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We are using this time to reach out to our senior phallus, friends and constituents to talk about the important issues and ethics in public life that are at the heart of the councils work. So thank you all for joining us. Todays topic is democracy on the verge, leadership in times of crisis. This title is a play on the title of the new book, lincoln on the verge, 13 days to washington, written by our good friend and carnegie fellow ted widmer. Great to see you ted. Thank you its good to be here....

We got them movedd around and elected to office and got them married. It is time to elect him president. Going to look at elec the election of 1860 and using the term everybodys second choice, at the National Convention that year in 1860 a r lincoln supporter sent a wire that said, i think hes going to win the nomination. Hes the second choice of everybody. Well lincolnth himselfe seco ha, my name is new in the field. And i suppose im not the first choice of a very great many, ou. Policy there i...

Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things...

Missouri governor mike parsons it says the state will work to increase diagnostic and Antibody Testing and will start conducting random tests to determine whether covid19 is prevalent in a particular community. He also talked about the states phased approach to reopening. Gov. Parson thanks for being back. This place seems quiet after last week, but good to see everyone back. I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend and was able to get outside a little bit this weekend. On friday, we traveled to kans...

Used to have Small Businesses that flourished. Due to the politics of the times, due to the economy that has passed us by an elected officials that is not pay us attention, any culture that does not hear our voices, these communities have all but tried up and vanished. That is on the micro level. On macrolevel on the macrolevel, this country that is supposed to afford us so many benefits and promises of freedom and hope, not just life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, put all of these prom...

What were your politics in 1971 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger, but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or a trotskyite or anything. When did the transformation occur . It was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the huber institution is backing this. Edited by Mary Eberstadt called why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right and it is a long story and i wont tell i...

War era Study Program and did graduate work in university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long im not going to try to read them all to you. You can go to his website to get a full accounting of not only his publications but oerjt sail ient elements of other saileint elements of hig biography. Im going to offer five books i think is pertinent. The first is called Abraham Lincoln published by willia...

Efforts in a cooperative manner. The smallpox virus likely originated more than 300000 yeas ago and is one of the most devastating diseases ever in the history of humanity. He was barely visible under the most powerful microscope. And was known for very bumps covering face and body. And profuse in internal bleeding. Black vomit. Pieces of destroyed skin shut off ones body. Smallpox is estimated to have killed up to 300 Million People in the 20th century. 300 million. In around 500 million in the...

In the Miami Book Fairs virtual author series. We have become virtual of sellers and doing virtual author events. Its great to see all here tonight. And also from a personal perspective i just want to thank all of you out there for all of the incredible support that you shown, books and books and writers everywhere in this very, very difficult time that we are all facing. All of us at books and books in Miami Book Fair i thinking of you and really helping hoping that you and your family are safe...

Nasa administrator jim bridenstine, and wednesday, our live coverage of the spacex crew launch be in the 12 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2 with liftoff at 4 30 p. M. The International Space station is lost. Then, a briefing with jim bryan stine at 6 00 p. M. Eastern and thursday, 11 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan2, all day live coverage of the spacex crew is it docks with the International Space station. The event between the spacex crew dragon. Cspan2,e on cspan, or listen on the free cspan radio app. B...