Speaks to a very live and significant controversy politics the subject has been in areas, subject of an enormous amount of thought and argument in the last few years and the question nationalism of the nation in place in our politics and its connection to some of the forces and threats as been drawing the politics of the west. In recent years. And well hear from rich a little bit about the book and he and i will then discuss it for your a few minutes and then we will open it up to questions from you. Who please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause]. Rich thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. Thank who much for your making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book to works of art. I say he came in on the second day. As an npr interview. And we are his practice, i like to say of this professor in. Who they do, as they hope you as a conservative. If you on history or policy and then theyll have a professor on like in the middle of your presentation or r
Honor and a privilege to be with you today. Thanks a lot, thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Son it is an honor to be here. The constitution does not mention Political Parties, and George Washington warned us against them in his farewell address. He said that Political Parties would form factions of men, and he said that the men in those factions would end up caring more about their faction than about their country. Georgebviously washington was correct. Situation where the political system goes on and on and on about how divided we are, and yet the political system itself is the primary divider. I think that the dividing lines are not even true. They are not even appropriate to the times in which we live, because the Main Division today is not between left and right. The Main Division today is between democracy and antidemocracy. The Main Division today is between those who believe that economic principles unfettered by any ethical or moral consideration should organize our s
The political system goes on and on and on about how divided we are, and yet the political system itself is the primary divider. I think that the dividing lines are not even true. They are not even appropriate to the times in which we live, because the Main Division today is not between left and right. The Main Division today is between democracy and antidemocracy. The Main Division today is between those who believe that economic principles unfettered by any ethical or moral consideration should organize our society versus those that believe humanitarian principles should organize our society. The division today is not between conservative and liberal. Eisenhower, president eisenhower said that the American Mind at its best is both liberal and conservative, and i believe that. I believe there are highminded conservative values and highminded liberal values. But while conservatives and liberals are going at it each other, a real opponent of both of them is having a great time laughing
Thank you. Son it is an honor to be here. The constitution does not mention Political Parties, and George Washington warned us against them in his farewell address. He said that Political Parties would form factions of men, and he said that the men in those factions would end up caring more about their faction than about their country. Georgebviously washington was correct. Situation where the political system goes on and on and on about how divided we are, and yet the political system itself is the primary divider. I think that the dividing lines are not even true. They are not even appropriate to the times in which we live, because the Main Division today is not between left and right. The Main Division today is between democracy and antidemocracy. The Main Division today is between those who believe that economic principles unfettered by any ethical or moral consideration should organize our society versus those that believe humanitarian principles should organize our society. The d
Conservativism for decades. Hes edited it since 1997, rich is also a syndicated columnist and author i very much recommend to you the previous book study of Abraham Lincoln social and economic thought lincoln unbound. This new one speaks to a very live and significant controversy in our politics a subject that has been an area thats been a subject of enormous amount of thought and argument in the last two years the question of nationalism of the nation and its place in our politics. Its connection to some of the forces and threads that have been driving the politics of the west in recent years. The forum will be very simple, will hear from rich a little bit about the book. Then he and i will discuss it for a few minutes and then open to questions from you. Please lets welcome rich lowry. [applause] thank you thank you everyone, its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for making the time. I will share with you what has been my favorite moment from my book tour so far, came very ear