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Host Dana Goldstein is the author of the teacher wars a history of americas most embattled profession. You are watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. In dont wait for the next war a strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership, wesley clark lays out his plan to preserve u. S. Leadership in the world over the coming decade. During this event by the Commonwealth Club, general clark is in conversation with the hoover inst...

Please join me in thanking walter. [applauding] thursday night on cspan more book tv. New years day on the cspan networks, here are some of our featured programs. For our complete schedule go to cspan. Org. In january the new congress will see the largest house gop majority. Republicans take the senate majority. In the new senate 36 states will have both senators from the same political party, 21 states with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. A record a Record Number of 53 former house m...

In january the new congress will have the largest gop majority since the 2000 elections. Craig detweiler talks about his book igods in which he looks at the impact of technology and social media in our culture today. This interview is part of booktvs College Series from Pepperdine University. Host you are watching booktv on cspan2. We are on location at Pepperdine University in malibu california as part of our university series. We like to visit universities and colleges and talk to professors w...

And for reasons that i have mentioned, they have potentially exposed themselves and it would make it more difficult for the russians to simply sit on the sidelines and watch us get bogged down alone. They own part of the responsibility for the brooks in the middle east for the problems in the middle east. And much the same applies to china. And i would think that the russians would see this as in their own national interests. Well, one would have to assume thats the case because they have a nati...

Elections. President obama seems to have missed the november elections entirely. Republicans know we have an obligation to the American People to deliver effective efficient and accountable governing. We have an opportunity stated obligation to put americans first. Last night president obama showed he wants to put washington first. Republicans are not willing to help this president continue down the same wrong road that the American People have rejected. Lets be honest this past election was a r...

Let me me before you keep thinking about your answer to do something else. To frame the question we are talking about questioning and accountability and that goes off into education and i have to refresh myself with 15 minutes even though ive been fooling about it for years. The federal government under no child left behind requires 17 standardized tests today to seven tests, seven in reading. Grade three through eight and once in high school. And then three tests in since i intend once in grade...

Who accepted bitcoin. Yes. Is the microphone, give it to him, go ahead. So the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago and the second best time is today. You need to recognize there is more at stake than revolutionizing shopping in new york city. When you think about the 2. 5 billion people on planet earth that dont have access to a Financial System that completely ignored them, then today there is an opportunity for them with a smart phone to put a bank if their pocket. A bank that lets them ...

Peertopeer lending. There are some credit qualifications on both sides. The bank that provides the credit evaluation is out of the mix. Is that a good thing or a bad thing . Society started off with the barter system before. The first bank was formed i think it is great. System,on, the payment these are all innovations. If there is a market for it and they can do it efficiently and manage the credit risk, god bless them. It going to end in tears . With a set of problems emerging . Nothing is ris...

Peertopeer lending. There are some credit qualifications on both sides. The bank that provides the credit evaluation is out of the mix. Is that a good thing or a bad thing . Society started off with the barter system before. The first bank was formed i think it is great. Innovation, the payment system, these are all innovations. If there is a market for it and they can do it efficiently and manage the credit risk, god bless them. Is it going to end in tears . With a set of problems emerging . No...

There are great quotes from now the cost talking about these mystical chess grandmasters. Once computers got better, we looked in the rearview window and said, this is just pattern matching. I had the chance to talk to gary and he was the world chess champion. Between intelligence. There are great quotes from now when he first became world champion, he played 32 simultaneous matches against the best chess playing computers and he won 320. 10 years later, ibm beat him in a pretty close match and ...