Constraining my remarks to that period of time and well be asking the question of what is it like to be arrested during these times in history . An arrest is a simple thing, right . It seems like a simple thing. There are few necessary elements to making something an arrest. The person making the arrest has to be a representative of the state. They must accuse a person of knitting an offense against the community. They must move them from the place within to a place without the community, after making their arrest. So it seems like a fairly simple process. Yet, were absolutely fascinated with the scene of the arrest. And this suggests that there is something more to the arrest that we want to understand. Headlines about arrests always have grabbed attention. These are just several of the headlines that a came through from the 20th century, headlines about arrests. There are thousands and thousands of headlines about arrests. We are all familiar with them from our daily newspapers and j
Local, state and federal legislation has been responsible for americas segregated cities. It is an honor to be here with richard for two reasons. Im a journalist and what that means is my work is deeply dependent on reporting, talking to people, getting to know people, getting into peoples lives, but its based in people who have really the time and the inclination to do the kind of deep research that richard does and demonstrate its. For all the praise i get nor work die, i try to make it clear that it its rooted in folks who do the deep, deep, research, that goes to bones of the country and unearths things were not so interested in talking about. Im deeply thankful to richard and just paying back the favor by being here in conversation with him. This second part is that there is a notion that i have been doing whatever i can to reverse in this country. For a long time we conceived of ourselves as a country with a quoteunquote racial problem and underneath of that is the notion that th
There is an election which had a variety of undemocratic features, but if the question is had there been a free and Fair Election in every regard, what have one . I think the answer is probably yes. All elections have some sort of anomalies. Russia has more than most. But, yes. He would was probably elected democratically. That does not make russia a democracy. Host explain. Guest its more than simply how leaders are selected. It is also how they govern, think there is no doubt that putin governs in a more authoritarian manner, they have far less influence than you would expect in a democratic system, there are questions about judicial independence, not so much for rankandfile individuals who might have suits with one another, but in terms of citizens trying to get recompense for the government for anything. When it comes to the duma, what power doesnt have . In it override alone . Can it enact laws . Guest is really connect laws. It has considerable power on paper, but it is controlle
I teach theories of democracy, democratization, a little statistics and the intro to american government. Host well, were here to talk to you about your book, Popular Support for an undemocratic regime the changing views of russians. Is Vladimir Putin, in your view, democratically elected . Guest yeah, probably. You know, it was a, an election which had a variety of undemocratic features, but if the question is have there with been a free had there been a free and tear election this every regard would he is have won, i think the answer is probably yes. All elections have some sorts of anomalies. Russia has more than most. But, yeah. He was probably elected democratically. That doesnt make russia a democracy. Host explain. Guest well, theres more than simply how leaders are selected. Theres also how they govern. I think theres no doubt that putin governs in a her in a more authoritarian manner. The duma has far less than you would expect many a democratic system. There are questions abo
Author David Horowitzs newest book big agenda, does it feel like the 60s to you in america . Feels much worse than the 60s. First of all the big movement of the 60s was hippies and they were benign in my political view and event the left was not as violent as this left is. I dont recall, it may have happened but i dont recall a speaker invited to a campus being shut down in a way that Charles Murray and mcdonald where they destroyed 100,000 worth of property, six individuals sent to the hospital. This is terrible and i think it comes from the encouragement by the Obama Administration and the Obama Justice department of, you know, violent people. The Civil Rights Movement now celebrates career criminals and freddie gray, freddie who parade on black people, why would anybody go out and defend him and theres no indication that any police were involved in his death at all. Well, i think theres a lot worse than they were then. The new left was committed until the end of the decade to americ