Although it is important. I just find that my work both inside and outside of the federal government, you know, going to someone, anyone and saying hey, i would like to place a camera behind you so i can watch and scrutinize everything that you do in realtime tends to be a tough sell. So i tend to lead with more substantial arguments like, this does not reflect on the dignity of your job. So i think those are the three things that matter the most to me around transparency. And why i care about this issue. Good morning. I want to thank gabe for inviting me and tony and dahlia for hosting it. Im excited to be here. My skin in this game is pretty serious. I teach constitutional law at Georgia State in atlanta. Its ironic to me that the Supreme Court might be the least Transparent Court in the United States because at best i am with judge pozner that it is a political court. I in fact dont think its a court at all. To the extent there are transparency issues to begin with judges i dont thi
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the wor ld topped the new yorks best New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel the montaigne. Pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . Booke central part of this is an addition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. Montaignepositive never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. Florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan, but he
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Stephen greenblatt is a literary critic and shakespeare scholar who teaches at harvard. His biography will and the world topped the New York Times bestseller list. He speaks about the french essayist michel de montaigne. I am pleased to meet you. Why did you write this . The central part of this book is an edition of a particular translation of montaigne that lets you look over shakespeares shoulder as he was reading. The greatest french writer and the greatest English Writer of the renaissance encountered each other. Shakespeare read montaigne. We can be positive montaigne never heard of shakespeare. This is a magical, wonderful translation, and a wonderful opportunity that a colleague of mine, peter platt, and i sought to put together, these essays that were central to shakespeare, these translations of montaignes essays. John florio was an interesting character, the son of protestants. Began his life as an italian franciscan,
Because although the internet and the thousands of mini antennas are new, the basic service that aereo is providing is not materially different from the Service Provided by the Cable Company before this court in 1969. Justice sotomayor why arent they Cable Companies . Theyre not Justice Sotomayor im looking at everybodys been arguing this case as if for sure theyre not. But i look at the definition of a Cable Company, and it seems to fit. A facility located in any state. Theyve got a, whatever they have a warehouse or a building in brooklyn, that receives signal transmissions or programs broadcast by Television Broadcast stations. Theyre taking the signals off of the theyre taking the signals, right. Justice sotomayor im sorry, they are. Makes secondary transmissions by wires, cables, or other communication channels. It seems to me that a little antenna with a dime fits that definition. To subscribing members of the public who pay for such service. I mean, i read it and i say, why aren
All weekend long on booktv. For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. In 1936, five years before they published let us now praise famous men, james agee and photographer walker evans produced a feature article for Fortune Magazine titled cotton tenants. It was about three poor families in alabama living through the great depression. The 30,000 word article and accompanying photos were never published by fortune, but cotton tenants was discovered decades later in a collection of agees manuscripts housed at the university of tennessee. During this event hosted by the Jimmy Carter Library and museum, editor john summers leads a Panel Discussion about the book and the work of james agee and walker evans. Carter library, president ial library here in atlanta, georgia. Im thrilled to be moderating this illustrious panel tonight. I think we will begin by introducing the book that we are going to be talking about, cotton tenants. James agee, walker evans. We will get started. In 1936, Fortune