After the american dream. You can also watch all of our past programs any time at booktv. Org. Good evening everyone, i have been working with our coauthors to maximize the visual presence. Theyve written a very engaging book thats attracted many review since it came out a few months ago. The basic premise of the book is that the most important thing that the athletes get is a quality education. The book is structured into four sections, the history of the scholar athlete, profiles of high achieving athletes and how scholar athletes when and how to reform the system. The book makes the case that varsity athletics and Academic Excellence are not mutually exclusive. Both play an Important Role in the development of personal bonds and core values that lead to a happy and productive life. To add to the voice today the current pandemic is causing athletes, universities and the public to question the status quo. We will be using an interview format today there will be plenty of time for audi
Cable. Welcome and thank you all for being here this evening. For a very important conversation about how to heal our nation. N. Which is certainly a topic worthy of a lotwo of our time ad attention. And this discussion this evening will be led by solinda and ed who wrote a wonderful book, a question of respect. Which is something that is missing in american politics, and im grateful for you two to put this great Work Together and we look forward to hearing about it. So this evenings event is being hosted by the bipartisan policy center. An organization that im very proud to be a board member of, and i think the bps as its known is a singular institution in washington in terms of promoting as its name describes bipartisanship. D working together this notion that half of the country is not entirely wrong about everything they believe. And we can actually find Common Ground to advance the common good of the g american people. Senator mark kelly was here a minute ago. [applause] who was a
Doing our part so its a little easier to do yours who just wroteok a wonderful book a question of respect. We look forward to hearing about it, so this evenings event is being hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center an organization that im very proud to be a board member of and its a singular institution in washington in terms of promoting as its name describes bipartisanship working together about everything they believe a and we can find common ground. A wonderful example of this, senator congratulations on your victory this is a bipartisan event that i am a democrat, so im super excited but in an example of the patriot obviously i wouldnt know senator kelly and his wonderful partner, gabby giffords, two wonderful patriots. To lead the nation with dignity and integrity and to do the peoples work so that discussion is true. It will be led by steve. Thank you for doing this. Everyone knows steve is an extraordinary journalist one of the most famous in washington. For three decades in hi
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