Amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. Shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she started her National Volunteer lobbying organization, eagle forum. In a tenyear iafly trainedsch and led a Grassroots Army to victory over radical feminists when they, she stopped the ratification of the equal rights amendment. Economist George Gilder wrote in his book men and marriage, and i quote, when the histories of this era are seriously written, Phyllis Schiafly will take her place among a tiny number of leaders who made a decisive and permanent difference. She changed the Political Landscape of
Mallory factor. Prof. Factor todays topic is cultural conservatism and the religious right. Our discussion will center on the genesis of the pro family grassroots movement. Our speaker will share with you never before shared details about the ordinary people that sparked culture shifting events and a movement that led to the rise of the religious right and the nomination of Ronald Reagan. Youre going to hear about the role of bringing people from across denominational lines to fight the equal rights amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. Shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she sta
Prof. Factor todays topic is cultural conservatism and the religious right. Our discussion will center on the genesis of the pro family grassroots movement. Our speaker will share with you never before shared details about the ordinary people that sparked culture shifting events and a movement that led to the rise of the religious right and the nomination of Ronald Reagan. Youre going to hear about the role of bringing people from across denominational lines to fight the equal rights amendment. That fight led to the formation of a voting bloc that remains an unstoppable Political Force and has become the base of todays Republican Party. But enough hearing from me. Id like to introduce now our guest lecturer, Phyllis Schlafly. Shes been called the godmother of the modern conservative movement. Shes been a conservative leader since 1964 when she selfpublished her best selling book a choice, not an echo. A echo. Ce, not an shes been a leader of the pro Family Movement since 1972 when she
Talks about us policy in the region and the recent confrontation between the us and iran. Watch booktv this week and every weekend on cspan2. If i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a contributing editor at city journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, no matter how calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrarian voice. It was johns New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that first made me a fan of his work. There he took on any number of prevailing this about cities from rent control to the root causes of h
[inaudible conversations] if i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a value contributing editor of the journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary and voice. Ons New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that made me a fan of his work, he took on any number of prevailing miss from the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was born from johns irritation that Rosie Odonnells ruling was public or schism