Bring in at the end of this year and this year of discussion. As you know, one of the worlds great Woodrow Wilson experts, one of the two great Woodrow Wilson experts teaches on our faculty. As professor tom not, the other is tony smith. Choose my words very carefully, i found that in the age of trump, it is important to choose your words carefully so i want to tell you why i consider them to be both wilson experts but of a different quality. To my mind, thats not has done more than anyone to tell us what Woodrow Wilson had to deal with, to tell us the history and the moment of Woodrow Wilson, twotime what he confronted and have you confronted it in the world if you live 10. Professor tony smith has done more than anything to tell us why this matters. President since wilson, it has not been a question of whether there will some in but how much and the question that animated Woodrow Wilson, those of democracy and promotion, so much of the subject of his book and work tonight continues t
Escapehe author of from north korea. Book, thanksgiving a holiday at the heart of the beencan experience, has very well received. The tradition here is to give and introduce her, a portion of what you get from this. Theespecially pleased with book. I was so delighted to see she mentioned a little place in virginia, which is now located in charles city county, my birthplace, as one of the places that held a thanksgiving ceremony before the pilgrims. Massachusetts, think that. Join me in welcoming ms. Melanie kirkpatrick. [applause] kirkpatrick good morning. And thanks to harold and frank for your warm welcome. All of you at the forum. 100 was a lot of fun to research. Thenss a historian arthur injured junior agreed it was a thanksgiving that theeeded the pilgrims and indians in massachusetts. Five days from today on this coming thursday, i am pretty sure i know what youre going to have for dinner. Survey, on thee fourth thursday, an astounding 88 percent of americans eat turkey. A meal
Proven guilty saying that there was insufficient evidence that those russian athletes had been doping this was the original cast in twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish thats looking rule violation it was committed concerned its been such an emotional rollercoaster of ours and for these athletes the real saw grafter months weeks years of preparation they had this glimmer of hope last week with the cast the solution that they could go to the games represent their flag their country their of them etc. Although thats been overturned there are still legal routes appeals they could go down but of course the Opening Ceremony has now just finished the games are about to begin whatever Legal Options are available they simply wont have time now to budge them heres some reactions from those athletes many of whom were hoping to even make a debut at their first Winter Olympics i was hoping that cas would rule in our favor right now. I dont know what t
Press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. Then all of the rest of you are invited to purchase and read that volume when it comes out. [laughter] so stay tuned. Its a great pleasure to introduce tonights keynote speaker. Paul Andrew Hutton is an american cultural historian. He is an awardwinning author. He is a documentary writer and television personality. Hi him him him him him he serves as a distinguished professor of history at the university of new mexico. As we all know, he is published quite widely in both scholarly academic venues and popular magazines. And he has reached a very large audience through that kind of work. His work has been recognized far and wide. He is a sixtime winner of the western writers of america spur award and a sixtime winner of the western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and western Heritage Museum for his work in both print and film. It was his book jeremy mentioned the other
[applause] Justice Ginsburg, it is a privilege to welcome you here today. A few years ago, we began inviting people to offer reflections to our entering class. This has been an extraordinary opportunity for our students, as you embark on your legal education, to listen to and learn from someone whose career has shaped the law. And by attending georgetown law, you have chosen to learn the law in a place where laws are made. And this is evident in the speakers who have welcomed our first year students. People have heard from Justice Sotomayor, justice stevens, and the late justice scalia. And we have been so fortunate the last two years, this is the second year in a row, to be joined by the legendary Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] i know a long introduction of Justice Ginsburg is not necessary for georgetown students. You know about her decisions and her pointed and influential dissents. And you will also learn that she occupies a rare place in legal history. Like Justice Thurgo