Cared about words a lot, and so you stayed out of his way when you were editing him and basically in my experience was you said yes or no to what he wanted to do, and you could say no, and its not for us, and but i like to say grow gore vidal. I was going to speak of someone else in the protradition of great writers and essayists contributing to the nation. Tony cushner, who i brought on to the editorial board, he in 1994 was so incensed by Andrew Sullivans piece on the case for gay marriage because it was in a very participatory aroundal capitalist, militaristic framework and we talked about it and he wanted to reply. I knew as victor has done brilliantly over the years he wanted to put tony cushner with any copkind, who had, who was really someone who came to the nation with a sensibility the nation had not had and did the first issue on gay rights called the gay moment when victor was editor, but in that piece, tony finally produced called the socialism of the skin its an extraordin
That was more important. When in the middle of that situation, the thenpublisher didnt want to give us an option to buy it. He had it was for sale for 150,000. But we needed 1 million in order to go into business because it was losing a certain amount of money every year. I had told ham, its useless if you dont have an option because who knows what will happen. So edgar came to a meeting with ralph nader, a man named ping ferry, who is a marvelous guy, and his wife, and ham and me, to get the option. They spoke eloquently, with edgar leading the way on why he ought to give the option and how, et cetera. So they had a funeral this morning for the family, and what i said there is i blame edgar for the next 20 years of my life, because he was as responsible as anyone else for my getting there. So i came to the nation when, finally, the funding was in place and we got the opportunity to go there. I, of course, had not finished naming names. I spent too much time raising money along with ha
Cohosted the event. It is one hour and 45 minutes. Panel withernoons the legacy of John Marshall today, perfectly embodies the mission of the foundation. It is to educate the public about the rule of law and the constitution through the character and services of americas great chief justice. , with professional development, continuing program such as today and through a variety of awareness through this time. Marshall is a chief justice with the National Constitution center curated by our own kevin walsh. Website for out our more information about that exhibit and other events. Look far inve to our legal system today to see if the influence of marshall. I am as eager as you to hear from our scholars on this topic. I am honored to turn over the panel for their introduction to the honorable richard leon a Senior District judge of the states District Court. Judge leon was appointed to the District Court in 2002. While in private practice he irancontra and whitewater investigation. In addi
Monday morning. Join the discussion. Discussedder ginsburg her life and career out of four of at Stanford University at a forum at Stanford University. [applause] good evening. It is my very great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for this years lecture on a Meaningful Life. Tonight, we are deeply honored to have as our speaker associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ice of the supreme couf the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [applause] on the last day of his business law class one spring, the lecture was such a success that it turned into an annual tradition at stanford for many years until the professor retired. It was revived in 2008, supported by a generous gift to the office of religious life by the foundation for global communities, which established the henry and Amelia Rathbun bond fund for exploring for what leads to a Meaningful Life. Year, a visiting fellow is selected to come to stanford to deliver this lecture and to spe
Monday morning. Join the discussion. Discussedder ginsburg her life and career out of four of at Stanford University at a forum at Stanford University. [applause] good evening. It is my very great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for this years lecture on a Meaningful Life. Tonight, we are deeply honored to have as our speaker associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ice of the supreme couf the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [applause] on the last day of his business law class one spring, the lecture was such a success that it turned into an annual tradition at stanford for many years until the professor retired. It was revived in 2008, supported by a generous gift to the office of religious life by the foundation for global communities, which established the henry and Amelia Rathbun bond fund for exploring for what leads to a Meaningful Life. Year, a visiting fellow is selected to come to stanford to deliver this lecture and to spe