[ applause ] thank you. President , mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here. And i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times
The end of the decade. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. [ cheers and applause ] mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman miller within mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor. And i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here and particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. But we meet in an hour of change and challenge in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. Despite the striking fact, that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this nations own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 yea
Mr. Vice president , governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley and congressman miller, mr. Webb, mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and im particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. We stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. The despite the striking fact that most of the scientists the world has ever known are alive and working today. Despite the fact this nations own manpower is doubling every 10 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole. Despite that, the vast stretch
Nations capitol to wherever you are to get the opinion that matters the most of your own. This is what democracy looks like cspan powered by cable. For month now cindy carter has lived looking forward to each saturday. Thats when she takes flying lessons at the centerville airport. This particular saturday, shes hoping it will be one she would never forget. A happy girl, a bit of a giggler with little o on her miepgd rigt now except her flying and the possibility she might solo today. Yet within two hours she will face the greatest challenge of her life. It seems fine day for flying, calm air, and no low hanging clouds. But appearances can be deceiving. A low pressure system is drawing in warmm. Exceptionally moist surface air from the gulf of mexico with low levels very dry hot air from the southwest. And cold, dry surface air from the north. Unaware ofth the dramatic weathr changes just over the horizon, cindy and her instructor continue the lesson. Made that into the wing hey i do t
For questions from audience. I had a couple of questions weve received over the internet. For the last 15 minutes or so lets talk about kind where the Roberts Court is and where the Roberts Court is going. We 15 years of the Roberts Court. What do you guys think of the most significant decisions the court has issued during that time . Citizens united, the heller case, marriage. You are clearly ready for that one. I think also juvenile Death Penalty. You know, the juvenile Death Penalty and the rulings on whether you can execute somebody who may not be technically, but is challenged. Cutting back on the Death Penalty in cases not involving murder and cutting back on juvenile life without parole. So the court has narrowed harsh punishment across a number of dimensions spent except for the Medicaid Expansion these. Its basically like an overruling of [inaudible] south dakota. Right. Be interesting to me, the Court Decision about suits unite this but because of the court held as a legal ma