In his second life he discovered the constitution was not perfect. Thoughtht he had against political parties, he actually founded the Republican Party to fight the federalist party. He became a partisan very much against his own wishes. His third life he got to be secretary of state for eight years and president for eight more created he got to take on all of the decisions when you are running the show, and faithfully taking us into the first war. Very much against the principles of his lifetime. Person,about him as a size and health problems, and all that. Noah he was very different than the other founders. He was very much in his head. He was deeply committed to reason and logic. Speaking. Ublic he hated are you doing had a disagreement. He was much smaller than the others. He was maybe five foot six inches tall. He may have been shorter according to some accounts. He was very cautious about his health. He did not want to get sick did as a custom, he never took a sea voyage anywhere
Brian noah feldman, what are the three lives of James Madison that you wrote about . Noah the first life is the one that is most famous. That is where he created the constitution. Not only in our country but also the greatest constitutional genius and the world. In his second life he discovered the constitution was not perfect. He thought he had thought against political parties, he actually founded the Republican Party to fight the Federalist Party and Alexander Hamilton. He became a partisan very much against his own wishes. In his third life he got to be secretary of state for eight years and president for eight more created he got to take on all of the decisions when you are running the show, and faithfully taking us into the first war. Very much against the principles of his lifetime. Which was against the Standing Army and the navy. Brian talk about him as a person, size and health problems, and all that. Noah he was very different than the other founders. He was very much in his
Announcer this week on q a, author and Harvard Law School professor noah feldman. Professor feldman discusses his book the three lives of james and madison genius, partisan, president. Brian noah feldman, what are a the three lives of James Madison that you wrote about . Noah the first life is the one that is most famous. In an minute is where he invented the constitution. Not only in our country but also the greatest constitutional genius in the world. In his second life, he discovered the constitution was not perfect. He thought he had fought against political parties, he actually founded the Republican Party to fight the Federalist Party and Alexander Hamilton. He became a partisan very much against his own wishes. In his third life, he got to be secretary of state for eight years and president for eight more. He got to take on all of the decisions when you are running the show, and faithfully taking us into the first war. Very much against the principles of his lifetime. Which was
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Much of mike were was involved with the boston globe for 11 years. Editor for the miami herald and work of the l. A. Times. Feel very strongly and strongly committed to the success of those institutions. They do face enormous pressures. Ill own up to the fact i eliminated the foreign coverage of the boston globe and i guess 2007 or so we were going through the recession. We were expressing 30 decline in revenues and does anybody any management role has to do, you have to make some very tough decisions. The question was are we going to maintain our foreign staff, five or six people, or cover our local region . The answer for institutions like the boston globe, we will cover our local region. There are other places that can cover the world. Nobody was happy with it. I wasnt happy with it. I were sharply criticized youre pretty much all of the people overseas at the moment left the boston globe to do other things, but i think that those institutions, they are still major newspapers. The b