Thank you. Bruce. Hello my name is mark levine. Im an affiliated scholar. Program today is called jack london, apostle of the American West. And its being coupon sorried by Stanford University library ris. As bruce was describing, the center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and public presentation on the past, future of Western North america. This is very appropriate pan ford for them. And the University Library comprehensive range both digital formats in support of research and construction here at stanford. Today we ingnaw grate a new center. It is designed to place a spotlight on the humanities in the American West. Arts west offers the stanford community, innovative public programming on the writers artists and cultural leaders that make it further ground for artistic vision. It offers two distinctive series t great writers of the west focuses on western literary heritage and the great artist of the west elevates the western liberal arts. We begin today with jack london whose
[laughter] every Good Organization needs a Pulitzer Prize recipient on the staff. Here at the bush center, we have bill mckenzie. [applause] thank you for convincing us to join you in hosting this. It is very exciting for the bush center that you are here. All the members of the Pulitzer Prize board as well as the representatives from 41s library and i forgot lbjs number. [laughter] as a history buff, i aim thrilled that jon and annette and ron chernow are here to be interviewed. [applause] in order to get my book reconsidered, i thought i would share an anecdote with you. I was tasked to talk to Vladimir Putin about the necessity to have a free press in order for the society to be a wholesom and vibrant society. He had just suspended the independent press. This was in slovakia. I couldnt identify it during the debates. [laughter] mr. Bush i said, vladimir it is very important that you have a vibrant press. He said, you are a hypocrite. You fired the famous newsman. I said what the hel
President ial debates on cspan. Listen live on the cspan radio app or watch any time on demand at cspan. Org. Next, law professors discuss the constitution and free speech at colleges, including examples where the First Amendment was exercised. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon and welcome to the George Washington University Law school. Im susan karamanian, the associate dean for international and comparative legal studies. Im delighted to introduce this distinguished panel on a topic that has been front and center in the news over the past year, and that is the issue of freedom of speech on campus. The idea for this panel came last year, when developments were breaking at Yale University and the university of missouri. Coincidentally, the book of my colleague, and one of our panelists, professor Catherine Ross, was just coming out. Professor rosss book is lessons in sensorship, how schools and court subvert students First Amendment rights, and it came out in 2015, under Harva
100 years ago, president Woodrow Wilson signed the bill creating the National Park service and thursday we look back on the past century of these caretakers of americas natural and historic treasures. Beginning at 10 00 eastern and throughout the day we take you to National Park Service Sites across the country as recorded by cspan. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern, were live from the National Park services most visited historic home, arlington house, the robert e. Lee memorial at Arlington National cemetery. Join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former National Park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming yearlong restoration of the matching, slave quarters and grounds. Thursday, the 100th anniversary of the National Park service live from arlington house at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Up next on the presidency, historians jon meacham, Annette Gordon reid and ron chernow talk about
Are accepting it because they want the help. They need the help. And the idea that the daughterinlaw and motherinlaw clash is as old as humanity. Thats also built into our bones and our genes because the younger woman wants her husband to turn to her nest and break it, you know, break the connection with the mother. That went on even when they were all living in the same household. Sure. Just because you were the one that brought up that, there is a nice irony. At the end of her life, mrs. Roosevelt shared a house with the doctor whom i mentioned before. And the lady who married the doctor, it was a friend, a lovely lady, recounts being in her bedroom with her new husband and mrs. Roosevelt appearing in the doorway to say good morning, which is its sort of irony there somewhere. Definitely. Well, i can see that we could go on and on and on asking fabulous questions about Franklin Delano roosevelt, but i see someone with a hook. Yes. And i have tons of questions, myself, but someday wel