Im robert door. I would like to start this morning by reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph draws into map of virginia, George Washingtons boyhood home and extend the lake of the compass so it reaches out 60 miles an dry circle. With it in it not only washington but thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born more and. From this small expanse of land on the north American Continent came four of the nation first five president s, the dynasty whose members secured independence, crated the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I have spent most of last night reading it and its wonderful chronicle, for major leaders in the interconnected network that tied them together at the founding of the country, a story that evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Dr. Cheney is a longtime member of the faculty so i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge how much we appreciate her scholarsh
The president admits the act with a lot of green goodies could have gone by a different name. What are they celebrating . Like i said, the Inflation Reduction Act didnt bring inflation down. Today we look at what and specifically who did. Prices are down, but price hikes still are not. And a key interest rated just closed at a 15year high. Lets go to Jacqui Heinrich at the white house on the fastmoving developments on who gets credit and whether its a birthday debby down to say its not the white house when it comes to inflation or this Inflation Reduction Act. Jacqui . Hi, neil. Yeah, we got out of the east room where the president held the 1year anniversary celebration. It was a classic joe biden event. He whispered at one point, yelled at another point. He said the Inflation Reduction Acted is working. He called it a key part of bidenomics, touting jobs creation, specifically in manufacturing and new investments in climate, even though he didnt get in to the fact that now the estimat
Then they have the kids to a lot of times. Then they have to prepare food. Its a hard life. I always say just because i dont know anything because not much has been written about asmat women what appears to be a culture in which women have very little importance for power isnt necessarily true. Its just that we men are privy to mans world and we are the writers. I always say that if you know of any ph. D. Candidates who are women who are looking for a thesis, a woman could go live in asmat and come up with really remarkable stuff. The role of the women and really what their role is. Obviously much greater than we in and my interactions with them would indicate. But it is cut off to me. Thank you and i think that was it. Thank you everybody. Appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] the judges decision in 2010 was instructive. Hes the first person who is a neutral person to have reviewed all of the evidence in the case and he decided that the evidence in the case was either no
The great president whos going to follow barack obama. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news scheduling updates, behind the scenes pictures and videos author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. April 4 67, he is new york city speaking at the Riverside Church in manhattan giving a speech called beyond vietnam. And in that speech king calls america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. Hed been on record being opposed to the war, but this is the first time hes given now peter, a major address to the nation condemning the war. And he lays out in detail our relationship with vietnam our history with vietnam lays it out. One of the rare times king actually reads the entire text because he was more of a, you know, he was an orator, obviously, extraordinaire. His i have a dream speech he went off the script and started freestyling. So he was good off script unlike some people who have to use a
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. And welcome to our book forum here at the Cato Institute today for a republic no more Big Government and the rise of american political corruption by jay cost. I am john samples, Vice President and publisher here at the Cato Institute. And i again would like to welcome you to this event today for this very important book. Now, if you have been to book forums before youll notice today our event will proceed in many ways the same as all other book forums have that is, you will hear from some participants and then there will be a question and answer session about 1 00 and then lunch. Also one other thing is like all of our other events please turn all your cell phones now so that we can have the event both in peace and quiet. But some things are going to be different today. Were trying some different things, different format. In this particular case our author, jay cost, will speak for a while about the book to give you a general sense of the lay