If you have a question for speakers, thick on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and will get to as many as time allows. In the chat ill be posting a link to donate and support of the sensors and destroy. Your purchases make events like to let possible help ensure the future of a language independent bookstore. Thank you so much for showing up in june in in support of our authors and the triple step of booksellers at Harvard Bookstore. We appreciate your support now and always. Finally as you may have experienced in virtual gatherings, we will do our best to resolve technical issues and we appreciate your understanding. Im so pleased that it is tonight speakers, Nicholson Baker is the bestselling author of ten novels and numerous works of nonfiction including anthologies, the mezzanine, substitute, owing to score with 1 million kids and New York Times bestselling award. He is one the National Critics circle award, the hermit has price and an award for American Academy of arts a
We also want to thank all of you for your support and for our community of booklovers and friends we wouldnt be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with us tara burton who is celebrating the recent release of her new book strange rights, new religions for a godless world. Is contributing editor at the american interest, at columnist at Religion News service and the former staff and religion reporter. She has written on religion and Secular National geographics, Washington Post , New York Times and more and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Shes also author of the novel social creature. Joining tara to discuss her new book is ross douthat, columnist for the New York Times oped page and offer up to change the church, bad religion and privileged and coauthor of brandnew party. Before joining New York Times was a Senior Editor for the atlantic. These film critic for National Review and he cohosts the New York Times weekly oped paul podcast. He lives in new haven with his wi
The minority in the house, he works closely with president reagan about being real positive change in america, according to his new book, trump and the american future, solving the great problems of our time, despite of the coronavirus and the highs and lows of the economy and onto the election, 2020 will continue to be a process of change, he is here to discuss his book in his thoughts on america. We now invite you to enjoy our Virtual Program coming to you from air force one academy oval office with Newt Gingrich and Reagan Foundation Institute Executive director john hi bush. Speaker gingrich, just terrific to have you with us at the Reagan Library, as you know we originally had planned to have you, i want you to know and we would still love to have you at the Reagan Library again with your new book, thank you so much for joining us today. Im going to say first of all im a huge fan of the Reagan Library and particularly the educational work that you do in a way that you create learn
The presidency and is one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial power and the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning that the constitution of the original executive, Jack Goldsmith is the henry l professor of law at harvard, it is someone who youre probably aware has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile, extremely tense tenure in the Bush Administration office of Legal Counsel during a key early. On the war on terror, jack is one of our thoughtful commentators on the modern presidency and then the atlantic, and books like the terror presidency and power and constraint. So it is one of the most misleadingly titled books in recent memory. It makes a convincing case the original design the framers had for the presidency that office had little in the way of Emergency Powers or independent war powers and no rightful claim to executive privilege that shielded its inner workings from
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