Christoff which triggered a conversation. Many e wrote anhe wrote an article where he said many people rendered themselves unavailable or not asking questions that were relevant to the public and in some ways fostered a disconnect with the public that is necessary. He didnt say this is true of all intellectuals but he did argue theyre a dying breed. Others said theres many good, interesting voices out there. The point of todays panel is not so much to have a debate about whether he was right or wrong nor have a debate familiar at almost every oha conversation about the role of the public intellectual or should historians be tried to do this. I think most of us in the panel given what we do start and its a good thing for those that what to do it. It has a lot of value. What i wanted to do when i put this together was bring together people who have been doing interesting work and ask them about their lives and their career and experience and give a little autobiography about how this has
I owe him a personal debt for the kindness that he is shown to meet my family at a time of great need. John, we of the law school cant wait to have you back to i look forward to seeing you here as a friend and as a benjamin button professor of law. Dean morrison is the fifth dean ive under whom ive served in the 41 years hit on the nyu faculty i have respected in all and none more than trevor. Ishis enthusiasm, his openness, his commitment and his intellectual energy make me very confident about my next 41 years on the nyu faculty. [laughter] and norman, by different and mentor has guided the inspired worked sidebyside with me for almost 50 years in studying interpreting and seeking to enforce the bill of rights as a wise and thoughtful leader of the aclu the last third of the 20th century and has nyu laws First Citizen for more than 50 years, normans intelligence strategic sense and superb judgment have to be mightily to building for two institutional houses in which ive lived most of
We actually gave out an award to the person who did the most working at the least credit. When i left i was legal director, when i left to come back to nyu the louisiana affiliate a strong and courageous affiliate decided that they would give a party for me. I went down to baton rouge for a lovely dinner and the speech. Im sitting there waiting to be introduced. The director of the affiliate want to Say Something nice. I just want to know that im introducing you to the men who used to be bird newborn. [laughter] so it is not everyday you get to thank free of the most important people in your professional life on a single platform before an audience of family and your friends. As john intimated, the single most productive vote i i ever cast is back in 1971 when i was chair of the community to hire john as he i member of the nyu law faculty. As we all know, he went on to serve as a transformative dean at nyu before assuming the presidency of the university we owe john a special debt for
House Foreign Affairs committee on militant Group Alshabaab and why he feels it could become more of a global threat if the United States wont counter its influence. Alshabaab is this tamalebased group that took credit for last weeks attack at a canyon Shopping Mall. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order at this time. Today we are going to meet to assess the threat and i would ask all members to take their seats at this time. Today we are going to discuss the threat from alshabaab which is al qaedas franchise in the horn of africa. We are going to discuss the threat that it poses to somalia combat the threat to the horn of africa, to the region and the threat that it can poses to us. Alshabaab translates to the youth and that organization officially swore allegiance if you recall last year in february to al qaeda but the leadership for many years alshabaab had been working closely with
On a school night. [ laughter ] because she is irresponsible. [ laughter ] malala and im totally fan girling [cheers and applause] i dont know. [cheers and applause] someone in the audience taught me what that is. They asked me if i was fan girl being something and i was like, i dont know what you are saying. They explained it to me. You fan girl hard or you dont. And you also have to put your hands like this. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] shes on the show tonight. Now [cheers and applause] here is another reason im excited. Im not leading off with the Government Shutdown. Not doing it. Tired of it. Switching it up. Swept for this one thing getting under my skin. Theres a republican lack of what i like to call ownership over the current predicament. This is harry reids shutdown. This is not the republican shutdown. This is harry connick, jr. And brac bracs shut Barack Obamas shutdown. Democrats refused to budge. No willingness at all to compromise. The president wont negotiate. Jo