Tls and panamerica, and its a total delight to discuss the issue of free speech which never seems to go away. As i edit a literary magazine, i thought id begin things with a literary angle. In britain he wrote the polemic against [inaudible] and in it he said this which has continued to resound, give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience above all liberties. But before we get mistyeyed though, he also said this those which otherwise come forth, if they be found mischievous and libelous, the executionist will become the remedy to follow. He was the godfather of i believe in Free Expression but, which has been active as a brigade ever since. As were going to discuss over the next 50 minutes, free speech is never in practice absolute. The question before us today is how much it should be championed over other rights, especially in universities. And those rights might include the right not to be offended, but also the right to live free from abuse and
You can watch them on our web site, booktv. Org. Booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading. Heres what oklahoma congressman Steve Russell had to say. I read all kinds of stuff. Im a voracious history reader. Not much onion fiction although there are some. I just finished a fiction book, i should say im not much on fiction. But i did just finish a fiction book by Derek Robinson that was kind of a british antiwar protest on a world war i setting, and it kind of reflects the times. But i have a great interest in world war i. My great grandfather and his brothers were world war i veterans, one of my relatives is buried in france, killed in the first world war. And since were in the 100th anniversary of our entry into that war and our participation in the campaigns, ive been reading quite a bit about that time. Congressman, youre also an author as well. Could you kind of talk about your experience as an author . Well, it is i have a Great Respect fo
Thank you very much. Good evening. I am bradley coowner politics and prose. [applause] along with my wife. And be half of the entire staff, welcome and thank you for coming. [applause] what a marvelous crown what a great space for a book event. Thank you to the warner theater for making this spacious place available. As much as we enjoy hosting our authors that are store on connecticut avenue northwest, we had a feeling that a somewhat larger venue would be needed for this one. In fact, this is the largest author talk that we have ever sponsored. Tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. So congratulations, you are the lucky ones. Since its release one week ago, what happened, Hillary Clintons new book about the 2016 election has landed on the bestseller list and generated nonstop commentary and conversation. Some things never change. Hillary has given a number of interviews about the book but tonight she is with us in person for what is the first on the 15 city tour that will take her
Cohair of the washington history seminar along with my colleague, christian, of the history and Public Policy program. Seminar for those of you who dont though is a collaborative east of the National History center which is part of the American History association and center for scholars. The traditionally meet on monday afternoons at 4 p. M. , though, today for our fall lunch weve made exception and chosen a beautiful pride afternoon to get this season started. Though, normally we meet on monday afternoons mark it down 4 p. M. If you vpght the goen schedule yet already please pick one up or go to the washington history seminars website, on the National History center to download a copy of all of the tacks for the rest of the fall season. Our programs is exciting mars dont happen like this for themselves and amanda perry of the National History center worked behind scenes to ensure that the seminars come off without a hitch. We also rely upon the generous Financial Support of a number
It has to measure value, and a measuring stick cant be part of what it measures. And if the government treats money as a magic wand to Summit Economic growth like fully entrepreneurs, thats the meaning of the crucial price signals that govern all their opportunities, then you have the kind of stagnation that we are experiencing today. Its a worldwide stagnation, which means its not simply bad policy of the united states. Some systemic affliction of capitalism around the world, and the systemic affliction is the erosion of the meaning of money. So this question throws all valuations into question. Because its like we float money today. Now, International Exchange trading today, just trading currencies back and forth, is 73 times bigger than all trade in goods and services put together. Its 25 times bigger that all global gdp, and it doesnt even arrive as monetary value that anybody can trust. When money is a model of all the horizons of the economy shrank. Host is this book a call to re