Future. So is id moved up to missoula where i was living next to, as it happened, the Railroad Tracks in a dirt cheap apartment, and i decided, you know what . I really ought to get a telephone even though i cant really afford it. So i called up the local service provider, and they thoroughly botched the job and then sent me a bill for it. And, boy, was i mad. You know, how can they get away with this . This is outrageous. How can i fight this . I know, im going to write something about it. But, wait, im no longer a journalist, this is no longer possible. Maybe i can freelance something. So i walked down to the local allweekly which brad edited, and i told the receptionist, hi, im here, id like to write a story about how terrible the phone company is. [laughter] and she says, okay. Wait just a minute. And then, you know, i hear her footsteps going up the stairs and, you know, i hear this and then i hear brads voice for the very first time saying, no, no, i really dont have time for thi
When we were parol with these guys. But im talking about people that have helped come under that classification that now because of law we can find for themselves a safe product to live. Same thing with the gun situation. If you go to drop it off and then you end upped getting arrested for something. Sometimes we have to pull it back. D i will say they need to be questioned that you were not happy. You have something you wanted to add . Er yeah, i just wanted to say that at this stage kind of going back to what ambassador blackwell said with regard to crime. Because i worked the last seven years with the perfect dog las ound dation. Foundation. I think that we have a tremendous opportunity right now because many of theme candidates with regard to the second amendment. They have a second amendment. But yet they come from community where is they do have huge problems as it relates to guns and crime. The point im making is that we toe such a great opportunity really help to shape thought
Largescale farming. The American Renewable Energy summit was held in aspen colorado earlier this year. Up next here on cspan, two keynote speeches from the conference. Well hear from lester brown author of more than 50 books including the great transition shifting from fossil fuels to Renewable Energy. And mike phillips, of the turner endangered species fund. On animal and plant species that are going extinct. [applause] thank you chip. Thank you for organizing our day and thanks for the invitation to come back again. My topic, as i recall, is the great transition. The great transition is a shift from coal and oil to solar and wind. And most of us know about a Little Solar Energy and a little wind farm there. But things are happening very fast now. I think were going to see about a half century of change compressed into the next decade. And were going to see a complete restructuring after the world Energy Economy. A decade from now, the principal sources of energy in the world will be
Holiday weekend on the cspan networks. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, elana kagan at princeton university. Sunday evening at 8 00, glenn kessler. , damon root of the longstanding battle of Supreme Court activism and judicial restraint. Sunday at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, jonathan yardley, who recently retired after 33 years with the washington post. War. N3, the civil sunday afternoon at 4 00 on real fire, a 19 65 by film the chronicles the 84th Infantry Division during the battle of the bulge. Find our complete schedule at www. Cspan. Org. Let us know about the programs let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Call us at the number on your screen. Email us, or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. On the next washington moore willtephen talk about legislative priorities for the new congress. Then a discussion to prevent Sexual Assault on college campuses. John foubert is part of the Nonprofit Organization 1 in 4. Later
Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and professor ilan stavans starts off with a discussion about his latest book, a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. Hello and welcome. Happy sunday morning, everybody. I name is nathan. Im here with ilan stavans, professor of latin american latino studies at amherst college, author of last time i counted about 10,000 books. The latest of which is a most imperfect union a contrarian history of the United States. It is do you call it a graphic novel if its nonfiction . We have in