For more than a century the Hoover Institution has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic were excited to be able to connect virtually with you to showcase the work coming out of our institution. These policy briefings provide an opportunity for you to her directly from some of our nations top scholars on pressing issues facing the road during this difficult time. We hope you enjoy and find out in our discussion. We will be taking audience question state and encourage you to submit yours at the q a buttons located at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from general h. R. Mcmaster, the senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was a 26 National Security adviser to the the president of the United States. He also served as commissioned officer in the United States army for 34 years before retiring as Lieutenant General in june for the 2018. His latest book is entitled battlegrounds and will be released in se
That was a man who was employed by the tulsa tribune and he in turn employed me, didnt employ any young black newsboys. I was employed by mister ripitso, it always and always clear what that was. In the afternoon, he was throwing newspapers and i helped him, wrapped them and prepared for the delivery and then went around with him to deliver the newspapers and i didnt collect, he collected the money and he had all the contact with the newspaper. I had no contacts with the newspaper though they knew that i was in front, they employed no black people. Host your father was a lawyer . Guest my father was a lawyer, yes. I contacted people through him, but it was not a serious thing. Host where were you born . Guest in oklahoma south of tulsa, the name of the village was rentersville, oklahoma. My father and mother moved there in 191112 because he had experiences in shreveport, louisiana, these were not pleasant and he moved to an allblack town because of the way they treated him injuries rep
Degrasse tyson, director of Hayden Planetarium in new york city and the author of many books including welcome to the universe, death by black hole, and his latest, astrophysics for people in a hurry. Host dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, in your new book, astrophysics for people in a hurry, you open it by saying that the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. What does that mean . Guest get over it. [laughter] i think up until, well, really up til the year 1600 when we didnt have any particular tools to investigate be the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe. And not even knowing that our five senses had limits. If its everything you know, you think its everything the universe is trying to give you but, in fact, its not. And so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other direction, each invented within a decade of one another, then all of a sudden p
Founder of several nonprofit organizations including the investigative report shop here and before that the center of integrity. Chucks most recent book, the future of truth and decline of americas moral integrity. Its a fascinating of many truths manipulated by governments and corporations. The buying of the president a chilling look into the finance ing and president ial campaign written with staff. Chuck is a fulltime professor and teaches Investigative Journalism and recently returned from a fellowship. Tonight he is going to have a conversation with jim mayer. A passion that chuck shares. Chuck. [applause] thank you very much, jeff, and welcome everybody, jane, welcome to American University. To introduce jane, we would take ten minutes just to go through her bio, which is an astonishing bio. One of the preimminent journalists in the u. S. The new yorker now 11 years, how many years, sorry . I shouldnt ask. Several years. Anyway, literally winner of some many acards, on ther prize
That much impact. So i thought i would look at cultural influences. So now theres so many ways to find out so i put it all together and made a book. What was your most interesting finding as you dug into this . Woodrow wilson was our only phd president. I found that appeal. So i was curious. He wasnt that big a reader as president but he loved theater. He saw 250 plays as president and his favorite genre was vaud ville. So he liked a good pie in the face as much as the next guy. We found out that he also played 1200 rounds of golf. What about the image . Did that create the same kind of image that today would do . Interesting with wilson and his theater going during world war one that the Washington Post was in favor of him going to the theater in wartime. Today you see sometimes critical appraisals. But wilson was praised because it helped keep the theatrical industry alive. So times have changed. I think that president s should enjoy their leisure time. Obviously you shouldnt overind