People should read. Whether or not you haveer and tiers or experience on this extremely important subject. Gun violence, american violence, global violence. And so id like to actually just begin with the title. Violence inside us. And the early portion of the book where you take the reader through something of a short primer on the biology and the history of violence, and so i wanted to ask you, why begin there . Why did you choose to begin with the nature of violence itself. Guest well, thank you for doing this and really glad to toe be joining you to talk about the book. I start with this question of what kind of violence is inside us, because for me it was the first real thorny question that i came upon when i began what has become the new mission of my political career. Maybe well have a chance to talk about this a little built but while the book is mostly a history of american violence and a conversation about how we overcome that history, it also involves my own political story.
Violence and global violence. So i would like to actually begin with the title itself, the violence inside us and the early portion of the book you take the reader through something of a short primer on both the biology and a history of violence. So i want to ask you why begin there . Why did you choose to begin with the nature of violence itself . Guest thank you so much for doing this and im really glad to be joining you to talk about this book. I start with this question of what kind of violence do we experience because for me it was the first real subject that i came upon when i began what would become the mission of my political career. While the book is mostly history of american violence and how we can overcome that history it also involves my own political story the shooting in connecticut in 2012. I had britain prodigious as a lawmaker beforehand but i never really had an emotional connection like i do now. And it was those days after sandy hook when i realized this would be m
Just like year, the unlikely reformer, carter glass and financial regulation. The format today, matts going to talk for however long he wants. We have a few images to supplement then hell take some questions, so come on up. Welcome. Id like to thank chuck and the other people at the Historical Society for having me here today. This is a strange introduction. I had a funny thing happen getting here. I live in chevy chase, maryland, and i didnt want to drive and look for a parking space so i called lyft and they came within a minutes. I was barely putting on a tie, learning how u to tie a tie again and when i get in as he was pulling away, i realized i did not put a belt on my trousers so i had visions of being on cspan with my trousers falling down, luckily, chuck brought me a belt. Youre saved from that, if not my speech. Ill talk for 20, 25 minutes then take your questions. Carter glass was a major figure in American History. A recent writer, richard farley, called him quote, the sing
To direct it in a certain direction that he felt was beneficial for the union. Was he misguided . Very possibly . Was he successful . Absolutely not. But what is important was who this person was and why, unfortunately, he disappeared from everything. The library came up for a title of this program, David Rice Atchison, the president no one knows. And i realized that long ago in another lifetime as a journalist, i actually wrote a curriculum for the newspaper i worked for entitled the exact same thing. However, in learning more about him, maybe the title should be David Rice Atchison, the man, the senator and the president that no one knows. [ laughter ] what i find most interesting about David Rice Atchison and what stirred the creation of our president ial library is besides his 24 hours of infamous status as president , is that this man who was nearing the pinnacle of his political career, who was considered one of the most able senators of his time, a man so well respected by his c
President. The Kansas City Public Library host of this event in 2014 and provided the video. Chris taylor passed away in 2019. Thank you. That was a grand introduction. And if you just want the major accomplishments of david rice at justin, thank you, its been a lovely evening. Needless to say, administration is a little less impressive than maybe truman or anyone else who was a president. However, david rice addison is someone you should know about. He was a significant player in the days leading up to the civil war and the term of what we call bleeding kansas. He was one of the people who really began the push to get kansas is a state and he tried to direct it in a certain direction that he felt was official for the union. Was he misguided . Very possibly. Was he successful . Absolutely not. And but what is important was whose person was and why, unfortunately, he disappeared from everything. We the library here came up with the title for this program, david rice at just, and the pre