The National Constitution Center Hosted a discussion with legal scholars on the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Guaranteeing women the right to vote. It was moderated by jeffrey rosen, president of the ncc. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. And to todays version of americas town hall. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution. And as folks who have joined us before know, we begin our programs by reciting together the National Constitution centers inspiring mission. So we can prepare ourselves for the learning ahead. Here we go. Recite virtually after me. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is a wonderful recitation, and before we begin, i want to provide a quick plug for our next town hall on august 4th, please join us for the 2020 annual S
I caught it a long time ago, we somehow, too, i dont remember , we had a lot, we flew to a concert in noyabrsk this city is also very far away somewhere in siberia where for. The next 300 km or 400 not a single living soul, only oil and these gas wells are just oil and gas magnates, we flew in a helicopter for a very long time and arrived at some place, a river and just a lot of holes of guys sitting, yes, yes, yes, and i just caught one after one, one after another, and it was incredible this was the only pleasure i had during this winter ice fishing , by the way, you know the joke when its about fishing, when, that means, the fisheries inspector is such a guy , he comes on a boat, hes like, well, little guy, youre in trouble, you cant catch fish here, but thats how you are if you catch everything, now well issue a fine, he says what fish to catch, im not a fisherman at all, he says, this is my pet fish, it lives at my house, some have dogs, some have cats, i have this fish, its train
But prior to that. Youre a journalist for many years. How did you make that transition . Well, id reached the point where i thought i had sort of fulfilled whatever plan i could have in journalism. In the sense that ive been a Foreign Correspondent a variety of places. Ive been an editor and the president chairman of random house said, you know journalism is really not a fit profession for growing and if you ever get serious, call me. So i did and they found a position for me is a Senior Editor at random house, which was obviously a great place to go and so i sort of made a lateral move. Out of the Washington Post into being a first book editor and eventually a book publisher. So it was a midcareer move. I brought with me all the experience. I had in journalism, which turned out to be very valuable and connections. So i i know one of the last thing i realized almost as soon as i got there that the difference is in the newspaper business you went out and got the story in the Publishing
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On cspan. In partnership with the library of congress, cspan brings you books that shaped america. Our series explores key works of literature that ive had a profound impact on the country. In this program the journals of lewis and clark, from their tour of discovery published in 1814. In 1803 the size of the United States nearly doubled with the Louisiana Purchase, the vast tract of land was largely unknown. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore and map the newly acquired territory. There crew of explores juried up the Missouri River, cross the Rocky Mountain and the Pacific Coast. Lewis and clarks twoyear tour of discovery ended in september 1806 and they returned with maps, sketches and it journals. Detailing the regions path, animal life, geography and indigenous people. In 1814 Many Americans were able to learn for the first time about the western land, upon the publishing of the book titled history of the expedition under the comman