All right good evening and welcome everyone. Very excited for you to be here for our modern age panel a initt eisai to move modern age to the forefront of the conversations taking place in and around the country. So look to many more of these evenings with history of modern in case some of you arent familiar. Modern age was founded by kirk in 1959, but he actually had the idea for modern age in 1951. And in 1951, he began to circulate a prospect to various investors in the midwest and. His target readership was quote, professors, clergymen, leaders of businessmen in government and and this is important. Those reflect so i will leave it to you, whether you are the you know, titans of industry and the powerful men of government, or whether you are those, you know, obscure people preserving, the balance. But well, that statement is amusing. I do think it sort of its sort of a fundament. Its a statement about the dignity of ordinary people because who is preserving the equilibrium in socie
Theres something for every cspan fan and everypurchase helps support our nonprofit operations. Shop now anytime at cspan shop. Org. Since 1979 in partnership the cable industry cspan has provided coverage of the halls of congress from house and Senate Floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and committee hearings. Cspan is you a front row seat to how issues are debated anddecided with no comment, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. Cspan your unfiltered of government. I now have the privilege of introducing the winner of this years prize for the conservative book of the year. This years winner is doctor Daniel J Mahoney for his book the statesman as thinker portraits of courage and moderation. [applause] dans book strikes the perfect theme for the weekend introducing a new generation to some of the greatest thinkers and statesmen inhistory from cicero to edmund burke , george washington, abraham lincoln, Charles De Gaulle and many more and it exemplifies how one can c
I had the privilege of introducing the winner of this year henry and Anne Cote Taylor prize for the conservative book of the year. This years winner is dr. Daniel mahoney for his book the statesman as thinker portraits of greatness, courage, and moderation. [applause] dans book strikes a perfect name for introducing a new generation to some of the greatest thinkers and statesmen in history from cicero to de tocqueville Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill Charles Degaulle and many more and it exemplifies how one can combine action through the virtue of prudence especially amid very difficult circumstances. Dan has been involved with isi for decadesca and hes taught in the Honors Program for over 15 years and has published three books with isi in addition to riding regularly for modern age and lecturing on College Campuses across the country. He is the emeritus at the Claremont Institute and senior rider at l 30 and he received his. A ta from the college of hoy cross and his m. A. And
Org. Library of congress festival Live Saturday 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. It doesnt just look like this, it looks like this. Americans can see democracy at work and truly informed. Straight from the sources cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. The opinion that matters the most, this is what democracy looks like. Good evening and welcome, excited for you to be here. Regime change, this is part of a new initiative i advised to the forefront in d. C. And the country. I look forward to many more evenings with you. I want to share the history of modern age in case you arent familiar. In 1951, circulate a perspective of investors in the midwest and target leadership was professors, clergyman, men in government and reflective people walks of life who preserve equilibrium of life so i will leave it to you whether your the industry and the powerful men of government or scare people preserve and develop but what it is amusing, its a fundamental statement about the dignity of ordinaryu
Live saturday, beginning at 9 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. All right, good evening and welcome, everyone. Very excited for you to be here for our modern aged panel on patricks new book, regime change. This is part of a new initiative at isi taking place in and around the country, look forward to many more of these evenings with you. First and foremost i wanted to share history about the modern age in case some of you arent familiar. Modern age was founded by russell kirk in 1959, but he actually had the idea for modern age in 1951. And in 1951, he began to kirk late a perspective to various investors in the midwest and his target readership was quote, professors, clergymen, leaders of business, men in government and, and this is important, those reflective people in obscure walks of life who preserve the equilibrium of any society. So, i will leave it to you, whether you are the, you know, the titans of industry and the powerful men of government or whether youre the obscure people preserv