The title of the book is vox populi which is also the topic of course that is not a new idea in latin means the voice of the people the old adage vox populi the voice of the people and the voice of god often used in history not only to attack monarchs but those people who say such nonsense. The idea of populism is also not new to America William Jennings Bryan or the roosevelt or Andrew Jackson previously Ronald Reagan were recently not surprisingly popular consent there has been a tension between popular government and Constitutional Government with that sense of the demagogues. So populism abounds from ancient rome to england and elected as president on a populist revolt so our speakers will speak for about five minutes and to have discussion afterwards. We will be joined by Michael Anton but we will start the first speaker is Roger Kimball editor and publisher of new criterion and publisher of encounter books. It also responsible for all of this and other great things published by a
Coming. Two events like this could be possible if it were not for your generous support showing up to them. Really, thank you so much for adding to your denver reading community. We appreciate it. Tonight we had the honor of hosting emily dufton here to talk about her book grass roots the rise and fall of marijuana in america. Emily received her phd in american studies from George Washington university and grassroots is based off her dissertation, the inspiration for such entries you tell us more about and she starts her talk. Emily has been featured in history channel, in the art and a work can also be found in the washington post, the atlantic History News Network and run washington. We are excited to emily here today because as you know in colorado without a very intriguing conversation going about marijuana. Even before it was officially legalized in 2014. Her book adds to this conversation with new research and interviews which expands this conversation even more than we could eve
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No Student Loans your line is 202 7488002. And all others can call us at 202 7488003. At can also send us a tweet cspanwj or go to facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in just a second at first i want to show you what Hillary Clinton had to say yesterday. A 350 billion plan for Student Loans. [video clip] student shouldo have to borrow to pay tuition at a Public College or university. [applause] schools will have to control their costs and show more accountability to their students. 42 increases over 10 years. Way above the rate of inflation of anything else. Their will have to meet obligation to invest in Higher Education. [applause] the federal government will increase its investment in education and will not profit any longer off of Student Loans. Everyone who already has student debt will be able to refinance it at lower rates. Hillary clinton yesterday on the campaign trail talking about her 350 billion proposal on Student Loans. According to the wall street journal unde
Animus problems they face in our country. And so, at the end of this book, the main thing i encourage readers to do was become a cultural broker, get involved in your community, work at a literacy center, work through your church. If you see refugee walking down the street carrying a very heavy couch on his back, stop and talk to the person an offer to help them move that couch in a different way. If you see someone confused in a Grocery Store about how to check out, help them understand how to go through a checkout line. So, there are always people around from other countries in most American Cities by now that experiencedfrom an america stepping up and saying, how can i be of help to you . When that happens, the really interesting thing is i dont urge people to do this as some kind of moral duty or oppressive task they should take into their business lives. When people do this, they have fun. Th enjoy ite. They really feel good about b eing able to interact in such an informal and di