Mass society requires the expenditure of money from the humblest hand bill to leaflets to political ads run during prime time on tv, radio and other mass media to putting up billboards, putting up yard signs or in the modern internet age putting up a website all of that costs money. And, you know, the days when you could stand on a soap box in the Boston Common and speak politically to get people to accept your ideas or to vote for you as a candidate are long gone and, frankly, even then you want to be effective, it costs money and, again, those who say, well, the framers never imagined that the First Amendment would protect money spent on political speech, political activity, well, excuse me, but one of the greatest works in america that helped spur our revolution, Thomas Paynes common sense it cost money to write it, publish it, print it and distribute it and the federalist papers which helped get our constitution accepted by the states were printed in broad sheets which were the equ
The voluntary association of three or more countries. One example of supranationalism is the European Union an Economic Alliance designed to improve european competitiveness in the world economy. But this alliance is more than just economic. It is also europes attempt to forge a community with common values, even as individual state identity is maintained. Strasbourg is located on the border of france and germany and has endured centuries of conflict between those two nations. Today, it is one seat of the European Union a symbol of modern unity. As political boundaries become more permeable, perceptions of place change as well as deeper, more personal meanings of national identity. When state boundaries become porous, what does it mean to be french or german or european . Strasbourg serves as one of three centers for the European Union. This mediumsized city of 250,000 is not a major player in europes financial or industrial arenas. So why is it playing such an Important Role in europe
The Treasury Department plays a roll in National Security affairs. Structure reform thats occurring, doesnt have payoffs next a discussion on the future of the European Union. Youll hear from Foreign Policy analysts and the center for a new american strategy, along with a former german ambassador to the u. S. Some of the topic discussed include the recent European Parliamentary elections, the relationship between the u. S. And eu and response to the intervention in ukraine. This is a little more than an hour. On his ard work inputting these events in place. Weve got four fantastic speakers for this session, so ill do you all a favor. Not waste any more of your time. Were going to go in order, starting with Andy Moravcsik on the far right. Andy. Great. Thank you very much for having me. I wanted to dispel a little of the gloom starting with optimism. It will be sweet and sour here. Every American Administration starts by turning to asia, somewhere in asia and ends up back in europe. Thi
Make it impossible for me to do my job and i will make those decision based on what i think is the right thing to do. And im not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody and i said it whether its congress, the newspaper, editorial boards, or the president. Really . What a smack. Such defiance, such that i have to suspect that punch is a ploy. Distract the media with the drama while ignoring the fact that the explanation for barr about how it happened here with stone, tough to believe. Another clue to a potential kenard. Trump let the disrespect go. The white house says it wasnt bothered by barrs comments at all. He has the right, mr. Barr, just like any citizen to publicly offer his opinions. The president has full faith and confidence in attorney general barr to do his job and uphold the law. Never heard him say that about anybody who said anything close to what barr just did. I wonder y. I also wonder, whats scarier, that is a part of our job tonight, to look at this question, tr