Check out all of the cspan products. Go to cspanstore. Org. Check out all of the cspan products. Host we are back with peter canellos, editoratlarge with politico and we talk about his story, are americans falling out of love with their landmarks . Good morning. Guest good morning. Host why did you decide to write this article . Guest i was shocked when i heard about the very persistent since the colonials got their first taste of history there. Visitors ship is about half of what it was in the late 80s. You look at somebody someplace like gettysburg, an amazing sight, americas greatest clash, the High Water Mark of the confederacy and turning born of the civil war point of the civil war. It is down about a quarter of what it was in the 1970s. These are surprising statistics. When a collie photographer bought it to our attention, we decided to do a photo essay and to also kind of meditate on what it is that has decreased our interest in these Historic Sites. With, from back talking to
On monday. Then, on saturday come august 3, another gunman walked into a with a in el paso, texas highpowered assault weapon. Andhot and killed 22 people injured another 24. Press reports indicate that he told police after the shooting that he was targeting mexicans. Later, in the early hours of sunday morning, another gunman opened fire at a popular bar in seconds,hio and in 32 nine people were murdered and another 27 were injured. The shooter used a semiautomatic 100 roundipped with a magazine. Over that one weekend, 31 innocent people were murdered and over 50 were injured because of just two Mass Shootings in america. Even as our nation grieves over the horror of gilroy, el paso, and dayton, we must confront the reality that gun violence is not just a problem stemming from Mass Shootings, gun violence is a Public Health epidemic that is plaguing our cities and communities every single day. Terrorists use highpowered, military styled assault weapons to kill our children and our fami
Topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel then, everyone will give Opening Statements and then we will start the conversation. So, sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at purdue university. He holds a phd in colonial history from Johns Hopkins and is author of captives of history, prisoners of war and the American Revolution that will be released this fall at the university of pennsylvania. In addition to his book, hes published articles in the journal of the early republic the journal of military history in the new england quarterly. Hes currently at work on a project that is provisionally titled, patrick henrys war, the struggle for empire in the revolutionary west. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19 century historian in the department of african ascites at wellesley college. Her book out from the university of pennsylvania was exclusively focused during antebellum activist. Shes coauthor and featured in the Hi
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose. Finance jack bennett. Welcome. Before we begin, just a few notes. First we ask you to silence your cell phones. You dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of the talk but we do want you to be heard in recording. Lastly after the talk please help us including the space by folding up your chairs and link them against the nearest wall. The signing will begin just afterward with a line stretching towards the front of the store books are available for purchase. Todays guest is professor Ganesh Sitaraman who teaches law at vanderbilt law school. Professor sitaraman worked as an advisor to Elizabeth Warren for the 21st century run and served as a genetic counselor in the senate. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Professor sitaraman is a to talk less news book, the public option how to expand freedom
Panelists weigh of propaganda and political on voters and consumers. This is one hour. [laughter] thank you. I will introduce the panelist, how hirschfield, a behavioral psychologist at the ucla school of management, where he studies cognitive bias and how people and mentioned their future selves. He also contributes opeds to the New York Times and wall street journal. A historian of american political rhetoric at texas a m university and a editor. She is also the author of the rhetoric of her rogue expectations, establishing the obama presidency. And currently at work on her next book titled, demagogue for president , the rhetorical genius of donald trump. [laughter] she will be talking about that later. Emerituss a professor of social psychology at uc santa tripand the coauthor of a propaganda can the everyday use and abuse of persuasion. , age of propaganda, the use and abuse of persuasion. [laughter] so, thank you for being here. , istheme of this panel is contemporary propaganda d