
Have, the ideas that i have about history, ive put into this project that ive made. Woodruff and, economists suggest more selfrestraint as a child leads to better economic outcomes later in life. How some schools are teaching character to increase the odds of success. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by while we might wire your street, also your friends and neighbors. I. D. E. W. , the power professionals in your neighborhood. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank