Then will jump right in. Scott here no interest in giving a speech before mr. Asking questions. What you start asking questions. There we go. Just in time for thanksgiving. A book to help you deal with people with whom you disagree. Everyone, get out and get your copy. Gavel, intro, questions. Please send yours up. They dont have to be related to just the book. Here weit go. My name is melissa caen. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club hosting of the scott adams. In his new book loserthink scott dison did epidemic of mental shortcuts that he believes is making as prone to believing in bad ideas. Racist,g that gun control is equal to full compensation and most importantly avoiding self reflection join personal relationships and period were very excited to have him here with us tonight to discuss his new book. Loser thing. And whatever else you guys would like to ask him. He has told me that that thing is loft offlimits for so they go. Please welcome scott adams. [applause] loser say is the
Former Harvard Law School dean martha minow questions whether forgiveness can strengthen the american Justice System. She is interviewed i george, professor and former federal prosecutors paul butler. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. Ill after words programs are available as podcasts. Host full disclosure you and i go way back. He you were my law professor at harvard and you taught me family law. You were to go on from being a lowly assistant professor to a storied career not culminating but you were the dean of Harvard Law School. When i knew you you are my favorite law professor. Im not alone and that. In 2008 the junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama and he said when i was at Harvard Law School i had a teacher who changed my life, martha minow. Guest its a delight to be here and i learned so much from you through the year so thank you for doingng that. Host i couldnt pa
Cspan2 with top Nonfiction Book authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the bookshop, we are happy you are here tonight to we are happy to have Megan Kate Nelson with us with her new book, the threecornered war, the union, confederacy and native people and the site for the west. This is an engrossing narrative account which shows how the civil war, the indian wars in western expansion are all interconnected, the 1860s were a time of National Conflict which involved not only the north and south but also the mark in west. Her primary Source Research involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson write specifically about nine individuals who worked toward Self Determination in the fight for the region. Some of these people are fairly known to us like frontiersmen, and wanita who we get to know their stories lost to history until now. And nelson unearth their sto
Reduce the danger. Sleepless in america. New Research Finds women who dont get enough sleep may be eating too much fat and sugar. How its affecting your health and what you should eat before you hit the hay. Its february 19, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The dnc changed the rules to get mr. Bloomberg in the debate. Democrats get set to face Michael Bloomberg. I dont think people look at whos in the white house and think to themselves we need someone richer. President trump is making news with a flurry of pardons and commutations, among them including illinois democratic governor Rob Blagojevich. Wolf blitzbill barr reporteg people he is considering resigning because of the president s tweets. The quarantine is over for some of the americans evacuated from china. They are finally headed home. Nascar driver ryan newman is awake and talking after mondays horrific crash at the daytona 500. Dogs hit the ice for the annual weaner dog race. And all that matters. I w
Interconnected, the 1860s were a time of National Conflict which involved not only the north and south but also the mark in west. Her primary Source Research involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson write specifically about nine individuals who worked toward Self Determination in the fight for the region. Some of these people are fairly known to us like frontiersmen, and wanita who we get to know their stories lost to history until now. And nelson unearth their stories to show the importance of actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. The book earned a star review and Library Journal and indeed it is history that keeps the reader turning the pages. Megan kate nelson is a writer and historian living in lincoln, she has written about the civil war, u. S. Western history and American Culture for several publications including the new york times, the Washington Post and smithsonian magazine. She ear