Veterans began . This actually started which stems from a documentary i did on the mississippi delta chinese. And i needed to find the right hook to tell the story of the Chinese Americans in the mississippi delta. Chinese American History is not sexy, so it took me almost 20 years to find the right way to tell this story, compelling enough to bring it a full audience. And i had the good fortune of meeting doctor Gwendolyn Gong who did a tremendous amount of research on the veterans, Service Personnel from mississippi delta. And from there, we discussed and talked about how to create a three part series that aired on pbs on the chinese and mississippi delta, and that got me interested in the world war ii veterans. So, honor and duty is really a compendium that all 22,000 plus Chinese Americans that served in world war ii, is that correct . Thats correct. This research was conducted over three years time. Actually, just a bit more than three years. We have been able to identify 22,827 w
Freedom Coalition Founder ralph reed who over the next two hours will be talking your calls and comments. His books include act of faith and for god and country which was published earlier this year. Host author ralph reeding when we asked you what some of your books are, the first one you listed was the bible. Is the bible a political book . Guest i dont think of it that way. Certainly, it has instruction about Civic Affairs and politics and how we order our societies, but i for me, obviously, the bible is primarily the revelation of gods man and principles for humanity and the best huawei to know best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy with him. And if you believe in the new testament, as i do, his son, jesus christ. I also think as a trained historian its one of the most important history books that youll ever read. I mean, if you want to understand the ancient world, theres no better Single Source than the bible. Its all there, the rise and fall of empires fr
Find it where you listen to podcasts. So, today were going to be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places we set aside as parks and protected areas. The intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of the protective spaces but to make the process more visual, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time but why they have changed over time. We think of some things staying the thing. This changes things. Thats the focus were going to aim at today. And im going to theres often a presumption that Public Ownership is the best way to protect ownership. We see the series on americas parks called americas best idea, that natural spaces that have trails and for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure pristine nature thats had some boundaries put around it and its been kept the same like a vase in a museum, just kind of static and never cha
The bible is primarily the revelation of gods plan and principles for humanity. And the best way to know is the keys to living a godly life with intimacy and if you believe in the new testament the son jesus christ. Its one of the most important history books youll ever read. If you want to understand the ancient world there is no better Single Source than the bible. With the babylon to the neo persians to the greeks and their roman empire. Finally even if you dont share my faith for the jewish for Christian Faith and even if you only have a monotheistic view of the world some scripture is timeless and eternal and most important never written. Host how did you come to your Christian Faith . I was raised in the church. My parents grew up in the methodist church. My best friend was the son of my a pastor and then chairman of the board of deacons and elders and my mother was the head of the methodist youth fellowship i grew up going to methodist youth camp and going on going to sunday sch
Americans in this country. Wearing masks in. Front of them. Pleaded with the government to bring forward the measure coronavirus cases in some regions. I. Want to count on a deployed in israel where the public frustrated with the governments response to the pandemic as well as a Corruption Scandal involving the Prime Minister. By the very good morning to be international. Must begin in the u. S. City off portland which has seen protesters against Police Brutality and racial inequality setting fire to the Police Association building accuse local authorities of failing to contain the. Internists land the president s decision to deploy federal agents in the city correspondent run guess the of looks of the Bigger Picture surrounding the recent escalation. For 15 nights protests and riots have raged in the city of portland what began as a stand against racism is morphing into Something Else into wellness the scale version of the civil war except this time it is of their north against the so