Book as director of legal policy and he holds a jd and mba from yale and a ba in economics and other firm chapel hill as a morehead scholar glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Its always a pleasure to speak to those at the foundation i have said it before add a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and it is a Gold Standard think tank that has helped me to shape North Carolina and a lot of the resilience right now to have found a cisco flooding in the middle of a pandemic is due to the great work the John Locke Foundation has done thank you. Thank you for those comments you actually live in North Carolina so your book writes about federal policy but you follow state Public Policy as well and hopefully after we talk about your book you will get your take what is happening with Governor Cooper and Emergency Powers use here in North Carolina but i have to tell you the book is unelected you can buy the book now i think my col
This is American History tv on cspan3. Each weekend, we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nations past. In 1990ed by congress nine, that dwight d. Eisenhower memorial occupies a four acre park near the u. S. Capitol. Next, a 30 minute tour of the new memorial. Following that, we talked to Philip Kennicott to learn about the debate over the design and to hear his thoughts on the architect and the completed work. I am victoria, the deputy executive director of the eisenhower memorial commission. We are here tonight in washington, d. C. , at the northwest corner of the new president ial memorial fridge dwight d. Eisenhower. This story starts about a thousand miles west of washington, d. C. , in abilene, kansas. His family moved to abilene, kansas, when he was a toddler, and he stayed there through high school. I want to direct your view to this speech inscribed on this wall. When world war ii ended, eisenhower came home to abilene and was given a heros welcome. In a very humble w
What we learned at home. And that of their children. Love of god, fairness in human relations, independence and responsibility. As to the welfare of others in each free individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our citizens to fight because. We must be ready for our country for History Press the freedom we must be willing individually and as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us people that balances it services. To storm these beaches not to gain anything for these cells but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernment in the work. Many thousands died for such ideals as these. But these people gave us a chance and they bought time for stomach do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace of this world. You and i, fellow citizens in need to be strong in our faith in all nations under god for peace and justice. We pray that peoples of all races, all nations may have their grea
The occasion for those unbroken. And a tradition which began with theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great addressed this audience. But tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among World Leaders in our hour of greatest need. I have in mind the rapid recession of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped behind a farreaching iron curtain. I have in mind the stalemate of futility inkorea , the land facing inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the thrifty and troubling the mothers of our freeenterprise economy. Here then is the man framed in war who will be claimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with 80 and abiding affection. [applause] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond. Along with the staff at the Commonwealth Club, the tech staff is helping to put together these online programs and weve done dozens and doze
Tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience. But tonight we welcome the man who history will record as preeminent among world lead evers in the hour of greatest need. [applause] the rapid success of communist aggression are millions of people were envelope behind the far reaching iron current. Have in mind the stalemate in north korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the thrifty and traveling Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man, trained in war, who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president , whom we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Along with the staff at the Commonwealth Club, putting together all these online programs. We have done really dozens of them since the covid crisis began and its my great pleasure to introduce susan e