ever spent time in state government like i have, you realize how absolutely critical these issues organ the intersection between the government dysfunction, family dysfunction out of trouble in the community is kind of comes in full force and the child protective services. a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute where she specializes in child protective services, foster care systems and in particular the role of nongovernment actors like civic organizations in changing the systems on the ground. she is the author of six books. you may have seen them and read some of them that include banning snapchat and how marriage is transforming america. you know as a former columnist and contributor to the papers that you read. we are joined today by emily who is a journalist at the atlantic and was previously a long time e contributor to slate and advice columnist for the decade. you ve seen her work in many publications including the new york times, washington post, es
ever spent time in state government like i have, you realize how absolutely critical these issues organ the intersection between the government dysfunction, family dysfunction out of trouble in the community is kind of comes in full force and the child protective services. a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute where she specializes in child protective services, foster care systems and in particular the role of nongovernment actors like civic organizations in changing the systems on the ground. she is the author of six books. you may have seen them and read some of them that include banning snapchat and how marriage is transforming america. you know as a former columnist and contributor to the papers that you read. we are joined today by emily who is a journalist at the atlantic and was previously a long time e contributor to slate and advice columnist for the decade. you ve seen her work in many publications including the new york times, washington post, es
next, hugh hewitt talks about the elements that go in to achieving happiness. this is about an hour. thank you, jonathan quite a lot actually. it s always great to be back at the nixon library, especially on the eve of the 101st anniversary of nixon s birth, especially to celebrate with friends of the library who come offing. as many of you know, in late 1988, the phone rang. i was searching for president reagan and his administration. on the other end this president nixon asking me to come back to your belinda to oversee construction of the library for a couple years. so i was very, very pleased to do so. it was a shining jewel and anyone watching on c-span across the united states who has never been to the nixon library, you want to come here. it s an extraordinary celebration of the american presidency, but also extra or a lead, the small house that frank nixon built from a kit and continued through a life measure in decades that achievement, not hours of achievement,
the extraordinary step of the nixon library is standing here with microphones. who has a comment? right behind you. thank you so much for coming out. you know, not necessarily a question, but i m up until now i will read your book hopefully forever. i ve been very cynical. these are rough times and you wake up everyday, you ve read the books, it gets even rougher and you don t know the way out. so thank you very much for putting a book like this out. thank you. that makes my night. and thank you for reminding me, i was going to ask i forgot to mention, friends, i have been lucky, friends, it s my seventh category. i go back to john phillips at the age of six. i can go through my best friend in my high school years, i know them all. in college, a whole bunch of other people. i can tell you right now whether it s a bud or gary or image or any number of people who are my friends over the past many years, i ve been lucky and friends. my closest friend is a guy nam