Their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the bonds of earth to touch the face of god. You can see all of president reagans remarks and tributes to the crew by members of congress on the house floor and more, part of our special programming tonight on the 30th anniversary of this Space Shuttle. Challenger explosion. Thats at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Now here on cspan3, a discussion about federal Land Management in Western States and the potential for the transfer of control of those lands back to the states. Its hosted by the Heritage Foundation. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our douglas and Sarah Allison auditorous. We join those who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. Would make our inhouse guests to make that courtesy check that cell phones have been silenced. It is always appreciated. You are internet viewers can submit questions at any time. Simply emailing speak speaker heritage. Org. Hosting our discussion and opening
If you can see i cannot do anything about the space. Theres some room on the floor. Feel free to make yourself comfortable. This is our session on public intellectuals, and i am delighted to be here for this panel. I apologize ahead of time if i have a little less energy than usual. My appendix did not quite make it to the new year so i am just recovering from surgery. This has been a big debate, ongoing debate about public intellectuals in the academy. There was an article by Nicholas Kristof which triggered a conversation. He wrote an article professors we need you are cope he argued that many people in the academy have in some ways render themselves irrelevant for various reasons using languages fall of jargon or revocation or not asking questions that were relevant to the public, and in some ways fostered a disconnect with the public that is unnecessary and is also unfortunate. He did not say this was true of all intellectuals, but he did argue that public intellectuals are in some
For nt to say thank you this fabulous pool. [applause] all thank you for giving up your trade secrets. The national nk association of broadcasters. The you go and see what looks like is wonderful. Who felt very strongly about the symposium. [applause] so now after talking about the practice of journalism we will go celebrate great journalism, that is what we will have our tribute for our wonderful colleagues. [applause] [inaudible] when Congress Returns on monday that a number of items waiting on the agenda like or expanding get tax breaks, and responding to prison obamas executive order on immigration. We have details on the week ahead from capitol hill reporter. Congress returns on monday for a 10 day spread to the finish. Deadline k about the on december 11, to get the budget bill done. We stand on that . As we had in through the weekend, ing negotiations are ongoing between the house and the senate. Subcommittee chairmans are getting the bill is filled and completed. There is a mee
Less polarizing at the same time bring the kinds of legitimacy that, National Conciliation process, under an arab umbrella will have, especially with the different components of Iraqi Society. Very quick comment. I agree the u. N. Might be the most credible party. But its about having a party with well intentions we need a party that is able to enfold them, to oblige them. Agree first because i hope the egyptians will work on their own National Conciliation. I dont think they have that force. Credibility is very much derived from the power you have. And on religious institution, one sentence comment. The religious institutions and suss , i mean, actually tanie being the figure, theyre losing power to politics since 2003 because of the accumulation of wealth and power in the hands of politicians and political parties, which enables them to coop the religious institutions and figures. But he is in a whole different category. Right. Thats why i started with that. My comment would be it ha
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcom Jeffrey Sachs back to this program, one of the worlds leading experts in fight against poverty which has taken him to more than 125 countries. He joins us tonight for an assessment of the president s address earlier this evening. More important to talk about raising the standard of living for the poor and around the globe. Always an honor to have you on this program. Itsqif you, tavis. Let me jump to some of the specifics of what the president had to say tonight. Provision for free access for two years of community college. What impact do you think that might have giving those persons who most need it access to a high quality education . Thats a home run. We absolutely need to put focus on skills on training. Thats the route to better jobs. The president s exactly right that education, the high tuition costs have been a major barrier, especially for kids in poor families. So this is right on track.