Taft our musical first lady. You opened the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, shes the most obscure, but you say she deserves better from history. Tell me quickly why she deserves better than being obscure . Mr. Gould well, because she did some things that were, as youve mentioned in your opening, about that were very constructive, i mean, the cherry trees, bringing the Classical Music musicians to the white house, and, generally, trying to make washington the Cultural Center of the nation. That was her ambition. Now, it didnt work out because of medical reasons. But she had an agenda that would have made her rank with Eleanor Roosevelt or Lady Bird Johnson in terms of transforming washington had things gone the other way. Ms. Swain she also seemed to have an agenda to get her husband to the white house. Mr. Gould yes, the story is that she decided when she visited the white house in the hayeS Administration, hey, i want to do that as well. Its somewhat overd
The American Conservative Union hosted this multiday conference. Here is author amitys shlays on her book, the author of the Great Depression. Yesterday right here at cpac, President Trump promised that the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. The forgotten men s, said the president , is the heart of this new movement. And this is not the first time President Trump referred to the forgotten men, right . As early as Election Night in his acceptance speech the president mentioned a forgotten man in his inaugural address, President Trump promised the forgotten man, everybody is listening to you now. So President Trump has made the forgotten man his hero, mascot, his meme, right . So im here to talk about who precisely the forgotten man is. In fact in the United States two forgotten men figure in our history and they are not on the same side. Its conflict. Its kind of two forgotten men at odds in a wrestling match of forgotten men. Which man the president cho
Thank you, john. I am delighted to introduce paul , the director of the center for vision and values, which focuses on advancing freedom with christian scholarship. Paul is also a visiting fellow with the Hoover Institution on war, revolution and peace at stanford university. Hes a frequent contributor to msnbc, cspan and fox news. In addition hes written for the New York Times, wall street journal, Political Science quarterly and many other publications. Among the numerous books he has offered are the crusader, Ronald Reagan and the fall of god and of Ronald Reagan, god and george w. William p. Clark, Ronald Reagans top hand. Today i am excited paul will be focusing on his newly released book, dupes however service have been manipulated how progressives have been manipulated for centuries. We are looking forward to hearing your discussion on this aspect of history the prominent role of the duped. Please help me welcome dr. Paul kengor. [applause] thank you, heather. John and everybody
Among the numerous books he has offered are the crusader, Ronald Reagan and the fall of communism, god and of Ronald Reagan, god and george w. Bush, and william p. Clark, Ronald Reagans top hand. Today i am excited paul will be focusing on his newly released book, dupes however service have been manipulated how progressives have been manipulated for centuries. We are looking forward to hearing your discussion on this aspect of history the prominent role of the duped. Please help me welcome dr. Paul kengor. [applause] thank you, heather. John and everybody here heritage, everybody for coming. Lee edwards. I really struggled with how to organize this talk because i turned in the manuscript of two 250,000 words and about 1000 pages, and i think god and Ronald Reagan was around 100,000 words. It gives you an idea of how enormous the task was and how many dupes are out there. I am not joking when i say this could be volume one in a multi volume stat set. I did not know where to stop. There
Applying for state funding through iowas high quality jobs program. The Program Offers taxpayer funding to companies for creating a set number of jobs. The program also requires a matching contribution from the city where the company is located. The iedas agenda lists other iowa businesses under its Financial Assistance awards discussion. But the details are hard to come by. The agency is not releasing how much money dupontpioneer is applying for. Or the job creation goals tied to it. The lack of information ahead of tomorrows vote calls into question the programs claims that it is quote, administered in an efficient, accountable and transparent manner. Despite the apparent secrecy. Mayor paula dierenfeld. The city of johnston. And state are working hard to make sure pioneer stays deeply rooted in johnston. we do appreciate the fact that governor branstad, senator grassley and Debbie Durham with the ieda worked so hard with us in order to make the best pitch that we can to keep pioneer