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That does not mean that you cannot do it in a thoughtful way. That is what we try to do. Lots of other organizations try to do the same thing. So, you just have to decide. Where are you going to expend your energy . Some people spend all day long with cable news on. It palays a role. That is a great place to go on a breaking story. But, there are also a lot of talking heads. We said, toasy as tune into the people that you agree with. There are people on both sides of the spectrum. People are gui...

Litigation regulate speech in order to give adversarial parties a fair and equal thertunity to persuade decisionmaker to roll in their favor, rules regulating political campaigns should have the same objective. Theelections, decisionmakers are voters. Not judges or jurors. That does not change the imperative or the equality of opportunity. Second, all elected officials would lead happier lives and be better able to perform their if theyesponsibilities did not have to spend so much time raising m...

I would just like to say, first of all, final thank you all of you for coming, but also to barbara for helping us all think, not just about one thing or another, but a bottle of that thank you. [applause] welcome everybody. Thanks for bringing the weather to American Enterprises is today. My name is gary smith on her resident scholar and attract the maryland security for studies at aei. Todays event which is cosponsored by the Federalist Society is a Panel Discussion of john yoos latest book poi...

Going to join us just outside that hearing room. Senator cruz, first of all, your impressions of today and the witnesses . Well, i thought today was a very good day. The witnesses, it was interesting. The American Bar Association testified, and they said every person they spoke to spoke about judge barretts incredible intellect, or principles, or kindness, her compassion. It was as positive a testimony as ive ever seen from the aba. They have a long history, unfortunately, of favoring democratic...

Welcome to the Cato Institute. For another nurse continuing series of book forums this particular one is has been ive been eager to look forward to it for many months because i knew about this book for some time now. I knew about the podcast that came first with it. This is jacob machangamas free speech a history from socrates to social media, which is available. Now. Im been available for a couple of weeks and is getting a very strong and appreciative audience. I would say in the United States ...

Well, wed like to welcome back to book tv. Michael shermer, his most recent book is the devil his due came out in 2020. Michael shermer what are you trying to accomplish in giving the devil his due . Well, this is my defense of free speech. Im pretty much a free speech fundamentalist. The devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accept...

Fundamentalist. The devil is whoever you dont agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows ...

Agree with or disagrees with, you or whose ideas you dont like. Thats the devil. And he should be given his due because you would want the same thing when youre opinions are not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and...

Not accepted or you are the outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and i do too. But theyre dangerous because youre going to rarely hear that goes your beliefs. So you have to kind of go out of way to overcome this confirmation bias is motivate...

It needed no subtitle the opening chapter, the first chapter of that book, setting the stage for his discussion of manliness throughout, history and in our time was titled the gender neutral society, and that is the title of todays panel discussion. Were so lucky to be joined today by two friends of aei ill introduce them both and then well begin diana schaub is, professor of Political Science at loyola, maryland. And im happy to say senior fellow here at aei. She writes and studies statements a...