National security and law road wrote an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. It is worthy of serious discussion. It is called the power to wage war successfully. It touched on many things that we at the society are interested in. First and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that sadly, few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. I dont like that phrase but it has been lost to time. It is the extraordinary Charles Evans hughs. Mr. Hughes had what anyone would say is an Extraordinary Public Service career. It was unparalleled by most measures. He served as the governor of new york state from 19071910 and was named to the Supreme Court by William Howard taft. Four years into that term, he republicane nomination for president and narrowly lost the Electoral College to what was then president wilson. It was 4000 votes in california. In 1921, president Lauren Harding president Warren Harding named hughs the secretary of state and a
Pope franciss Easter Service includes a prayer this years race for the white house puts a spotlight on religious tolerance, the topic of the week ahead. And the bell tolls for the u. S. S. Ship, a mystery of what happened to the crew 95 years ago finally solved. I cant re pe ginning with a suicide bombing in lahore. 65 killed, most women and children. 250 wounded. Hosts ran out of ambulances, taxis brought people in for treatment. A Pakistan Taliban group claimed responsibility, saying they targeted christians. We have this report. Reporter an explosion at a childrens park in the heart of lahore. This was the latest Taliban Attack to claim lives, a food cart vendor described the moment of the blast. I was talking about it. I heard an explosion, i couldnt understand what was happening. It was the weekend and the park was full of families, as a result host of the dead and injured women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere. People used taxis and rickshaws to move the
On your Program Guide or cspan. Org history. An honor and pleasure to introduce the speaker tonight. John Steele Gordon was educated at vanderbilt university. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including forbes, national review, commentary, the new york times, the wall street journal. Hes a contributing editor at American Heritage and he wrote the business of america column for many years and rights that longview column for barons. Hes the author of several books including hamiltons blessing, the extra ordinary life and times of our national debt, the emergence of wall street as a world power, the business of america hails from the market place, American Enterprise from the selling of doing when to the breakup of at t and an empire of wealth, the epic history of American Economic power. Please join me in welcoming Mister Gordon to the podium. [applause] good evening. Im happy and honored to be at Hillsdale College once again. Im here to talk about socialism and America
On your Program Guide or cspan. Org history. An honor and pleasure to introduce the speaker tonight. John Steele Gordon was educated at vanderbilt university. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including forbes, national review, commentary, the new york times, the wall street journal. Hes a contributing editor at American Heritage and he wrote the business of america column for many years and rights that longview column for barons. Hes the author of several books including hamiltons blessing, the extra ordinary life and times of our national debt, the emergence of wall street as a world power, the business of america hails from the market place, American Enterprise from the selling of doing when to the breakup of at t and an empire of wealth, the epic history of American Economic power. Please join me in welcoming Mister Gordon to the podium. [applause] good evening. Im happy and honored to be at Hillsdale College once again. Im here to talk about socialism and America
Hes the author of several books including hamiltons blessing, the extra ordinary life and times of our national debt, the emergence of wall street as a world power, the business of america hails from the market place, American Enterprise from the selling of doing when to the breakup of at t and an empire of wealth, the epic history of American Economic power. Please join me in welcoming Mister Gordon to the podium. [applause] good evening. Im happy and honored to be at Hillsdale College once again. Im here to talk about socialism and American History which is to say the history of socialism on very stony ground. Socialism is by definition an Economic System where in the means of production are held in common, that is by the government. Socialism necessarily concentrates power while the people might in syria on the means of production, only individuals can actually act so socialism in all its many forms from the democratic socialism of postworld war ii britain to the unspeakable horrors