Cliche of a everything wrong that can happen to somebody. Eventually i asked her what i asked everyone i photographed. How do you what me to describe you . She shot back with Something Like it is what i am. A prostitute, and a child of god. Sunday on q a. Lori robinsoneral was the first woman in u. S. History deleting combat command. She discusses defense policy and international security. She spoke at the brookings institution. Michael welcome on to brookings. I have the honor and pleasure of welcoming general Lori Robinson. Im glad youre here to join us. She was a Lieutenant Colonel when she first came to brookings in 2001 and we spent a year with hurt and her midcareer military education. Its an education for us at brookings. It created a friendship and a fan club at brookings that continued over the years. You know her story and will talk about her story before we get into some of her observations on Strategic Issues before the country, and that have time for your thoughts and ques
Licensing requirements. Justin pearson talks about the studies at a Federalist Society event in montgomery, alabama. Theood morning, welcome to montgomery Federalist Society. I am president of the montgomery chapter and associate dean at Faulkner University school of law. Have you hereo today for our topic on occupational licensure. This is a topic that i am very interested in. Occupational licensing law established governmentbacked barriers of entry into based onns and fields the allegations that the general safety and welfare of the community is served and protected by them. The reality is that lobbyists and other connected Interest Groups favor occupational licensing for its anticompetitive effects. In fees and restrictions licensure prevent arch tort vent four return officially providing consumers with better goods and services. Of these laws. Proportionally on minority communities who would benefit regulations ie would go decisive Government Entity expensive Economic Freedom and m
[applause] hello eric, please take a seat. Make yourself comfortable. Lori larry. We have reached an agreement on the u. S. Mexico candidate deal. How good is this for the rest of us . We have reached an agreement on deal. S. Mexicocanada mr. Kudlow i think it is better than nafta. I think it is broader than nafta. It updates nafta. Particularly in some important new economy ways. The way this thing was always sense,d in a bipartisan you have domestic content and labor issues which have been resolved. You also have new economy issues. In particular, intellectual Property Rights which has never been put into one of these trade agreements before. I think financial and digital services. They are going to make a big difference. We will get a lot of investments that we might not have had. I pulled out some of the estimates from the International Trade commission. A lot of people were quoting numbers from the itc. Lower numbers. But actually, they gave wide ranges on the u. S. Economy. The r
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And the on cspan2s booktv, more television for serious readers. Hey there. Im patricia lynch, an executive director here. Im also the executive producer of our literary series. Im really happy you are with us tonight. Tonight we welcome public intellectual philosopher Michael Lynch to the innovation Leadership Series with his new book, knowitallsociety. Michael lynch is a frequent contributor to the New York Times among other publications. Hes also a professor of philosophy at the university of connecticut. A highly sought after speaker around the world, hes appeared in such prestigious venues as chad and the nantucket project. Michael has written numerous books including the internet of us, and jill lepore all you saw year with her groundbreaking history book has called in the philosopher of truth. Now, whats this review . First, you should all pretty much have a copy of the book, okay . It comes with the purchase of your ticket. You should also have a drink. So thats good, too. So mi