Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
Building infrastructure over the next ten years. Its not easy to do if you dont have to pick up a 30 million tab to defend your country. The European Community is in a position to pay a lot more than they have in the past. I agree with the president. And for us to bring the money back and here and we can only be a super power if were an economic superpower. One minute, sir. I agree with the general statement. I disagree we need 150,000 troops to fulfill our role in europe. We must maintain an engagement there. Theres dangers there. Theres other trouble spots in the world, which are closer to europe than the United States. But two former defense secretaries recently issued reports saying that 100,000 or slightly fewer troop troops would be enough. We have to do things that are costly and i dont believe nor do we need to keep 150,000 troops in europe given how much the red army under the control of russia has been cut. The arms control agreement concluded between mr. Push. I dont think w
Now, president bush. About 30 seconds we will be going on the air. In about 30 seconds we will be going on the air. Good evening, welcome to the first of three debates among the major candidates for president of the United States, sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The candidates are independent candidate ross perot, governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee, and president george bush, republican nominee. I am jim lehrer and i will be the moderator for this 98 minute event, taking place before an audience here in the Athletic Complex on the campus of Washington University in st. Louis, missouri. Three journalists will be asking questions tonight. They are john mack she of the boston globe, and compton, and sandra van ocher. A format agreed to by representatives of the clinton and bush campaigns. That agreement contains no restrictions on the content or subject matter of the questions. Each candidate will have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The order o
I write mostly comic novels. We have written seven or eight of those. This book is a memoir probably the only memoir i will never write. I dont have that much to say. May be going out on thin i. C. E. I dont think i will write another book than this one in part because it is so singular in nature. About two Extraordinary People who provided me with some amazing material for a book. Host what was it like to write the book . I sat down shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started writing a book and i wrote a in 40 days. Was accidental there was no biblical collusion but when i looked at the calendar i saw 40 days had lapsed. I work hard to on my writing. It wrote a lot of it itself but we pretty much poured out. Host were you surprised at what poured out . Yes. I think the first sentence read Something Like im not sure how this book is going to turn out. I was indeed surprised at how it turned out. Host thats exactly
How do you explain this incredible year . Ely the American People shirley we feel a cynicism and we have known it when we are addressing the selection of the president. The people feel that they are democrats or republicans that is all part of the same old traditional package, that there needs to be changed in america. And that if the change does not programs andthe genders and plans of the two parties, americans have gotten to the point where they are willing to make that change outside of the regular twoparty structure. How howdy think we got to that point . What is it that got us to that point . How did the parties get disconnected from the people . Shirley first of all, the patriots the parties have not been able to be patronage. Many of the clubhouses and district local offices pertaining to partisan politics are no longer in the communities across this nation. It seems to me that people became very disinterested. As a result of a series of experiences in this country that career