And then welcome. Thank you for joining us today for the july installment of the and lecture series on the topic of Herbert Hoover versus the Great Depression. My is noah gould and i manage alumni and student programs here at the acton institute. I would like to thank our generous donors as well as all who make events like these possible. The format of this event will be a 30 minute lecture followed by a q a this event is being recorded and streamed live, so please wait for the microphone to be passed you for your question. It is my privilege today to introduce dr. George nash. Dr. Nash was born in holyoke massachusetts. He received his ph. D. In history from harvard university. Dr. Nash is the author, the conservative intellectual movement in america since 1945, which is considered foundational work in its field. Dr. Nash is an authority on the life of president Herbert Hoover. Between 1975 and 1995, he lived in iowa near the Herbert Hoover president ial library, where he prepared thr
It slowly began to sink can that there is something. That working in conjunction with this rising popularity of all things southern about the same time is going to make kentucky look appealing and another reason that the balance south was having a resurgence of popularity about this time in the late 1890s early 19 hundreds is because the daughters of confederate veterans are going all over the south and building memorials to the confederates. We got one in lexington. This is what started the entire research for me. I wondered whyi wondered why we can have a guy a horse in front of an old courthouse confederate guy who actually was courtmartialed always waiting for courtmartialed to take place when someone often because he lost control of his men. His own army is going to courtmartialed and. Now he is made into a hero in lexington. He was raised here. He is on this horse and still is downtown. Why could this happen when we were union state . We were not neutral, as they taught generatio
Publication of James Mcphersons the war that forged a nation, and louis masurs lincolns last speech. As i said before i really wanted to do this event because over the years i have been educated and stimulated by reading these two historians. And i also got an extra bonus on baseball from louis masurs book on the first world series in 1903. But as when you actually spent time lobbying the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 65 and all the Voting Rights acts after that this book, these books in the work of these authors this isnt their only work as you know. Helps us to understand why the civil war, its causes, its aftermath and matters affecting raise, regional conflicts within our borders the boundaries between state and national authority, Nation Authority was a word that lincoln used, and with the the significance of the game change a, the postcivil war amendments, and how long it took, to have a way of making them real. So we are often a people who have trouble wi
Runner always a gun runner. So thats how the book ends, and thats where so he wound up got six and you get a little reduction. Thank you so much, guy. Thank you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news. Scheduling updates behind the scenes pictures and videos, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. Fox news anchor Gretchen Carlson e recalls her life and career in broadcasting, next, on booktv. Good evening. My name is john, i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial founding, i want to welcome all of you and thank you for coming this evening. In honorable men and women in uniform who defend our freedomridge the world if you would please stand and join me with the pledge of allegiance. I policemen allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Th
Foundation. It is my pleasure to introduce peterest, congressman roskam. Term. Serving in his sixth he is a graduate of the university of illinois and he earned a law degree from the Chicago Institute of technology. He is a member of the house ways and Means Committee where he served as chairman of the panel tax committee. We are fortunate to have the congressman with us today because in this role he will no doubt be playing an important developthe effort to debate and pass fundamental tax reform. In his remarks today he will discuss three things that animates his work in the 105th congress. Job opportunities for all americans. Less code that is fair and burdensome. The Internal Revenue reform. Hope that we will follow his lead to develop fundamental tax reform consistent with these goals. Ourse join me in welcoming guests at the lectern, congressman peter roskam. [applause] thank you. my wife elizabeth, she was telling the story that as we walked up the are, 30 years ago they were ser