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I conceived of the project because there is a lot going on in our country right now and it is unsettling times for a number of americans. Everything having to do with the covid crisis, to the lockdowns, to the killing of george floyd and subsequent protests and riots, and the president ial election. So a lot of people are taking the opportunity to really reexamine first principles, and trying to figure out where we stand as a nation. And people on the right at the end of the president s term comes into focus are asking themselves what is conservatism . An impactesident made on the overall trajectory of the conservative Moment Movement and the real can party . So i want to take this opportunity to reexamine those fundamental questions. There was a, seminal book called the federalist papers which examined the definition of conservatism. That was put together by frank meyer, bill buckley, a lot of conservative luminaries. About came ....
I conceived of the project because there is a lot going on in our country right now and it is unsettling times for a number of americans. Everything having to do with the covid crisis, to the lockdowns, to the killing of george floyd and subsequent protests and riots, and the president ial election. So a lot of people are taking the opportunity to really reexamine first principles, and trying to figure out where we stand as a nation. And people on the right at the end of the president s term comes into focus are asking themselves what is conservatism . Has the president made an impact on the overall trajectory of the conservative movement and the Republican Party . So i want to take this opportunity to reexamine those fundamental questions. Back in 1964, there was a seminal book called the federalist papers which examined the definition of conservatism. That was put together by frank meyer, bill f. Buckley, a lot of conservative ....
Organizations magazine asking the question, what is american conservatism. Tell me about this project . Mr. Burtka thank you so much for having me on, susan. I conceived of the project because there is a lot going on in our country right now and it is unsettling times for a number of americans. Everything having to do with the covid crisis, to the lockdowns, to the killing of george floyd and subsequent protests and riots, and the president ial election. So a lot of people are taking the opportunity to really reexamine first principles, and trying to figure out where we stand as a nation. And people on the right at the end of the president s term as the end of the president s term comes into focus are asking themselves what is conservatism . Has the president made an impact on the overall trajectory of the conservative movement and the Republican Party . So i want to take this opportunity to reexamine those fundamental questions ....
World history surveys to freshman, i tell the students, most of whom are there only because the university requires them, that the value of history lies in its ability for us to see the past in such a way that we can reimagine the present and the future. That perspective can allow us to create a better world than the one in which we now inhabit. This is the gift our speaker, Michael Kazin brings to us tonight and has shared with the readers of many of his books, such as his biography of William Jennings bryan, his account of the political place of the left in American History, and most relatively to this conference, his recent study of peace activists in world war i. He is a professor of history at Georgetown University and the editor of descent magazine. ....
Was an editor at the net and hes combined the history into a potent argument about the problems that we face now in todays politics and in todays world and its out now of course from the new press and i am going to turn over to him for a minute to let him tell you a little bit more about the book and then i will have a few questions for him and we will take questions from all of you. We are also on the cspan book tv right now. So take you to them for coming and i will turn over to eric. Okay. Thank you all for coming out on a hot, hot day. I would rather talk for just a few minutes and give you the sort of general argument about the new book the story about the outsourcing catastrophe. So, i want to start by march of 1911 in the famous incident that many of you know, 146 jan female mostly immigrant workers died at the factory fire in new york and this event was precipitated by an industry that was highly explicative. Its where they contracted out to some contractors into the conditions ....