Welcome to the Cato Institute institute. I am david boaz executive Vice President of the institute and its my honor today to be able to introduce and moderate this program. We hear a lot these days for the past few decades about moral decline in america, moral decline in the world. It covers a lot of different areas. Not clear that those are always the most relevant areas to what we might consider public morality. Bill bennett made a career out of talking about moral decline. Lots of radio talk shows have that is a common theme. Most days theres an oped in the Washington Times decrying moral decline in america and indeed i saw recently that threequarters of americans think that we are in a period of moral decline. So it seems pretty convincing but there is an argument that we are in an era of moral progress and i think more people are starting to speak up on the side of both moral progress and economic tangible progress in the world. As i point out in my own forthcoming book, the liber
Period of moral decline. So it seems convincing but there isnt argument that we are in an era of moral progress and i think more people are starting to speak on this side of moral progress and economic, tangible progress in the world. As i point out in my own forthcoming book libertarian mind, we have seen a reduction in the world of war, slavery, violence of all kinds, we have seen a tendency toward individual rights, Economic Freedom and democracy, those are important elements of progress including moral progress. A new issue of cato policy report, the newsletter for kato sponsors includes a transcript of a speech given at this podium not long ago by stephen banker in which he says the world is Getting Better and better so why is everybody so pessimistic, he tries to understand why is why are people so pessimistic and the Cato Institute has created a web site called humanprogress. Org. Over 700 sets of data on this web site. Everything from child birth to womens rights to democracy t
Take a look. The next thing you know, they will say i hate puppies. I admit, it took me a little while to warm up to annas dog cowboy. Just joking. But in 1978i went to work in college and this is in 1978, i went to work in college and this is one of the bridges rebuilt build. We need to build bridges. I love dogs and a good jean jacket as much as anyone, but i have a question for you. Why are these candidates playing is so safe . Every time he says, just joking cowboy i laugh. A lot of these races are close. This has been kind of an issue with the campaign. I have searched far and wide in any of these races for a candidate with an regional idea. Closing arguments are possible. But it has been unrelentingly negative. These candidates are now going positive and giving our voters a reason to come out for us. Not the bitter taste that many voters have had in the other races which is just ugly, ugly. Not true in all races. We are not all closing with cowboy. There has been an outlier where
Will say i hate puppies. I admit, it took me a little while to warm up to annas dog cowboy. Just joking. In 1970 a i went on a road crew to help pay for college. We need to build bridges. Stop letting extremist from either party get in the way. I love a good jean jacket justice anyone. Every time he says, just joking, cowboy i laugh. Positive ads are not uncommon at the end of the campaign. This is been an issue less campaign. I have searched far and wide in any of these races for a candidate with an regional idea. Closing arguments are possible. It has been unrelentingly negative. These candidates are now going positive and giving our voters a reason to come out for us. Not the bitter taste that many voters have had in the other races which is just ugly, ugly. Not true in all races. We are not all closing with cowboys. There has been an outlier where things are a little bit dark. That is the Georgia Senate race. Lets play that. Do you trust president obama and the washington politicia
People inside Guantanamo Bay may be fighting with isis. Jennifer has the latest details. Jennifer . Fox news has learned the u. S. Intelligence and Defense Community expect as many as 20 to 30 former Guantanamo Bay detainees have joined forces with isis and other militant groups inside syria. Many of the hardest core fighters have been released in recent years, cementing fears that the u. S. Military is once again encountering militants taken off the battlefield and released from gitmo. We know that some of the detainees that have come out of guantanamo have gone back to the fight, to the battlefield. Were aware of that. One example in april of this year, ibrahim shakaran was known to be killed while following forces. The chairman of the Armed Services committee called for an immediate suspension of detainee releases in a letter to the defense secretary today. Quote, the u. S. Government must not release terrorist detainees at the same time we have committed u. S. Service members to fi