Lgbt civil rights movement. Coming up wednesday evening, the impact of solar power on the Energy Industry at town hall in seattle. Coming up thursday book tv is in delaware at the book awards hon oring work, this years winner. Next saturday, david meredith, people and events that define detroit in 1963. We will be covering upcoming this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look for them to air in the near future on book tv on cspan2. When you look at the role that the Supreme Court is playing in our society now, our history has to have re relevance. Its an equal branch of government. Its the third branch of government. It still has fundamental impact on the american flag. Inside this elegant building is a courtroom where cases are heard and decisions are made and impact all of our lives. Theres so many incredibly interesting cases in the courts history. We all heard about roe versus wade. For so many people is just really names and a text book. But what we really want to
Well get to that in just a minute. How did you get into the businesses you are in . Guest well, like many things, its a question of taking a right turn at a corner instead of a left turn. So a lot of these things are accidental. When i was a kid, the first thing wanted to do was paleontologist. About dinosaurs. That led me to an interest in geology, later on i wanted to make some money, so i started studying economics. I put them together, got into the mining business, mining finance, but for many years ive kept up an interest in many different subjects because if youre going to be an effective venture capitalist, its good to know as much as you can about as many different subjects a you can. So, i guess that sums it up. Host when we think of venture capitalists we think of Silicon Valley and technology. Guest im a technophile. So i use my computers an ibm ibmseletric look aligning, i use at five percent of its capabilities. Host have you been successful . Guest i think i if. If retire
Eastern, beginning october 5th , on cspan2 and cspan2 3. And as a companion to the series, landmark cases, the book, it features the 12 cases we selected for the series, with a brief introduction into the background, highlights and impact of each case. Written by veteran Supreme Court journalist, tony mora, publish bid cspan. An imprint of Sage Publications incorporated. Landmarks cases is available to 8. 95 plus shipping and handling. Guilt your copy at cspan. Org landmarkcases. [inaudible conversations] good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to barnes noble at union squarement thank you for taking the time to join news celebrating the release of Chelsea Clintons its its your world, get informed, get inspired and get going. Chelsea clinton has always expressed an interest in improving the world. As a child, chelsea favored a book called 50 simple things kids can do to save the earth. Today she serves as the vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, where she is an advocate for childh
The New York Yankees third baseman said he s sorry he referenced the pioneering Black baseball player in an on-field confrontation with Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson.