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Doubtless, many of you here in this room know mhs is home to the adams family papers and an extensive collection largely comprised of correspondences, letters, books, diaries, literary manuscripts, speeches, legal and business papers of both the senior and junior president s adams as well as all the members of this preeminent political dynasty. These documents remain so vital in our efforts to understand the evolution of american democracy, diplomacy and identity. Mhs strives to make the adams papers and our entire 40 million item collection available to anyone with an interest in american life, culture and history and we do it for free. If you have value resource and enjoyed programming like todays talk and you are not an mhs supporter i encourage you to do so. Tonight represents one of many programs seminars, exhibitions and workshops that we host. If you dont already have a copy of our new Spring Summer calendar grab one on the way out and its on her website. I want to mention we wi
Author of the new right. What is the new right. Guest see if i get the definition correct. Its on page four of the book. Ises the new right is a loosely connected group of individuals united by their opposition to progressivism, which they perceive to be a thinly veiled fundamentalist religious, dedicate to egalitarian principles and intend on World Domination via globalist hegemony. Host the new right is not a word you hear about. You about the altright. What the distinction. Guest the altright is a subset of the new right. Altright into he members the new right who view race at one of the most important issues the discussing socialow political thought. Host normally the aspect of framing for conservativism and the right generally in america is backwards looking. Nostalgia, a return to the past next 1 of 1950s. How is the new right different from that . Guest thats a great question. First of all i always want to point out to conservatives whenever aoc and those tip host alexandria oca
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