Nonfiction authors about their latest work. Congratulations on this book. It sounds like its out there now and i think you are making a statement about some things we really need to think about in here about especially about evangelicals and trauma. Congratulations. Lets try to situate you. I know we dont like labels but i think its clear from the book that you do write this book as both evangelical christian, self identified, and as a conservative. What do those two terms mean to you or how do you to find those two times in terms of your own story and how youre using them in the book . First with conservatism, i think of conservatism as having a libertarian minded heart when it comes to federalism, the government being involved in peoples lives, less, less, the reasons im a conservative though instead of libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values which are often in line with evangelical values. Sometimes im really feeling frosty i might call it
Now, you remember last time or last week, anyway, we put a graph up here showing the result you probably get if you went around and asked everybody in the colonies at 25year intervals do you want to be independent of britain . And if you remember the graph shot up kind of like like this. Over the years. In other words, as the colonies move along from jamestown to 1776, more and more people, as time passes, decide that they are able to handle this on their own. They dont need to be ruled from westminster and eventually of course enough of them decide that to produce a declaration of independence. So that graph would make the revolution pretty easy to understand, right, its just like you growing up. You know, when youre 2, the last thing you want is your parents to dump you out the door and say, okay, now youve got to run your own life. By the time youre 12, you can see it might look pretty good. By the time youre 18 here you are. So if this graph is right then the colonies are just goin
British troops in boston. This is just over an hour. All right, so today, were going to be talking about the imperial problem that faces britain after the end of the war in 1763 and, of course, the coming of the revolution. So if you have any questions, pipe up, if not, ill be asking you a few. Now, you remember last time or last week, anyway, we put a graph up here showing the result you probably get if you went around and asked everybody in the colonies in 25 year intervals, do you want to be independent of britain . And if you remember, the graph shot up kind of like. Like this. Ov over the words. In other words, as colonies move along from jamestown in 1776, more people as time passes, decide that they are able to handle this on their own. They dont need to be ruled from westminster and of course, enough of them decide that to produce a declaration of independence. So that graph would make the revolution pretty easy to understand, right . Its just like you growing up. When youre 2,
Last week, anyway, we put a graph up here showing the result you probably get if you went around and asked everybody in the colonies in 25 year intervals, do you want to be independent of britain . And if you remember, the graph shot up kind of like. Like this. Over the words. In other words, as colonies move along from jamestown in 1776, more people as time passes, decide that they are able to handle this on their own. They dont need to be ruled from westminster and of course, enough of them decide that to produce a declaration of independence. So that graph would make the revolution pretty easy to understand, right . Its just like you growing up. When youre 2, the last thing you want is your parents to dump you out the door and say, now youve got to run your own life. By the time youre 12, you can see it might look pretty good. By the time youre 18, here you are. So if this graph is right, then the colonies are just going through the normal process of maturing. And a smart parent, of
Into something of a mud fest the euphoria of freedom prevailed. Woodstock festival one of the most famous festivals of all time half a century ago. And the town of woodstock today their own mind is everywhere from peace signs to tie dyes sixtys hippie culture is still ever present but has woodstock become somewhat of a. Mock hedrick has rose souvenir shop on the towns main street for over 20 years he says woodstock merchandise didnt play a role 50 years ago. To the best my knowledge there was never assured. That no other marketing stuff came after the for. Here in the town you know we still like to take advantage of. The local economy has benefited greatly since the festival but why do people come here when. Many of them werent even born when the festival took place back in 1969. I think its out. Here. Feeling of this special place for people like the people that believe in peace and peace the place. Back at mach souvenir store business is steady he says tourist numbers are up despite