Kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about american history. His previous book is lincolns white house the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. You have a unique focus of this book on the white house as the setting for jeffersons two terms
Good evening. Welcome to white house history. I am a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization founded by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy, dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about American History. His previous book is lincolns white house the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. Jam
And the our moral compass and altruism is our way through but how do make sure that our good intentions do not pave the road to hell i ask effective altruism evangelist professor of philosophy at Oxford University william mccaskill. William macaskill professor off the loss of a at Oxford University and the cofounder of the center of for effective altruism its really great to have you with us today welcome to our show well as case being i thank you for inviting me on so all right so the movement here associated with is called a sect of altruism i mean the very notion of this active altruism makes me wonder can altruism be ineffective or even harmful in what cases yes i think soundly isnt very often as ineffective or even harmful so there are many attempts where people try and do some out of good but actually end up. Achieving very little or just achieving far less than they could have done so for example or so that im in the United States called scared straight takes juvenile delinquent
I would like to start from reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph. Put the spike of a drawing compass into the map of virginia a dairy farm, George Washington home, extend the leg of the compass what reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle, within and it not only washington but thomas jefferson, james mattis and james rural were born leading to manhood and made their home. It is the story that evokes what the historian called the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Doctor cheney is a longtime member of a site faculty and i want to take moment to acknowledge how much we all appreciate her scholarship and her intellectual contributions to ai, not to mention a service she is done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney that examine our countrys history, its consideration and rigor. Her last book, James Madison, became a New York Times best seller in 2014 and shed new light on the life of one of
And what youre seeing now is how the 2020 u. S. President ial election is shaping up so far lawsuits calls to stop ballot counts on allegations of fraud draw angry crowds to the streets. Make sure to check out our website r t dot com for faster than light updates on anything and everything surrounding the u. S. Elections ill be back with more of your world new News Headlines in just about half an hour in just about an hour thanks for watching and i hope to see you then. No one. Looking at the white house. I dont think if the phone. And then. Call tom that come on a full. One. Sorry very sorry 6 6 2. Welcome to so think of visionaries may Sophie Shevardnadze in times of uncertainty and the our moral compass and altruism is our way through but how to make sure that our good intentions are not pave the road to how i ask effective altruism evangelist professor of philosophy at Oxford University william mccaskill. William macaskill professor off the loss of a at Oxford University and the co