Mr. Ambassador, welcome. Im thrilled to be here. Thanks for letting me come home. Very nice to see you again, sir. Thanks for letting me come in this building. You know, ive been by here millions of times. I dont think ive been here in years. Welcome to this great stage. Were happy to have you here. Youve spent more than 20 years alternating between public life and private life. You did a stint as secretary of state, seven or so years as mayor of dallas. You resigned to run for the senate. Then you went back into private life, practiced law. Came back out to be the ustr. Do you prefer being in private life or public life better . Yes. Which one . Youre liking both. No, im going to make you pick. I can tell you that my bride loves the time of being an incomeproducing spouse. Oh, thats what she cares about. No, look, im blessed ive been able to do both. Ironically, as a kid growing up in austin, and austins a wonderful place to be from, but 60 years ago, we were still the segregated sout
Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. To you. And welcome to my guest, king lear. King lear, that is, as portrayed by the actor, john lithgow, who grew the beard for the role and has been frightening our neighbors here in new york city merely by walking down the street at twilights last gleaming, headed to central park, where under the stars, he storms and stalks and strides the stage as shakespeares aging, raging old tyrant, descending into dementia, at war with time, his daughters and himself. There is no more difficult role
The mcarthur foundation, committed to building a more just and peaceful world, park foundation, the colbert foundation, barbara flieshman and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products, thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guests has a compassionate conservatism once touted by george w. Bush is making a comeback. If you have been listening to the heated rhetoric on the surprise. 65gu taken seriously by influential 1;o tny media. He called conservative leaders to articulate a positive social justice agenda. Just like week in the new york city times under the headline love people, not pleasure, he wrote while money relieves suffering in cases of true material need, when money becomes an end in itself it can bring misery too. That message has some people scratching their heads coming as it does from the president of the American Enterprise institute. Fund by some 1,200 donors including exxon mobile, the Am
The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. On this fourth of july weekend, think about the authors of the declaration of independence who had the courage and nerve to stand up to the British Crown and say, enough. And think of the everyday people, regular people, who then put themselves on the line to back up that declaration. Those patriots have their counterparts today in the fight against the modern tyranny of organized money and its chokehold on our government. These champions of grass roots action are fighting for a rearrangement of power not from the left or from the right but from the b
And creativity in our society. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. On this fourth of july weekend, think about the authors of the declaration of independence who had the courage and nerve to stand up to the British Crown and say, enough. And think of the everyday people, regular people, who then put themselves on the line to back up that declaration. Those patriots have their counterparts today in the fight against the modern tyranny of organized money and its chokehold on our government. These champions of grass roots action are fighting for a rearrangement of power not from the left o