I am Brian Anderson on the editor of city journal and i want to welcome you here today on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i get to introduce joh john tierney and coauthor with an esteemed useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it it. It is on sale, by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy. And make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary invoice. It was johns New York Times column, the big city, which ran from the mid 90s until 2002, that first made me a fan of his work. There, he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities. From the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was his irritation at Rosie Odonnells relentless public criticism of mayer Rudy Giulianis use of Law Enforcement to get the homeless off of ne
It is on sale, by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy. And make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary invoice. It was johns New York Times column, the big city, which ran from the mid 90s until 2002, that first made me a fan of his work. There, he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities. From the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was his irritation at Rosie Odonnells relentless public criticism of mayer Rudy Giulianis use of Law Enforcement to get the homeless off of new york city sidewalks back in the 90s. So how would odonnells, hometown deal with a similar problem john wondered . So he let his beard grow for a few days, he did not shower, then he dressed himself up in dirty clothes in a torn parka and headed up where he plopped himself down on the sidewalk right in front of odo
there really is no i in team. former star quarterback ben roethlisberger is calling out what s happening in football today. former vice president al gore has what seems to be an inconvenient truth. climate deniers are really in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in uvalde, texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door, while the children were being massacred. they heard the screams. they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward. confronted with this global emergency, what we re doing with our inaction and failing to walk through the door and stop the killing is not typical of what we are capable of as human beings. what is sick in comparing climate change skeptics to the uvalde police officers? tommy, your thoughts? tammy, your thoughts? it is ghoulish. it is shocking. most of the headlines are saying stunning or surprising. it is this ultimate you never want to let a good crisis go to waste. there is what disgusts the a
good evening to you, president biden continuing as he continues through covid. his main symptom his position says is a sore throat and others have diminished. his doctor because that encouraging that assigned his body is clearing the virus his voice remains bit deep but his lungs are normal and clear he has completed the third day of the anti-viral paxlovid as planned he has an inhaler and he will continue the treatment not seen the president at all this weekend and it concerns about the 79-year-old s diagnosis who white house has not made biden s position available for questions official speaking on his behalf say the president is fully vaccinated, twice boosted in experiencing a mild case. he will continue out his duty of isolation that remains through tuesday ahead of the gdp report, the white house and bracing for a second consecutive quarter of negative growth, commonly referred to as a recession but don t expect anyone in the biden administration to start using the r
The new military act you refer to is an important contribution to democracy. But we also have to make sure that we safeguard and protect the integrity of the voter. And we have to make sure that the machinery that we use is not used to subvert the very vote that were trying to lift up. [applause] so i got you. There are places like oregon that are experimenting and its a positive thing. But im going to say this, brother. Im on twitter. Bottom line the bottom line is we are going to use those social media tools. But we also have to engage where people are. There are people who are not plugged in and need to cast a ballot. There are some who are and they can have alternatives. But our job is to organize that community in the broadest sense and link issues of importance to what they do. You talk about economic jeff, my last point. Payday lenders is a scourge, a scourge in our community. [applause] their are potential regulations that are going to be issued soon determined by the Obama Adm