Partizans the conservative revolutionaries who remade american politics. Nicoles a political historian and founding director of the new center for the study of the presidency at vanderbilt university. Shes also a cofounder of made by history, the historical Analysis Section in the washington post. And she writes regularly for number of other publications and a book six years ago, messengers of the right, nicole traced the emergence of conservative media institutions in the midtwentieth century. In her new work, she examines why the Republican Party in the 1990s shifted from kind of conservativism that Ronald Reagan had represented and the previous decade, a conservative wisdom that was optimistic and, popular to a more pessimistic, angrier, even revolutionary conservativism. It was a period nicole, of intensifying partizan conflict when a new fury took hold on the right and when republicans grew less tolerant of dissension in the ranks and began democrats not as opponents but as enemie
Afternoon. I am a senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute. We are honored today to be joined by senator tim scott from the great state of South Carolina for a conversation on his very important new book america a redemption story, choosing hope, creating unity. Before i introduce senator scott and welcome him to the stage i want to offer a little bit of context as to why the conversation is so important today. How do we take virtues and put them into actions for the communities that have not yet experienced of the American Dream as a senior fellow at aei and someone whose run public Charter Schools more than a decade, i am obsessed with the goal of upward mobility. One of the factors that drive whether a young person of any background acquires the habits of minds and skills that typically lead to success as adults in my time with thousands of Young People Working at teach for america to the white house to mtv to the Gates Foundation and now launching the network of charter h
Welcome to politics and prose. I am brad graham, corner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and we are very delighted this seeking to be hosting Nicole Hemmer who is here to talk about her new book, partisans the conservative revolutionaries who remade american politics in the 1990s. Nicole is a political historian and founding director of the new study of thee presidency at vanderbilt university. She is also a cofounder of made by history, the historical Analysis Section in the shWashington Post and she wris regularly for a number of other publications. In a book six years ago messengers of the right, nicole traced the emergence of conservative media institutions in the mid20th century. In her new book she looks at why the Republican Party in the 1990s shifted from the kind of conservatism that Ronald Reagan had represented in the previous decade, conservatism that was optimistic and popular, to a more pessimistic, angrier, even revolutionary conservatism. It was a per
Number of other publications and a book six years ago, messengers of the right, nicole traced the emergence of conservative media institutions in the midtwentieth century. In her new work, she examines why the Republican Party in the 1990s shifted from kind of conservativism that Ronald Reagan had represented and the previous decade, a conservative wisdom that was optimistic and, popular to a more pessimistic, angrier, even revolutionary conservativism. It was a period nicole, of intensifying partizan conflict when a new fury took hold on the right and when republicans grew less tolerant of dissension in the ranks and began democrats not as opponents but as enemies. What accounted the shift . Well, nicole, a number of factors which shell get into in a minute, but understanding why it happened is important, because it remains very relevant today, as nicole explains. It set republicans on a course that led eventually to the election of donald trump and to the radicalization of the right.
Mission has been to inspire more meaningful and fulfilling lives through an unexpected mix of experiences and embrace the multifaceted identities of we serve. It is rare to hear someone who has witnessed and participate in as much history as our guest this evening. Dr. Henriquez major, in 1938, at 15 years old, he fled nazi germany with his family and five years later was drafted into us army. He would go on to become the National Security advisor and then secretary of state under president s nixon and ford. A recipient of a bronze. The nobel peace prize. The president ial medal of freedom. And the medal of liberty. Dr. Kissinger joins us this evening. Soon after reaching the milestone of turning 99 years old. He recently released his book leadership, six studies in world strategy, which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. The book draws on dr. Kissinger firsthand experience from knowing each of the six leaders he profiles and his insights from participate in many of the events