Eastern europe, as well as western europe, is one of the most monumental achievements of my lifetime and i wouldnt say its under threat. Its facing numerous challenges from russia, from the debt crisis, from immigration, from brexit and i would say from the president elect of the United States. So all of these things are conspired to make europe more interesting, lets put it this way. The period this panel will be looking at, that of the Reagan Administration, was particularly pivotal in the evolution of europe, even those areas where nothing might seem to happen, such as Eastern Europe after the questioning solidarity and up until 1989, there was a lot going on beneath the surface. Eastern europe was becoming prerevolutionary and it took a spark to ignite this revolutionary tender. Western europe was more obvious. It was a period in which decisions were made about the creation of a common europe, single european currency, single european market. And ultimately toward Political Union t
Whos endowed that chair . Guest it was not russell kirk. [laughter] that was endowed by a family whos passed away, unfortunately, the briggs out of colorado and a number of other donors as well. Kirk used to teach classics at the university of coloradoboulder during the summers back in the 70s and 80s, and a lot of money in colorado, and these people really liked kirk, so they endowed that. Very, very gracious of them. Host the book, russell kirk american conservative. Thanks for your time. Guest thanks, peter, very much. And next up on booktv, Bradley Birzer receives this years paolucci book award sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is awarded annually to a Nonfiction Book that, according to the sponsors, advances conservative principles. Ladies and gentlemen, if i can get your attention, please. [inaudible conversations] if i can get your attention. Thank you. I know some of you still have your dessert and coffee and, please, i encourage you to and continue eating.
And former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. They discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. Calvin coolidge president ial foundation and the New Hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15minute event. Thank you very much. Its nice to be back in New Hampshire again. Some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as youre sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. Two reasons. Number one, to demonstrate once again that standards are falling everywhere. [ laughter ] and number two, because i have a lineage with the coolidge family. My first name is john. My middle name is calvin. I was named after the coolidges two sons. And the reason for that is that my grandfather and mrs. Coolidge, grace good hugh coolidge, were First Cousins and they double dated their respective soon to be spouses and one of my favorite of many stories was my grandfather, arth
Challenge things. Thank you. [ applause ] coming up on American History tv on cspan 3, programs about the presidency. Next, two debates on president s coolidge and reagan. Historians and students debate which president is a better model for republican candidates today. Jimmy carter joins a tribute to Vice President walter mondale. The donation of a paper crane donated by a japanese child who died of leukemia after the hiroshi ma bombing. Coming up next, historians and former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. They discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. Calvin coolidge president ial foundation and the New Hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15minute event. Thank you very much. Its nice to be back in New Hampshire again. Some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as youre sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. Two reasons. Number one,
Two reasons. Number one, to demonstrate that standards are falling everywhere. And number two, because i have a lineage with the coolidge family. My first name is john, my middle name is calvin. I was named after the two sons. The reason for that is that my grandfather and mrs. Coolidge, grace coolidge, were first cousins. They double dated their respective soontobe spouses. One of my favorite of many stories was my grandfather, arthur, he used to visit the president in the white house. He would smoke his pipe well coolidge took a nap. Without a word when he woke up, the president would say, thank you for your visit, arthur. Come again. [laughter] here we are, another election season. I remember something the governor of louisiana and president ial candidate bobby jindal said to me recently. He said, is the Republican Party needs to just add what it believes decide what it believes, and then it can make its case for the American People. I agree with that. Does anyone know what the Repu