Washington and we the people. Im going to get right into the idea of revolution. You say in the book america has been through divisive. Before, some worse than the ones were iwe are in today with the hindsight of history can see them as Inflection Points, the transitional period between the old system that is broken down and a new one so largely. Are we in an Inflection Point . Guest absolutely. We are in the middle. The best example is in 2016 in the republican primaries there was a real civil war that the Establishment Republicans represented by jeb bush and others didnt get the nomination, didnt get the support of the American People. It was the revolutionary donald trump. The democrats are going through the same thing right now they are having a civil war in their party but is it going to be the traditional democrats, is it going to be some outsider, is it going to be a socialist but that is indicative of the fact washington doesnt work. It hasnt kept up with the country and i gues
Thank admiralo robie for his generous hospitality. I should also mention that we are here representing the friends of the world war ii memorial. Named for ours leader, the founder of the friends. You may know that we conduct ceremonies on the important commemorative dates during the Second World War throughout the year yesterday, we commemorated the invasion of torch. On saturday, veterans day. In 1947, a new american secretary of state spoke at the 200th anniversary of princeton university. He concluded his remarks this was a former army general, george marshall, who had just become secretary of state by saying he could not imagine a graduate of that institution having completed his education the text of the pen the lesion roar through saturdays. The faculty mustve of been astonished. The point was that good officers and good citizens who take their work seriously are lifelong students of history. Our speaker this morning, david kennedy, is perhaps the most extraordinary practitioner
Bulletproof glass. The more the members talked about that, they said that is a bad idea. This is the peoples house. The people cannot be walled off from the floor. The Capitol Building is a symbol, and that makes it a target. The british burned the building in 1814. There was a bombing in world war i. There was the shooting in 1954. What happened in 1971 with the bomb set up from the Weather Underground opposed to the vietnam war. There was another bomb from people opposed to reagans foreign policy. In 1980 eight, to es were shot and killed. There have been those instances over time. Yet, the capital has remained remarkably open building. The history of the house and senate. Its leaders, characters, and prominent events. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Now, New York Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger junior and dean baquet discuss the future of the New York Times. This is one hour and 25 minutes. Good evening. I am jennifer raab, and i have the great privilege of being
The details are forgotten, including how it transformed america, and how it intersects with american constitutional history. I am absolutely thrilled to discuss with our panelists today , and to give you a little bit of background. We couldnt have brought together a better trio. Uin,t, we have michael case the editor of dissent magazine and authored a new book. It talks about the Peace Coalition before u. S. Entry into world war i, and then what happens during the peace movement. England, ae will pulitzer surprise journalist and author of a new book. Happeneding how much in this one month and told the story of what is happening in america, europe, and russia and how those events intersect. Brian, aly, we have professor of history at the university of virginia, and the cohost of one of my absolute favorite podcasts back story, if you are a fellow history nerd. I strongly suggest taking suggest checking out back story. It gives the background stories of a lot of the things happening in t
The details are forgotten, including how it transformed america, and how it intersects with american constitutional history. I am absolutely thrilled to discuss with our panelists today , and to give you a little bit of background. We couldnt have brought together a better trio. Uin,t, we have michael case the editor of dissent magazine and authored a new book. It talks about the Peace Coalition before u. S. Entry into world war i, and then what happens during the peace movement. England, ae will pulitzer surprise journalist and author of a new book. Happeneding how much in this one month and told the story of what is happening in america, europe, and russia and how those events intersect. Brian, aly, we have professor of history at the university of virginia, and the cohost of one of my absolute favorite podcasts back story, if you are a fellow history nerd. I strongly suggest taking suggest checking out back story. It gives the background stories of a lot of the things happening in t