Put this bike of a drawing compass into a map of virginia at dairy farm, George Washingtons boyhood home, extent of the like of the compass of reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle. Whence in it not only washington but also Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their home. From this small expanse of land on a north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s. A dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, created the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I spent most of last that reading it and its a wonderful chronicle, four major leaders and interconnected networks that tied them together at the founding of this country. Its a story that evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Dr. Cheney is a longtime member of aei faculty so want to take a moment to knowledge how much we all appreciate her scholarship and intellectu
Little bit of time to prepare for this interview, i want to start because you wrote a piece in 2017 the unloaded pretty strong on President Trump for various overreach in the exercise of executive power and now youre presenting him as a defender of the Constitutional Order regarding president ial powers, i want to ask you what changed your vehicle, how did you move from where you were before to what you have presented in your new book . Thank you for inviting me too come along with you and we are looking forward to this conversation and as you know ive been a meyer on your work with executive privilege, that should be a lot of fun, i started out weary and President Trump, was not a supporter in the 2016 election and the thing that worried me is he was a populist and constitution seems designed to stop populace. It is fairly antidemocratic in nature in a lot of ways like the senate and judicial review in the Electoral College, the presence of the states as important parts of the constit
We are using this time to reach out to our senior phallus, friends and constituents to talk about the important issues and ethics in public life that are at the heart of the councils work. So thank you all for joining us. Todays topic is democracy on the verge, leadership in times of crisis. This title is a play on the title of the new book, lincoln on the verge, 13 days to washington, written by our good friend and carnegie fellow ted widmer. Great to see you ted. Thank you its good to be here. Im going to let ted described the book i will set the outset it is really a thriller. The book is cinematic, its philosophical, it is a great story. And for me it is inspirational. Like all of teds work, lincoln on the verge, uses the path to enlightenment future and suggest a better future. This is not a bad formula for an entrant understanding the intersection of ethics and Public Policy for this and many other reasons im grateful to ted for his own leadership in our field. In addition to his
It is the most popular morning table new show on the planet for 213 months and two weeks and four days, is that right brian . You might also know brian from his radio show which the brain kill me show which is on 150 radio stations across the country and tuckers magazine named him the ten most important talk radio host in america. And get this, between tv and radio brian is on the airway six hours a day five days a week. And yet he has found the time to write a string of New York Times bestselling books, George Washington secret six, Thomas Jefferson and the triple e pirates, Andrew Jackson and the miracle of new orleans all told his books have reached over 2. 5 million readers around the world which is fairly impressive. [applause] these are history books, its impressive. His latest book which we are celebrating tonight is sam houston and ill move injured its another bestseller and debuted last week as number three on the New York Times bestseller list. [applause] unfortunately the li
History inf american the middle of the 19th century, when nothing much happened. It was just the womens movement, and the country divided in two, and spiritual spiritualists, dt bonomo, all part of the same cultural moment. Just in case you were getting bored, there was a war, a dreadful war where 750,000 people were killed. Thats probably notgure that is not has been finished being revised upward. Then there was the period of reconstruction in the south. At the same time, settlement in the west, the gold rush back in 1848. It completed with the slow and painful and very disturbing removal, of the indians from that particular part of the country. Just a few things that i concerned my with that i concern myself with for the last years. The strange and complex series of moments in American History populated by very a very Unusual Group of people you wouldnt think of necessarily occupying the same historical time, never mind place. I would introduce some of the names. Ulysses s grant and