in the national archives center for legislative archives for their research. they hosted the event and provided the video. showcasing some of the significant research that is being done. today s talk is the eighth in the calendar year. we have one more in november. we ll hear from charles stewart, political science professor at m.i.t. long time friend and supporter of this center who we ll talk about his coauthored book with wendy shiller. that ought to be a good talk. i have been looking forward to hosting today s guest. since i first saw her in action at the history conference chairing a panel that included who we heard from at the researcher talk last december and that will include karl henry, tax historian. who is in the audience today. thank you for attending. and we ll hear from karl henry soon. molly is an associate professor of history in washington university and received her ph.d. degree from the university of michigan. she is the author of the highly regarded ta
is still being done. today s talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, political science professor at m.i.t., longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his co-authored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. that ought to be a pretty good talk. i have been looking forward to hosting today s guests. since i first saw her in action at last year s policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. thank you for attending, carl. and we will hear from carl soon. molly is an associate professor of history at washington university and received her ph.d. degree from the university of michigan. she is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. she will also say something about her current book projec
craig melvin: he looked like he was sleeping, except for the bullet hole. he was in bed. his head was on a pillow. his entire upper body was tucked in. craig melvin: the first guess was suicide, but there was no gun on the scene. hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. that s correct. craig melvin: and this was a man who had everything to live for. eric loved life. craig melvin: he loved his family and women, too, many women. did one of them love him too much? no shortage of lovers to question. craig melvin: no sign of a break-in either. someone either had to have a key or have been let in by eric. craig melvin: so it must have been somebody he trusted or maybe someone who didn t trust him. inside the safe was a .380 handgun. josh mankiewicz: that s the same kind of gun that killed eric. the same kind of gun. craig melvin: everybody loved him. so who killed him? we knew in our hearts that this murder was going to be solved. we believed that justice was going to be served f
we think of tragedies that have happened recently, attacks, and life of many citizens, we pray you would protect a life i pray that those of us who know you would live godly lives. i pray we would do that for your glory. we pray now that you would bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name, amen. before i introduce this evening s panelist, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for tonight s discussion it s my opinion that believers or evangelicals should engage in political activity on the basis of their faith commitments. i hold this opinion for a couple reasons opinion scripture assumes that a follower of christ will seek opportunities for influence. it s just one example, god instructs his people who are in exile to seek the peace or welfare of the city where i ve caused you to be carried away as captives. and pray unto the lord for it. the peace or welfare ther
it is great to have such a large for there on this day election, as we are all sort of anxiously awaiting what happens. it is a genuine pleasure for me to be able to introduce amanda to you. director ofssociate the national history center. i have worked with her for the past 2.5 years. i could sing your praises ad .auseam she is indispensable to the operations and success of the center over the years. for someone who is so young, she had an interesting and varied career. before she became an historian, she was a pastry chef and worked at a prominent restaurant and got her phd at the university of michigan and a postdoc at yale. at the same time, she has continued her interest in food history. she has taught historical cooking classes. she has a blog called just desserts. she has herto that, mainstay as a historian, her work on the origins of humanitarianism and that has led to the book from empire to the american revolution and origins of humanitarianism which was published