Relationship of the u. S. President s in the president s club inside the worlds most exclusive fraternity. And Kevin Phillips recounts what he believes was the most important year of the American Revolution which was 1775, a good year for revolutions. For an extended list of links to various publications 2012 notable book selections, visit booktv. Org or our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. In 2008 judge robert bork sat down with eugene meyer, president of the federalist society, on booktvs after words, an hourlong interview program. Judge bork discussed a collection of his written works spanning nearly four decades. This interview was taped at judge borks home in virginia. Judge robert bork died on december 19, 2012. Host why did you, why did you collect a time to speak, and is this just a book for lawyers . Guest well, i tried to do the articles in one year or because the Intercollegiate Studies Institute approached me and asked me to collect, to make a selection they could publi
Good evening and thanks for being here. I am very excited to be with my newest best friend, eboo patel. I have had a wonderful time reading his book. Im very excited about having a conversation with him and in drawing him into that drawing you when that conversation. One of the delights is his disclosing something of his own spiritual practice, particularly during the holy season of ramadan. He had me when he said that prior to entering the day he would get up, have his small breakfast and then have a time with a poem. One of my favorite poets. I thought it would be wonderful if we all could have a moment of centering around one of his favorite running pomes. How does that sound . All right. Thank you for that invitation and thank you all for being here this is a poem that i actually first heard in turkey. Come, come, whoever you are, wonder, worshiper, lover of leaving. It does not matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come
About our economic crisis and argue that it can be traced back to the 1970s when our Economic System shifted from benefiting a vast majority of americans to one which mostly benefits only the very rich. This is about an hourandahalf. [applause] good to see you will hear. Lets cut quickly to the chase. What is it and the dna of capitalism that makes this so unstable . Since the beginning of economics as a discipline back in the days of adam smith and David Mccarty who were the first to develop it as a comprehensive way of thinking about things, economist of worry about that. It has never been, except maybe in the last 30 years, the case that a significant portion of the profession, let alone the public imagine that capitalism was anything else. The reality has been from the beginning wherever capitalism has established itself, it has been stunningly unstable. It is all the time facing three to seven years of economic downturn. Give you an example. The last time we had a major collapse o
Mother of the murdered black teenager, steven lawrence. Lord [inaudible] a former assistant Deputy Police commissioner. Lady jones, a Green Party Politician in london. And lord finkelstein, columnist and a former associate editor of the times. To put all the new peers, in october a former first sea lord had a novel suggestion to make. And i wonder if the royal navy could come to the nations assistance again, ive been asking people to buy the third invincible class carrier, two having been scrapped, and i wonder if the house authorities would like to buy it to accommodate the huge number of new piers being created. [laughter] in fact, it can accommodate up to 700 people and has a bank, laundry and shop. The death of Nelson Mandela was a moment that parliament couldnt ignore. The first black president of south africa and father figure for his nation came to parliament back in 1996 and spoke in Westminster Hall. He was fully aware of the antiapartheid campaigns that ran in britain through
Phillips discusses his historical narrativnarrative. Kevin phillips, at the end of your preference, you have a paragraph that says the year 177417 steny 5 had more than their fair share of unsung heroes. 1775 had more than their fair share of unsung heroes. What are you getting at . One of the things i like best about 1775, which was a much more spurned group of people, granted the Founding Fathers more Inspiring Group of people, granted, the Founding Fathers were not always seven out of the 10 counties, metropolitan washington, it is the country did is still great but a capital that is not. Would have predicted that . If anyone would have guessed that there would be a country of 300 million people, they may wouldnt come up with a bit of cynicism. But they were dedicated people. You say, during the last four years, during the campaign of 2012, you stuck your nose at this. The first time i did Something Like that was back in the 1990s. I wrote a book about the English Speaking civil war