[applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the Fourth Annual conference and gala presented by the william s. Ugly program at yale. Attributed to winston churchill. He. He said, if you are not a liberal when youre 25, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative by the time you are 35, you have no brain. [laughter] a radical in the 1930s, became a leader. Later on he rejected marxism and moved to the right producing in 1941 the work for which he was best known, the managerial revolution published in 1941. 1941. He also became a red regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review. In 1933 along with sidney hook he had to organize the American Workers fund, supported its merger with the communist league of america to the United States Workers Party. In 1935 the allied with the wing of that party and defended offended no one less than leon trotsky himself. Writing for the partisan review, he was also an important influence on writers, such as Dw
If you dont cannot be you dont turn up your phone then i ask you to follow up on facebook and twitter and instagram. If you havent already please take a minute and sign up for our email newsletter. As promised we will not spam you and you can find out about the great offensive things we have going on in the story. Pick up one of our events calendar. We have postcards and above that if you could grab one of those and come back and see us again. Thank you again so much for coming. My name is sarah and on behalf of the entire staff im happy to welcome you. Im so pleased to welcome j. D. Dickey for his new book empire of mud the secret history of washington d. C. Empire of mud unearthed and untangles the root of our capital story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset. From becoming the proud citadel of the public the George Washington envisioned more than two centuries ago. J. D. And i were talking about his background which is really fascinating. He is the author of the ro
19th century spanish novels so without further ado the moderator for the second panel liberalism at home and the challenges to western survival. [applause] can can you hear me all right all right . Welcome to the second panel on this conference on James Burnham suicide of the west which the william f. Buckley program is organized to put together. I should point out that unfortunately james was unable to attend but wonderfully at the massachusetts the last moment we have a replacement. Avik roy has stepped up and volunteer to fill in for him so we thank him. [applause] our time of consist of James Taranto and avik roy. We will open up the floor for discussion. When i accepted lawrence kind invitation to moderate this panel i was genuinely to thought delighted to have the opportunity to revisit burnhams classic book but as i started to read i realized that i was absolutely dead wrong about it. Not about his classic status but i have actually read the book before. Because as i read furthe
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the maryland inn. My name is mike radek. This lady beside me is peg. She has been our innkeeper for years and helps me run the property for events like this. I want to welcome you to another treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have on young enjoyable afternoon. Thank you mark. [applause] mark thank you again for coming today. We are very delighted to have Peter Hanson Michael as our speaker. He serves as the president of the john hanson Memorial Association. Both in Frederick Maryland where hansen rose to political prominence. His book is called remembering john hanson which has 12 National Book prizes. Peter Hanson Michael descends from john hansons immigrant grandfather. He is the author of palace of yawns which in 2014 one a National Book award. His
Treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have a very enjoyable afternoon. Thank you mark. [applause] mark thank you again for coming today. We are very delighted to have Peter Hanson Michael as our speaker. He serves as the president of the john hanson Memorial Association. Both in Frederick Maryland where hansen rose to political prominence. His book is called remembering john hanson which has 12 National Book prizes. Peter Hanson Michael descends from john hansons immigrant grandfather. He is the author of palace of yawns which in 2014 one a National Book award. His latest book running on empty america has its say on economic equality is due out. He is a graduate of the university of maryland, berkeley and princeton and lives with his wife vickie. Please join me in welcoming Peter Hanson