Now on booktv, nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi adichie delivers the 2015 pen world voices freedom to write lecture. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Im suzanne the executive director of Pen American Center and on behalf of our 4,000 members, its a great honor to welcome you to the tenth annual Arthur Miller freedom to write lecture by Chimamanda Ngozi adichie. [applause] just a word on the first Arthur Miller lecture delivered here in this room in 2006 by his knew appearances observations read as if they could have been written this week. He said respect for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities should never be an excuse to violate freedom of speech. We writers should never hesitate on this matter no matter how provocative the pretext. Our natural deattachments and desire to understand those unlike us should never stand in the way of our respect for human rights but thomas doesnt leave it at that. He goes right on to say he is always had difficulty expressing my polit
Hes a political scientist at grove city college, which along the institutions as hilldale college, they dont which any federal money, means he doesnt have to bend. He can tell it as it is. That is fabulous because we we do not accept any of taxpayers money. Paul kingery is a public intellectual on the conservative side. Hes one of the few who has to break through he has written a number of books on conservative issues, including very , including gays marriage. Thingswritten a few about Ronald Reagan, including the crusader. Last but not least i would like to recognize talking her for appreciating the institute of politics. He has been around the institute , including my mentor such as it is onlyofessor because of the junkyard dog qualities at some of the dinosaurs keep even cap. I have begged them forever, please write books, please provide the truth. Narrative alternative that would shed to shed true light into the past. Instead, most of the cold warriors have left everything in the e
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Philadelphia. That does not just break the record that completely destroyed it. Our previous record 64 degrees much we topped at 71 in allentown a record there. A record in Atlantic City even mount pocono 64 degrees today. And temperatures still very mild at this late hour. 64 in philadelphia. Calm winds. Low 60s down the shore. Still up around 50 degrees right now in the poconos. And weve had a couple of rounds of showers and december thunderstorms over the last two days. And that trend continues on storm scanstormstorm scan3 quiey philadelphia but showers an few imbedded thunderstorm washingtoning their way north eastbound from parts of delaware into our shore points. Cape may picking up heavy downpour right now likely hearing a few rumbles of thunder. Well talk more about rain chances for Christmas Day and another round of record warmth in store and ill have all that in your full forecast in a couple of minutes. Lauren, thank you. Not everyone is cool with this Christmas Eve warmup.
Atmosphere. But that said because such light wind, moisture to work, with we do have dense fog advisory, essentially region wide. Not quite as further inland interestingly enough the further go but weve seen reports now guys of visibilities that are at or under a half mile, so you could easily finds it where you travelment pinpoint this through the next few hours, appears as though the bulk of the Poor Visibility will be basically from outlying suburbs, into i95, point south and east of. That will as we hit say 10 00, 11 00 a. M. , notice how things start to get better. Again future of visibility model that were running for you, but general expectation as visibility start to gradually climb with time here, and will become easier and easier to travel throughout the course of the day with minimal weatherrelated impact. Sixtyseven the current temperature, meantime in ac, very, very warm start to the day, very modest breeze, too, again, to help the fog to form, but watch for that here in t