Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you, peg. I appreciate that. Im tuajuanda jordan, president of st. Marys college of maryland, the National Public honors college. It makes me smile the say that. I am happy to welcome you to this discussion with the authors of this book. This event is sponsored by the center for the study of democracy here at st. Marys college of maryland and our department of history. The center is a skbroint initiative of the college in st. Marys city, the site of marylands first capital. The centers goal is to promote understanding of democratic values, traditions and institutions through the exploration of contemporary and historical issues. Dr. Antonio ugas yur is the director of the center. He joins us here this afternoon. Thank you, tony, for being here. Charlie musgrove, chair of the department of history here at the college, is also with us this afternoon. Our History Department at st. Marys college is pretty active, offering many opportunities for researc
Behindthescenes a social media on twitter, instagram and facebook. Guys, we are here, chatter on books, r 34th episode which is stunning and we are in an undisclosed location which makes me unhappy because weve been in an undisclosed location for a few weeks and were at east city bookshop which is 645 pennsylvania avenue southeast. Im going to keeprepeating the address, 645 pennsylvania avenue southeast because it this is bricks and mortar and we want people to come to bookstores like east city bookshop so thank you for having us. David alldredge, kornheiser, Michael Kornheiser, the most important person in the room and were thrilled to have everybody from cspan here, god bless you all for being here in the close members of my family, thank you for being here. We have a good show and asi realized, this is our last one for a few weeks because were going to take a few weeks off and retool and take a breath. I like the show and i start piling a lot into it so at some point in one night mi
Common rubric so what are those commonalities . That so many people have simultaneously lost their minds . [laughter] and i am here today in part because i hear a great deal of the art of not losing your mind and asking questions about how do we return to a more sane place in politics . And for two main locations in that environment and the other social media. What do these have in common . So my answers are as follows. First the de tocqueville effect is a wellknown phenomenon in Political Science where a society takes to reform itself is often precisely the way in which those conditions make it even more intolerable that somehow things end up seeming worse. And there have been a number of social positive changes in recent years. People have met with social acceptance and the quality. We have had a great deal in our past and very much evidence nowadays but yet somehow we are angrier than ever before and we have seen a resurgence perhaps some degree of racism but also in that is puzzlin
Next from the 2019 Los Angeles Times festival of books a panel on science history, this is just over an hour. Oi we are going to get started here. Welcome everyone, this is the scientific look at the elements that create our world. Thank you everyone for coming especially at 430 when i know it is no nap time. I was one of the judges on Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price. Its wonderful to get to read so many books and have a conversation with these folks here today. We will get started and its just a couple of reminders please silence your cell phones in a personal recording of sessions is not allowed. All of our lovely offers will be available for signing books over here in the other room through the doors. I will introduce the panelist and then have a conversation and then you guys can ask questions. I will start here with thomas hager, the awardwinning author on the history of science and medicine including the demons under the microscope, a courtesy professor of jou
I am the moderator here. I was one of the judges from Los Angeles Times science and Technology Book price and its wonderful to read so many and have a conversation with these folks here today. We are going to get started in a couple of reminders. Please silence your cell phones, also personal recording is not allowed. All of our lovely authors will be available for signing books through the door. Im going to introduce our panelists and then we will have a conversation and the new guys will have a chance to ask questions. Im going to start here with thomas hager, Award Winning author with a history of science and medicine including the demand under the microscope. It is a courtesy professor of journalism and communication at the university of oregon. Next to him is marsha, her book, time fullness, she is a professor of geology and environmental studies at Lawrence University in appleton, wisconsin. She told me it is still snowing. Her journalism has been published in the news york times