So right then reaffirm the u. S. Afghan Womens Council in Many American women filed various projects to support our sisters in guinness and and i was really the beginning of my interest in afghanistan and the women there. And im pleased to introduce the next speaker. Adam is the New York Times best selling author in a lecture at yale law school. He firmly served as a member of any times Editorial Board and was a Senior Writer for Time Magazine where he also has a weekly law. Before entering journalism, he was a reformed lawyer and staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties union. A graduate of harvard law school, president of the harvard law review in previous books include nothing to fear from a fierce inner circle in the 100 days that created modern america. His latest book on the closest Supreme Court decision to allow virginia to sterilize the young woman for eugenic reasons that the new republic cause in the cells and important new book that takes us back to a really remember
And somewhere toward the end by diana and hill which won the National Critics circle award. Other notable authors include lidia gladstone, i poked around his twitter account and learned he is a sometimes musician, someone who is willing to swear on twitter. And on live tv hopefully. Nicole dewey has worked in publishing the last 19 years and is Vice President , associate publisher for little brown and company, she worked with a broad range of critically claims authors including jk rowling, adam hazlitt, kevin powers, Malcolm Gladwell, amazing list, jody cantor, elton john, barbara ehrenreich, nancy pelosi, steve martin, michael caine, and mark haddon. She is council of literary magazines, and eager traveler who lives in new york with her husband and two sons. The president of the Literary Agency in a represents writers of fiction and nonfiction, ranging from Current Affairs like Pulitzer Prize winner henriques journey and men explain things to me and paradise built in hell call in the
As 2016 is a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a roundtable of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership, what about its failures gather rather than its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. Just yesterday the clinton and Sanders Campaign engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified to be president. So things are getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars, have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although it didnt occur to me it did occur to me on the train coming up that bad to whom might be an important qualifier. What did it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad . How do we define a bad president . And specifically, who might have been the worst president ever. Our panelists are david greenberg, associate professor. Are you cool professor now full professor now . Sorry, a little inside baseball. Associate pro
Host welcome to the oah 2016 , and welcome to the plenary panel, worst president ever. I am claire potter, professor of history and director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school and i want to let those in the audience, who are tweeting know that the tag for oah badpres and you might want to add the tag oah2016. The theme of the conference, as chosen by john butler is on leadership. As 2016 is a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a roundtable of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership, what about its failures gather rather than about its excesses. This seems particularly timely juggernaut rolls forward. Just yesterday the clinton and Sanders Campaign engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified to be president. So things are getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. [laughter] did occur to me on the train
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Provided by pport has been and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening and thanks for joining us. Wheels down in havana for air force one, as barack obama becomes the first sitting u. S. President to visit cuba since Calvin Coolidge almost 90 years ago. The president will spend a busy two days on the communistruled island nation. Reporter only eight months after the flag was raised at the reopened u. S. Embassy in cuba, for the first time in more than half a century, the streets of havana are decorated with american flags and images of president obama. The president and the first family are beginning their cuban visit with a walking tour of historic old havana