the human impacts and the people that are impacted on all sides. i talked to people employed in the oil industry, oil executiv executives, fishers, environmentalists, policymakers. i spent a good deal of time in washington, d.c., talking to people here, policymakers here and down there. and the story that is told, and just to say i was just overwhelmed by the graciousness of people at the hardest point in their lives taking the in. you can watch this and other programs on line at booktv.or booktv.org. next martin marty appeared at the chicago tribune printer s row lit fest to talk about hism. book, dietrich bonhoeffer s letters and papers from prison. it s about 45 minutes. oppohank you very much. and welcome to the printer s row lit fest. we are delighted to have this opportunity to talk with you about a particularly interestint idea to the idea of the t biography, not every person, bu of a book. the and helping us to parse to thesi idea is the reason author of just
a discussion on public unions. we ll here from stephen moore. this was part of the libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. hear ye, freedom court fest is now in session for this important trial of our beliefs. judge jeffrey verdon is presiding over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] please be seated. [applause] ladies andladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sorch state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discover if the benefits, the public, and the taxpayers to have our civil servants at the federal, state, and municipal level join the unions. do unions serve the public interest or nuance that we cannot afford and should be abolished? before this court, the prosecution will attempt to show the public sector unions in our schools, fire, police departments, the post office, and other municipalities have become unelected special interest groups that ar
this event was part of freedom fest, a libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. here ye, freedom fest court is in session for this important trial of our beliefs. sog jeffrey verdon is residing over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sovereign state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discussion if the benefits, the public, and the taxpayers to have our civil servants at the federal, state, and municipal level join the union. do unions serve the public interest, or are they nuance that we cannot afford and should be abolished? before this court, the prosecution will attempt to show the public sector unions at our schools, fire, police departments, and other offices that have become unelected special interest group that are are overpaid and threatened strikes, slow downs, and even violen
marty. [applause] thank you very much. and welcome to the printers row lit fest. we re delighted to have this opportunity to talk with you about a particularly interesting idea, the idea of the biography not of a person, but of a book. and helping us to parse through that idea is the recent author of just such a biography, dr. martin marty, who is professor emeritus of history at the university of religious history at the university of chicago, as many of you already well know. and he has written a biography of dietrich bonhoeffer s letters and papers from prison. it s one of three books that s kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press description of what they re trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histo
and papers from prison. it s one of three books that s kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press description of what they re trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influence have changed over time. often radically. as these stories remind us, all great religious books are living things whose careers in the world can take the most unexpected turns. now, dr. marty, you ve also recently completed and published a biography of martin luther, a lutheran who somewhat predated dietrich bonhoeffer. [laughter] what s the difference between with writing a biography of a figure like luther and be and a book like bonhoeffer s? there are far more similarities than i t