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A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He ser ....
Coming up tonight. Senator and republican president ial candidate marco rubio on his book money american dreams. At 7 30, Jessica Jackley cofounder of a microlend are looks at the impact of entrepreneurs living in poor countries. At 8 30 eastern thomas cleanston, former secretary of state for east asian and Pacific Affairs weighs in on the issues pertain to the issue of chinas rise and military economy. And then at 10 00 eastern, ralph nader discusses his book return to sender on the unansweres letters to george w. Bush and barack obama and at 11 Eastern Panel discussion on new orleans after hurricane katrina. Youre watching booktv on cspan. Were at the university of southern california, interviewing professors who are also authors and were pleased to be joined by jody agi vallejo. Professor, what do you teach here . I ....
And i might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. When i was at the institute for justice many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. And she applied for a position at the institute for justice. We offered her a position working as an attorney for i. J. And she turned us down. And the reason she turned us down was that washington d. C. Had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she would be smoking her cigarettes. They would not be at her office unfortunately for her. Subsequently we hired a different lawyer and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in southcentral los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in southcentral los angeles was so appalling that it violated your state constitutions guarantee of a high quality education. They sought a voucher remedy, that essentially ....
Applause for ann coulter. I thought i would begin with a brief anecdote about ann who ive known for many, many years. And i might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. When i was at the institute for justice many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. And she applied for a position at the institute for justice. We offered her a position working as an attorney for i. J. And she turned us down. And the reason she turned us down was that washington d. C. Had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she would be smoking her cigarettes. They would not be at her office unfortunately for her. Subsequently we hired a different lawyer and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in southcentral los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in southcentral los angeles was so appalling that it v ....