Responsibility narrative, blaming people who fall off the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. Watch kevin meredith, nicholas kristof, this weekend on booktv on cspan2. In his next booktv discussion, michael lind says democracies are being unraveled by new class war. Welcome to the Hudson Institute policy center. I am john walters, chief operating officer. I would like to welcome our audience here to our Pennsylvania Court is an cspan audience to our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season premiere of podcast, the Second Season of the realignment, my hudson media fellows. We are proud of the realignment. The podcast launched last year and i recommend for those who havent been following it that you take a look at the episodes from last year particularly the conversation with mike pompeo, josh holly, Mike Gallagher and others. It is an Excellent Program partly because of the two people together who bring out topics into moving the argument along. W
Proud of the realignment of the podcast last year especially for those who have not been following that that you take a look at the episodes of last year those conversations with secretary of state mike pompeo and Mike Gallagher and others with an Excellent Program with their ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along we went to thank them for that we are happy to launch this Years Program as many of you know is a prolific writer with a dozenf books and cofounder of the new American Foundation toy encourage from Walter Russell mead a professor at the university of texas and important for tonights conversation the author of the new class war faith in democracy from the managerial elite was just published today so we are just here at the launch congratulations. A direct line between the new class war and that which best exemplified the next American Revolution and whether you agree witham this interpretation of politics since world war ii to demonstrate thatst serious eff
My question is why you are surprised that america is now failing with moral issues and and government and privacy all over the world has been promoting selfishness, self interest, sex , corruption and a lot of other materialistic requirements and subsequently they have affected this country whether one way or another, it has come to this country and has been the result of the same policies, why are you surprised . First, im not entirely surprised. I think most people of goodwill on both sides of the proverbial aisle are not surprised but i think the best way to answer you is in this way, because itsprings from our book. Our Founding Fathers and mothers, and we know this from diaries, letters, observations, were very interested in that proverbial moment in western civilization where it ceased to be the Roman Republic where things were relatively free and became the roman empire. That people ceased being citizens and they became subjects, right . Not under the direction of the relative f
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, a Beautiful Day in washington dc. I always say that but it is. The sun has come out, the rain has stopped and here we are, great day to be alive at the Heritage Foundation. My name is lee edwards, at the Heritage Foundation, i am so pleased to be able to introduce our speaker. It is all too easy these days to focus on the negative in our nation. From School Shootings and the declining sunday attendance in our churches to racist rhetoric, hyper partisanship in our politics. It is tempting to turn off the tv, close down all the apps and adopt the benedict option. That is not what we are about here. That is not the american way. We never surrendered to doubt and despair even in time of war or economic or cultural crisis. Since our founding 234 years ago americans have always risen to any challenge in our lives, liberty and our happiness. Always there have reason in time of crisis men and women who called forth the best of us, the better angels of our
Mark Hello America i am market trend two and this is life, Liberty Levin sunday. Thank you for being here. When i was growing up it wasnt that long ago but long enough, i really look forward to television on saturdays and sundays. Particularly in the evening. I was glued to the screen watching the firing line with the great bill buckley. Even pbs from time to time particularly when they ran a series of free to choose based on milton freedmans book. We are introduced to great men so many others ronald reagan. I miss that today, i really do. Tv has changed a lot. We have and that is okay. I tried to do this program a little differently, slow things down, think about it, dig a little more deeply even go into the great philosophers and writers and so forth. We have two great guest this evening with Victor Davis Hanson and Newt Gingrich. I will be a great show not because of me but because of them. But i do want to dig deeply. When you look at what has happened to our Justice System and the