Speaks to a very live and significant controversy politics the subject has been in areas, subject of an enormous amount of thought and argument in the last few years and the question nationalism of the nation in place in our politics and its connection to some of the forces and threats as been drawing the politics of the west. In recent years. And well hear from rich a little bit about the book and he and i will then discuss it for your a few minutes and then we will open it up to questions from you. Who please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause]. Rich thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. Thank who much for your making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book to works of art. I say he came in on the second day. As an npr interview. And we are his practice, i like to say of this professor in. Who they do, as they hope you as a conservative. If you on history or policy and then theyll have a professor on like in the middle of your presentation or r
Conservativism for decades. Hes edited it since 1997, rich is also a syndicated columnist and author i very much recommend to you the previous book study of Abraham Lincoln social and economic thought lincoln unbound. This new one speaks to a very live and significant controversy in our politics a subject that has been an area thats been a subject of enormous amount of thought and argument in the last two years the question of nationalism of the nation and its place in our politics. Its connection to some of the forces and threads that have been driving the politics of the west in recent years. The forum will be very simple, will hear from rich a little bit about the book. Then he and i will discuss it for a few minutes and then open to questions from you. Please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause] thank you thank you everyone, its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book tour so far, came very ear
This discussion. You can see the rest of it on cspan. Org. Going live as maritime administrator mark busby is talking about defense funding, live coverage on cspan2. Retired navy admiral mark busby. I would like to welcome the general officers and the many distinguished guests that are with us this morning. Welcome to our industry partners, leaders of industry and others for your continued support of this event in the navy league as a whole, General Dynamics is pleased to sponsor the special topic breakfast. These events and venues for the Defense Industry to interface with government requirements and acquisition professionals, something that we value. General dynamics thanks you for your participation and we thank General Dynamics for their support. Now back to our special guest. Are you ready, admiral . Admiral mark busby was sworn in as maritime administrator on august 8, 2017. Prior to his appointment he served as president of the National Defense transportation association. A posi
Unions are warning therell be thousands of job losses and the leader of the welsh conservatives, andrew davies, told gb news it will be disastrous for the country. Well, lets not forget people need food to survive and live on their everyday so their everyday existence, so were not talking about an industry that isnt industry here that isnt required to feed the nation. Required to feed the nation. We dont have farmers, and if we dont have farmers, we food. By the we dont have food. And by the governments figures, if governments own figures, if this ahead and this scheme goes ahead and changed, 5500 farmers will lose their livelihoods. 125,000 their livelihoods. 125,000 cattle will be lost in wales, 800,000 sheep and £200 million worth of Economic Activity will be lost. So it will be a devastating income impact on rural communities. The length and breadth of wales mps facing threats to their safety will get extra security as part of a new £31 million government package. £31 million go
Im the interlocutor. Im joking. And this is the author, doug. And were here to talk about the mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel. I wouldnt. This is amanda appeared in september 29, 1913, and went off a boat that was going between belgium and britain. The obvious question is, did he jump or was he pushed . I wouldnt dream of trying to answer that because otherwise you wont have any fun reading the book. Its a little like reading the last chapter of an Agatha Christie in, you know, whats the point you need to get should the build up . And i recommend the build up because its a really terrific read. But lets start somewhere else. Im curious. I mean, i and i think maybe other people in the audience know you as a novelist and indeed not an historical novelist. Very contemporary. Wall street professional tennis. Main topic of today, etc. And though its true that this book still has the novelists eye for detail and concerned with character and above all, pacing that reads if there can be such