Not only did he say that proposed program was impractical he said it would be destructive of american civilization. The new deal would bring destructive changes. Upon which this government is founded. It would break down the savings, the wages the equality of opportunity among the people i would break down our form of government. Free speech does not live many hours after free commerce dies. The new deal with the same fumes of apparition brush in the courtroom. Spread over the whole of europe. If roosevelt were elected. They would grow in the streets of a hundred cities. A thousand towns. Its always good for a few quotations. Indeed it leads to some of my favorite moments of amusement which i did put in the book the have of the Womens Division were marked during the inaugural parade the inaugural parade included a series of men with lawnmowers coming through the streets. Contrary to myth the 1932 election was happily contested. It was very clear which candidate was promising what with
We do one on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, all three of them are pretty well attended. So if youre selling and thats what im doing every week, im selling, trying to sell something, knockdown problems, tryingto figure out how to move forward. I have an opportunity to deal with all of them. Ill push all of them three days in a week whichhelps sell. In the house, theres so many people they end up forming little caucuses. Theres this caucus and that caucus and this caucusand you sign up with somebody of like mind. We have very little of that in the senate, its almost nonexistent because theres just not that many people deal with so i find those three lunches really helpful. I believe the democrats have 2 tuesday and thursday. We have three and our row every week and i find it absolutely essential to selling what im trying to sell. And every week im trying to sell something so thats what thats for when you make a presentation to your membership about the advisability of a certain course
Morning from southcentral michigan, made the journey, and is here to talk about his book about russell kirk. One of the first questions for lots of people is who is russell kirk . The man undoubtedly cast a very large shadow over american political and intellectual thought in the latter half of the 20th century. It could be argued he still does. Yet, russell kirk is not a name that is much known these days or much invoked these days. Brad, your book does many things , but it also helps serve as a marvelous bracing introduction or reintroduction to russell kirk. We are avoided talk about many things today, but for starters, please give us a quick overview of this man. Bradley sure. Thank you, john, and thank you, everybody, for coming here. Thanks to cspan tv and booktv. Russell kirk was born in 1918 in michigan into extreme poverty. It was something he experienced the first 35 years of his life , to varying degrees. Yet, he was always very bookish, became interested in all kinds of thi
Potential retreat. American history tv. History bookshelves, the biography of influential conservative writer russell kirk. This was recorded at the 2016 Chicago Tribune book fest. [applause] good morning, everybody. I love the smell of books in the morning and its great to be around a bunch of friends who feel the same way. Its my pleasure to help kick fest. Days day of lit its my great pleasure to rzer, theradley j bi russell kirk famous american conservative. Bradley came over this morning from southcentral michigan, made the journey, and is here to talk about his book about russell kirk. One of the first questions for lots of people is who is russell kirk . The man undoubtedly cast a very large shadow over american political and intellectual thought in the latter half of the 20th century. It could be argued he still does. Yet, russell kirk is not a name that is much known these days or much invoked these days. Your book does many things but marvelousd serve as a bracing introductio
On your Program Guide or cspan. Org history. An honor and pleasure to introduce the speaker tonight. John Steele Gordon was educated at vanderbilt university. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including forbes, national review, commentary, the new york times, the wall street journal. Hes a contributing editor at American Heritage and he wrote the business of america column for many years and rights that longview column for barons. Hes the author of several books including hamiltons blessing, the extra ordinary life and times of our national debt, the emergence of wall street as a world power, the business of america hails from the market place, American Enterprise from the selling of doing when to the breakup of at t and an empire of wealth, the epic history of American Economic power. Please join me in welcoming Mister Gordon to the podium. [applause] good evening. Im happy and honored to be at Hillsdale College once again. Im here to talk about socialism and America