Thomas west talks about his book, the political theory of the american founding. This is just under two hours. Well, tom, i would like to welcome you to georgetown law and the seminar recent books on the constitution to discuss your wonderful new book. For the benefit of those who are watching outside the room, you e the ball ermnan potter endowed professor at hills dale college in michigan. The name of the book we will be talking about is the the political theory of the american founding, natural rights, public passly and the moral conditions of freedom. Thanks for being here and the recent book seminar. Before we summarize what the book is about, let me ask you what the origin of this the pack was and how it fits within your larger academic agenda . Right. This is a topic, the political theory of the founding that i have been thinking about since about 19 3, so name the date, when i was invited up to a conference to write on a topic of that is correct the relationship between the fou
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Boycotts on both sides of the spectrum . I think that the political boycotts will pretty much fall flat. It only works when theres a lot of Media Attention on the companies. Youve seen, for example, 55 out of 144 companies have conceded to their customers when theres a change, but when it comes to these political boycotts, its different than a traditional boycott. Whats becoming so strange, eric, the fact that you have the ceos of the companies coming out and really being outright political, stating their opinions, instead of really just focusing on what products they want to sell and for customers, its a turnoff. They want to say i like my latte, i want it buy it and move forward on it, so, i really find that it really its shortlived these political boycott. Eric lets talk about about youre going to buy the tesla order . I was considering buying a tesla, but now that theyre on the board, im reconsidering it. Eric why . I have problems with donald trump and anybody who is on that may b
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Conversation with president obama. Donald trump, lining up around the block to call him on his statements, he doubles down. How about this . Steph curry will not play in the olympics, he has a sore knee. The gold medal edition of Varney Company is about to begin. [laughter]. Oh, yes, but there is another terror attack in europe in istanbul. Half the city in europe, half in asia, a car bomb and a plus carrying riot police, at least 11 dead. It came right at rush hour. A sophisticated Remote Control. Ashley as you mentioned in rush hour, maximum amount of damage. No group is claiming responsibility, but we know that the kurdish militants have been targeting services in turkey. Isis has launched a couple of attacks in turkey, we dont know who, with the president vowing to track them down. Stuart i think this is the fourth bombing in istanbul this calendar year. And the Police Officers and Security Officers are targeted every time. Troubling. It happened near the square thats popular with