Western and can the new deal. He currently writes for a blog, www. Progressiveprofessor. Com. I welcome ron feinman. [applause] thank you very much. I really appreciate your introduction. I want to begin by thanking certain people. I want to thank stephanie and the center for inviting me to speak here on my book. I want to thank cspan for agreeing to indeed tape this event and put it on booktv in few weeks. I want to also thank my son, David Feinman and paul feinman for always being there for me. Were definitely a very close family. I want to also thank one of my colleagues and former students, david glowberg, who took coreses at both Broward College and Florida Atlantic university. He majored in feinman and mine norred in history. He took me eight times and now team e teaches also Broward College and helped me with the power point im going to use because im not that technically savvy, and also with the index and the charts in my book. So i want to different anily thank david for that
Marriage as a norm, but promote emotional and familial stability in whatever forms those families take. So youre asking a question that theres a real fight about. I happen to be on the side that says the kinds of policies i was talking about earlier, the higher minimum courages, expanded welfare programs, more protected pay and reproductive control contributes to stabilizing populations financially that then better enables them to form the kind of bonds and raise the kind of families that are going to be, you know, healthier and more economically stable. Conservatives will tell you that its about repromoting early marriage as the norm. So its a fundamental disagreement. I think were going to have to stop, but thank you all for a great, great discussion. Thank you. [applause] im going to remind you wait. They will be signing books again on the second floor in the gallery . Okay. My instructions are wrong. And dont forget to shop at the book tent and in the gallery. [laughter] youre good
Through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tom
Recently neither man could have known the importance of the meeting at the time. In the 1850s, Pinkertons National Detective Agency would lay the foundation for what would become the most famous Detective Agency. Pinkertops agency focused on criminal matters and was often employed by government agencies. In putting together what would be a talented team of detectives, Timothy Webster who was recommend to pinkerton by a member of the new York City Police force was one of these men. Though he did not join the pinkerton Detective Agency, he may have decided to accept the offer after continuing harassment webster moved his family to illinois and went on to become one of the agencys best detectives. Though quiets and reserved personally, when on a case, webster used an outgoing personally to get information he needed. The skilled detective worked on such interesting cases as tracking the forger uncovering a plot to destroy the rock Island Bridge and investigating grave robberies in chicago.
Our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the pre