[inaudible conversation] welcome to our tent annual book festival. My name is phil. Im a gaithersburg author and reporter for the gaithersburg town carrier. Gaithersburg is a city that proudly supports the arts. Where we are pleased bring you this fabulous event, thanks to the generous support of our volunteers and sponsors. When you see them, please say thanks. If you else was. Please silence all of your devices, we hope youre following the gpf on facebook, and instagram. If you post about the festival, please use to be a hashtag. Your feedback is really valuable to us. Surveys are available here at the tent and our website. By submitting the survey you will be entered into a drawing for 100 gift card. Thats cole. Dobys book signing immediately after the presentation. Copies of theop book on self and attempt. Now quick word about buying books. This is a free event. But it does have a book festival, if you buy lots of books. The more books we sailed our event, the more publishers want
One of the biggest mistakes that the radicals of the french revolution make is that they believe if only they find the right rules they could just start everything over from scratch your burke says well never know enough to build a whole society directly. What we can do is see what works in the society we have and try to make the rest more like that. Essentially the process of social progress is the process of making society more like its best self. Its a gradual process, a grateful process that tries to be impressed by whats working rather than outrage at what isnt. A kind of conservative process that tries to say the best we can serve as a model for the rest. Host one of the things i didnt remember or know, i have not read burke until late, and the phrase little platoon which is bandied around a lot particularly in computer circles as shorthand for the institutions of civil society, meeting mediating structure that can between the individual and the state. Robert putnam at harvard ha
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Popularity and biting criticism. Maim funding for religion ethics is provided by the lilian endowment, and dedicated to the founders in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. And the corporation for public broadcasting. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Muslims around the world this week began their monthlong observance of ramadan, when they fast from sunrise to sunset. In egypt, the holiday falls amid continued unrest after the militarys removal from power of former president mohamed morsi. Morsis political party, the Muslim Brotherhood said it will not cooperate with the interim government and vowed to continue protesting. Tensions were particularly high after the military fired on brotherhood protesters, killing more than 50 people. One of the countrys top muslim clerics called for an end to blood