Across from you and talk about your book why young men. Thoroughly enjoyable. Im going to say i read this book in one sitting and it was so fascinating to read about your journey from growing up in a segregated neighborhood being very close to the edge of becoming a criminal, being deemed illiterate, good colleges and university, Yale Law School and becoming sort of this youth activist in traveling around the world and really about your journey of trying to figure out why young men get attracted to violence to keep the violence i found it fascinating. Congratulations. But im going to ask i guess i want to start off with this wealth was the impetus for this book if you could tell me. Like most of the rest of the world i had observed this pair is attacking 2015 organized by a few young men whod grown up europe mostly belgium and france and they turned against europe, these were european men who decided they wanted to join a foreign enemy which was the Islamic State o of crisis and attack
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose. Finance jack bennett. Welcome. Before we begin, just a few notes. First we ask you to silence your cell phones. You dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of the talk but we do want you to be heard in recording. Lastly after the talk please help us including the space by folding up your chairs and link them against the nearest wall. The signing will begin just afterward with a line stretching towards the front of the store books are available for purchase. Todays guest is professor Ganesh Sitaraman who teaches law at vanderbilt law school. Professor sitaraman worked as an advisor to Elizabeth Warren for the 21st century run and served as a genetic counselor in the senate. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Professor sitaraman is a to talk less news book, the public option how to expand freedom
The past so that we can make better informed decisions now. And i love as a military guy, i love looking back at conflict and what led us into those conflicts and how we came out of those conflicts a stronger nation. Grant is certainly one of those books. As i read and learned the role that my great state of ohio played in the civil war and holding our union together, i mean, grant i mean, lincoln had three prominent ohioans that encircled him; salman chase who was his secretary of treasury had been the 23rd governor of ohio, of course, grant became his fighting general, sherman from just a little bit outside of columbus, ohio, became one of grants righthand guys, and sheridan, also from just outside of columbus. General sheridan, another righthand general that played such a prominent role in bringing a decisive conclusion to civil war and avoiding any more bloodshed than we had. So ive enjoyed reading that book. I just finished reading thirteen day by robert f. Kennedy looking at the
A 1st set foot on the moon historic landing was watched on television by hundreds of millions of people around the world its a spectacle that many who saw it have never forgotten lets now relive some of those iconic moments. Back right. Or am. I was in my grandmothers house all watching t. V. What she looked like something absolutely unknown and something impossible. I was with my aunt who was born in 18 in 99. And she was sitting there with me watching a man land on the moon itself Pretty Amazing they didnt even have automobiles when she was 4. Beautiful like really. So she too each state was a pity it wasnt just russians but space travel was developing fast and it was clear to us that many countries would send their astronauts into space and you were in school. Right. But. Of course it was a colossal event. I dont think of ever again such a wake in front of the television at 3 am waiting for something to happen and seem to exist. And thats the latest from daily news stay tuned for ou
Returns home. In tangs. X. She has guided not only germany but europe through the. Cross currents of the changing world. The foreign charm chancellor of germany for an excellent see the lot there are. A standing ovation and an honorary doctorate for the woman who has led germany for nearly 14 years and appearance they had been announced by Harvard University with a glossy promotional trailer. A video with all the trappings of a hollywood blockbuster. Yet just a few months earlier the chancellor had announced she would not seek reelection is a few of them this 4th time will be my last as chancellor of the federal republic of germany. The announcement heralded the end of an era even as other World Leaders came and went until america remained a central figure for 13 years she had served as a mediator and crisis manager on the world stage. How could such a seemingly unassuming woman succeed in remaining in office for so many years. When it comes to being underestimated can be very useful a