Hosted this hourlong event. We are thrilled to welcome akhil reed amar, sterling professor of law and Political Science at Yale University back to New York Historical society. Before joining Yale Law School professor amar clerked on the First Circuit for judge steven then judge stephen breyer, he is also a recipient of the devane medical, yales highest award for teaching excellence and is the author of several books including the law of the land, a grand tour of our constitutional republic. And i think akhil was voted the most popular professor at yale at least he is my most popular professor and you are all here, i think, if you all are here because you know him, he is your most popular professor. So before we begin and invite our popular professor up on the stage, please turn off any cell phones, Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming akhil reed amar. Thank you. [ applause ] well, good evening. Welcome. Thank you so much for for coming. This is the New York Historical society, w
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human beings. i think that in order to make sense of the enormous differences between human beings including the qualitative differences, the good ones, the bad ones, the mediocre ones, you have you have to accept that most people give direction to their intelligence. their intelligence is an instrument and not an end in itself. host: well, as we close out here we ve shown a lot of your books. and we talked about your difference methods of communication. but you re blogging regularly on the internet. guest: actually, no. you know, that s not accurate. i put my columns on the blog but i don t blog too much because i don t have time for blogging. host: i wanted you to tell if they would go to your blog site. guest: they would find my columns of which there are at least five every week commenting on contemporary events, cultural, political, ethical, commercial, what have you. i write for the orange county register a regular column every other wednesday. and i get publi
in america to craft its own mythology and its own image. the panel of people up here, all of them are experts in what it is we re talking about today. the work of william deverell, you know extensively. he can tell you anything about southern california history backwards and forwards. i m often glad to welcome him on my radio program. thank you for being here. thank you. [applause] [applause] the latest book of his, a companion to los angeles. it will be out with all the other books and authors in the book signing area. on my right, d.j. waldie, the author of holy land. when i first read it i thought, holy cow. a tremendous book. his latest, i guess you can say that, produced by diane keaton, a love song in pictures and words to southern california. on my left, leo brody of usc. c mon. this is our cheering section. leo s first book that made such a big impression on me was a friendly renown, the history of fame. his latest book is about the hollywood sign. i did not been my