you can learn more about his career and previous publication by reading the video description below and i want to encourage you if you are not already to subscribe to the channel and visit the website to learn more about the other upcoming events and subscribe to the newsletter it s wonderful to talk to the cic. i wish i could be there and we could be together there, soon i hope. in any case i appreciate this opportunity to talk today about the theme of my book, america on trial the defense of the founding. i think it is pretty clear to everyone that america is on trial. it is to promote all sides that we solve during last summer in the riots and the tearing down of the statues of some of the founders of the united states. .. from the conservative right and the christian right and from some catholics. that charge is slightly different that it says america was contaminated add its founding and given a time-released poison pill based on the notion of the radical individualism
institute here in dc but today he s here to talk about his newest book, america on trial the defense of the founding. you can learn more about his career and previous publication by reading the video description below and i want to encourage you if you are not already to subscribe to the channel and visit the website to learn more about the other upcoming events and subscribe to the newsletter it s wonderful to talk to the cic. i wish i could be there and we could be together there, soon i hope. in any case i appreciate this opportunity to talk today about the theme of my book, america on trial the defense of the founding. i think it is pretty clear to everyone that america is on trial. it is to promote all sides that we solve during last summer in the riots and the tearing down of the statues of some of the founders of the united states. .. from the conservative right and the christian right and from some catholics. that charge is slightly different that it says america wa
us. i am excited to be here with robert riley, director of the institute here in dc but today he s here to talk about his newest book, america on trial the defense of the founding. you can learn more about his career and previous publication by reading the video description below and i want to encourage you if you are not already to subscribe to the channel and visit the website to learn more about the other upcoming events and subscribe to the newsletter it s wonderful to talk to the cic. i wish i could be there and we could be together there, soon i hope. in any case i appreciate this opportunity to talk today about the theme of my book, america on trial the defense of the founding. i think it is pretty clear to everyone that america is on trial. it is to promote all sides that we solve during last summer in the riots and the tearing down of the statues of some of the founders of the united states. .. from the conservative right and the christian right and from some catho
we know of at least three state governments that are under such an attack. these are the agencies and departments that are under attack as well as you see there. the treasury department, commerce, the national institutes of health, cybersecurity and infrastructure which is an agency that is supposed to be an intelligence agency and cybersecurity working within the department of homeland security. both have been attacked in this espionage. the department of state, the department of defense, the executive office of the president for crying out loud, the postal service, nuclear security demonstrations, los alamos national laboratory and other national laboratories as well but los alamos is critically, it is the nexus of our nuclear weaponry. the federal energy regulatory commission, the office of secure transportation and at least three states of the office of secure transportation responsible for the secure transportation of nuclear, nuclear weapons and nuclear power in itself.
the reagan institute. the d.c. office of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and the ronald reagan institute. in 1980, the 20-something son of a former congressman and prince george s county executive was named the chair of the youth for reagan. he is looking quite youthful today, i might add. he supported then governor reagan during the 1976 presidential primary. and now, young larry hogan would serve as a delegate to the 1980 republican convention. and you know, we have a lot of reagan devotees join us at the institute. but i think governor hogan may rank above them all. you see, he didn t just support ronald reagan in 1976, in 1980, in 1984. he managed to support him in 2020 as well. [laughter] now, i know you consider president reagan your political hero, governor, but that, sir, that s real dedication. and by the way, you didn t have to do that just to be invited here today. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, i want to thank you for joining us. we re honored to welco