Tolerance, temperance, and a number of other social causes of her day. I am going to talk about her, but i am doing a couple other things for you. The premise of this course is the idea that you must understand women reformers in the context of their day. So i am going to trace her personal context, which is important, she was a quaker and i will talk about what that means, but also her social context, social, political and religious contexts, the things that were going on around her. And it is my argument, the city, the domestic second great awakening which i have mentioned, was a part of what helped to radicalize her, contributed to her effectiveness. So both her personal and social contexts are part of this. And i want you to see this as modeling for your own thinking about your own reformers. Each of you is working on a reformer, and i want you to weigh what is in her personal context as a reformer and in her larger context that shapes are issues and effectiveness. Think about it o
Political benefits. He also frequently attended comedies at fords theater and he was known for telling jokes, for his witty stories and selfdeprecation. The ability for a leader or politician to laugh at oneself and at politics more broadly is a hallmark of our democracy. In humor we not only have a to callvalve but a way attention to ideological differences while still maintaining the balance of democratic discourse. Today in these polarized times and as we head toward a president ial election we bring together a panel known for their ability to laugh about the business of leadership and politics. I am pleased to welcome our distinguished guest today. Log before Stephen Colbert and jon stewart mark russell dared to joke and sing about the often absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he first began performing russells ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. His career spanned from a piano is mark0 years working russell comedy s
Sonny hosten. They are grateful for your continued support, and their members and other members and donors. So we hope youll also a consider making a donation. You can do it online, or you can text donate to 4153294231. 4513294231. And you can text the word donate to that number. The club would also like to thank the Bernard Osher foundation for supporting todays good lift event. I like the name of that. It is my pleasure right now, my just overwhelming, deep, deeply i cant even tell you how much i love this woman, but it is my pleasure to welcome my very dear friend sunny hostin, cohost of the view. Were like sisters and brothers, we fight, but its all love. Her new book is called i am the truth, ok . It is a revealing look at her really increble story. Sunny grew upn the southronx and through hard work, through determination if andhe support of her parents, her family, she obtained a law degree. She went ono become a federal prosecutor and was soon recognized for her stellar work pro
11 am im ready losing my mind here in moscow happy to have your company this hour as we look at whats going on over the world well lets start in the u. S. With 2 weeks out with less than 2 weeks out from the election and i was on to supply builds the 2 president ial hopefuls are set to face off in the final debate on thursday but theres been a slight tweak to the rules moderators will now be able to mute the microphones of the candidates off to many dubbed the previous event chaotic the choice of topics this time is also raised a few eyebrows as it wont include Foreign Policy and many say this will deny trump the chance to hit out at joe biden over the business dealings of his son hunter meanwhile republicans won the twitter and facebook heads to testify before congress so a lot of political bias that follows the problems taking a plant down links to a New York Post office called manhunt to bidens business dealings in ukraine is more on delves into that and a few other control to seize
Lolled itself into history with names of pride and shame. Words for all time and words of passing fancy. The decade created a new vocabulary in the magnificent and the minuscule. Kennedy,nis kurtz, pope john, john glenn, graham, the beatles, peace corps, clay, leiber, pope paul, the war, nson, warhol, strikes and streisand, dope, black power, goldwater, hippie, dayan, woodstock, the pill, james bond, tiny tim, king, hair, graham, bobby, wallace, golda meir, ecology, the supremes, apollo, psychedelic, wyeth, joe namath, malcolm x, armstrong, nixon, indira gandhi, demonstrations, lem. But no name, no single word repeated itself as often on the pages of the 1960s, and with so much controversy, as the name vietnam. It was a strange mixture of peace and war, a better filled nowhere and everywhere. Life during the day and death during the night. An ally when moment and gone the next. A jungle with barbed wire. Those who wanted to find a war might have to hunt for it. Those who did not want t