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This afternoon, we will discuss the life of , joined by guests from the university of virginia, george mason university, and the Washington Post cheryl wells. I direct the Wilson Centers history and Public Policy program, and i have the pleasure , as always, of cochairing this Seminar Series with the National History center. Eric will introduce our speakers and moderators to the discussion. Washington history seminar is a collaborative effort of two organizations, the national association, and t...

What in the past brought you to one of the wellknown commentators in the wall street journal and why the influencers were getting their. I joined the College Newspaper back in the early 90s when i was in school and thats where i got the political bug. I discovered riders, thinkers, intellectuals and they had a huge impact on my intellectual development and thinking about race in particular as well as economics and politics and some other issues. So thats where i got my start. I interned at usa t...

Consider . The brightest jewels in the crown of a first lady historians of america, so starting with dr. Barbara perry. And while dr. Perry is walking up here. It should be noted that she just came out today with an article. In the publication the hill on first ladies in war and as as barbara said she she was inspired by the association. And she is the gerald bayless professor and director of president ial studies the university of virginias miller center. And currently serves on the board which...

Being here with me today and allowing me to talk to you a little bit. About your great book that i guess was released on yesterday. Yeah, i understand it and im particularly interested in this book. Most of because its title away out of no way. Yeah. Now i havent been born and raised in the parsnitch as you. I dont know if youre in deposites, but im the son of a fundamentalist amendments here and you okay, so we kind of know a little bit about what that means. How about tell me a little bit abou...

Conservative commentator as wall street journal sort of what you influencers were getting there. Well, i i joined the College Newspaper back in the early 1990s when i was in school and that sort of where i got the political the political bug. I i discovered writers thinkers intellectuals like thomas sole and Shelby Steele and glenn lowry and they had a huge impact on my my intellectual development and on my thinking about race in particular as well as economics and politics and and some other is...

Filters and toxics in the soil and biofuels. Either in the law and started researching and i said what about cannabis. She said best there is. Magnitudes better than corn or slowly and i said but . Dont you know . We are not even allowed to talk about it. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Conservative political pundit ann coulter presents her thoughts on race in america next on booktv. The author speaks at the Four Seasons Hotel in los angeles for 15 minutes. [applause...

Weekends television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, author and columnist amity shlaes, the chair of the Calvin Coolidge foundation, talks about the Great Depression, taxes and president ial legacies. The former wall street Journal Editorial Board member is the author of five nonfiction books including the New York Times bestseller, the forgotten man, which was released as a graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, whos the forgotten man . Be. Guest the forgotten man, who wa...

[ inaudible question ] chuck, what im saying to you is that there is no simpler solution, no ready, credible solution other than congress either give me the authority to raise the debt ceiling or exercise the responsibility that they have kept for themselves and raise the debt ceiling. Because this is about paying your bills. Everybody here understands this. I mean, this is not a complicated concept. You dont go out to dinner and then, you know, eat all you want, and then leave without paying th...

07 15 13 07 15 13 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now in the Circuit Court of the 18th judicial circuit in seminole county, florida, the state of florida versus georgia zimmerman, the verdict, we jury find George Zimmerman not guilty. The verdict is in britain George Zimmerman is acquitted for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed africanamerican teenager in florida. The verdict sparked protests around the country. We still today want just...

We still today want justice. We still today want justice. And we will not be satisfied until justice is obtained. And we will not be satisfied until justice is obtained. Ofwe will speak with some those in the streets and to the reverend Jesse Jackson as well as philip agnew, head of the dream defenders, a coalition of young people of color in florida, formed after Trayvon Martins death. 2013 and beyond, it is in europe propelled by black and brown youth in our formative years criminalized, margi...