Good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation, executive editor of the daily signal, courtesy to our speaker today i would like to ask that you silence your cell phone although dont turn them off because we do encourage you to tweet and share on social media about todays program to help spread the word. You can find on Heritage Feed on both channels and platforms, to introduce our guest today marvin olasky, former visiting fellow and close friend of our organization. Hes the author of more than 25 books including his latest reforming journalism which he will discuss with us today. Marvins political journey is quite unique. As he became an atheist and a marxist in high school and joined the communist party in 1970s. He was at the university of michigan working on ph. D that he had spiritual awakening and baptized into the Presbyterian Church in 1976, he later became the founder of redimo Presbyterian Church in austin texas in 1982. After college he taught at university of texas at
getting some of our biggest clues yet about the directions special counsel jack smith is taking the politically fraught and complex and unprecedented investigations of an ex president by the justice department. there are major developments in both the january 6 investigation and the probe into the classified documents. we ll get to that in a minute. but we begin with what we know about the sprawling criminal probe into the capitol insurrection and the coup plotted by the ex president and his allies and including those in the administration and in congress. as the new york times reports, jack smith steps us the pace, sorting through a mountain of evidence from the january 6 committee and looking to interview witnesses that did not speak to the congressional panel. from that times report, quote, did former president trump consume detailed information about foreign countries wild in office? how extensively did he seek information about whether voting machines had been tampered
One of our students. She is in many respects a quintessential representative of the almost 500 students who come from more than 70 countries to enroll in are bachelors in Foreign Service program. The discussion underway this week, the discussions are urgently needed because the divisions we are witnessing globally are more pronounced and disconcerting than at any period in my lifetime. We are beset by wars and bear witness to unspeakable atrocities. Democratic principles and institutions including many elite universities in this country are on the receiving end of in sustained of sustained attacks. We know that the complex problems in humanity cannot and will be will not be solved by any single state actor. Yet too many of the people who we need to come to the table often do not show up or if they do, they talked down to others or at others. Ironically, at the same time when not enough people are sincerely communicating, we live in a world burying beneath an avalanche of words. Words t
And National Park status in uganda good news for wildlife, but at what cost to the human population . Recreational drug consumption is big business. Just how big, its hard to say with certainty since most transactions take place outside of the law. The un, however, estimates that around 260 billion euros worth of drugs sales are made globally each year. Around a quarter of a billion people are thought to take drugs, the most popular of which is cannabis. Around 180 Million People worldwide smoke or consume cannabis, also referred to as weed, hash, and dope, on a regular basis. Opinions as to the dangers of Cannabis Consumption vary, as do the legalities of buying and selling it. The United States is a case in point. There, cannabis dealing can either land you a spell in jail or a hefty tax bill, all depending on which state you happen to be operating in. Reporter jake brown says he enjoys his work. Even if it sounds a bit weird to german ears, hes a marijuana critic for the Colorado Da
Good news for wildlife, but at what cost to the human population . Recreational drug consumption is big business. Just how big, its hard to say with certainty since most transactions take place outside of the law. The un, however, estimates that around 260 billion euros worth of drugs sales are made globally each year. Around a quarter of a billion people are thought to take drugs, the most popular of which is cannabis. Around 180 Million People worldwide smoke or consume cannabis, also referred to as weed, hash, and dope, on a regular basis. Opinions as to the dangers of Cannabis Consumption vary, as do the legalities of buying and selling it. The United States is a case in point. There, cannabis dealing can either land you a spell in jail or a hefty tax bill, all depending on which state you happen to be operating in. Reporter jake brown says he enjoys his work. Even if it sounds a bit weird to german ears, hes a marijuana critic for the Colorado Daily the denver post. Here hes choos