Like this americans can see democracy at work citizens are truly informed. It informed straight from the source. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. If the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Pleasere welcome bridget, director of the Heritage Foundations Assignment Center american studies. [applause] welcome to 2023 russell kirk petrie the diocese of winona, rochester, minnesota. Have the task of introducing a task made difficult by the fact that his publication, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplify faith in reading. Have become a regular campaign gets picked instructing us in the gospels, the old testament, catholic social thought, the meaning of great literature and philosophy, contemporary culture and, of course, the finer points of catholic doctrine. So tonight Bishop Barronil will address the topic of the breakdown of the detail filion equilibrium here prior to his 202
And fought in the same Army Infantry unit. In our year of war, Daniel Bolger recounts their journeys from Middle America to vietnam at the right of the war and home again. As we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. The author, daniel p. Bolger, served in the u. S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq. Earning five bronze star medals. One for valor and the combat action badge. He is a contributing editor for Army Magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagle has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u. S. Senator from his home state nebraska. During the the vietnam war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantryman badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at oma
The title of the book is vox populi which is also the topic of course that is not a new idea in latin means the voice of the people the old adage vox populi the voice of the people and the voice of god often used in history not only to attack monarchs but those people who say such nonsense. The idea of populism is also not new to America William Jennings Bryan or the roosevelt or Andrew Jackson previously Ronald Reagan were recently not surprisingly popular consent there has been a tension between popular government and Constitutional Government with that sense of the demagogues. So populism abounds from ancient rome to england and elected as president on a populist revolt so our speakers will speak for about five minutes and to have discussion afterwards. We will be joined by Michael Anton but we will start the first speaker is Roger Kimball editor and publisher of new criterion and publisher of encounter books. It also responsible for all of this and other great things published by a
Served in the u. S. Army for 35 years. Retiring at a Lieutenant General and command troop inside both afghanistan and iraq, earning five star madals, one for valor. He is a contributing editor for Army Magazine and the author of eight other books and currently teaches history after North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u. S. Senate from his home state of nebraska. During the vietnam war, he served in combat as a sergeant in the u. S. Army and earned two purple hearts. This combat infantrymon and the vietnam yes cross gallantry. He walk as a Congressional Staff assistant, cofounded van guard cellar, served as the deputy head of the u. S. Veterans administration and became the president and chief executive officer of the uoo. The author of america, our next chapter. Tom hagel was born in raised in nebraska as well. In combat he earned three purple hearts, the bronze star with a v for
Good evening. Welcome. Happy new year. I am david azerrad, dean of hillsdale college, welcome to the center for constitutional studies and citizenship which is our campus in the nations capital. This event is sponsored by real clear politics, realclearpolitics. Com. David dozier who is hiding in the back is the publisher, jan mcintyre, the cofounder is with us as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays the list on the 35th anniversary of the new criterion magazine in which those essays were originally published, the title of the book is vox populi the perils promises of populism. Which is also our topic. That is not a new idea. The voice of the people is the voice of god which was often times use not only to attack monarchs but to attack the people who says such nonsense. It is not new to america, andrew jackson, previously. Not surprising in a regime of popular consent and you any quality. There has always been tension between popular covenant and constitutional governm