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generations. this is about 40 minutes. thank you all for coming. thanks, many thanks to those of you who are suffering in the sun. soon, the shade of copper beech will shade you gently. so i promise to speak long enough for that to happen. now, every endeavor like this that spans so many years is a collaborative effort, and we are very lucky you today to have richard rabinowitz they will come up and say a few words, because it is he and linda kaplan, both of the american history workshop, who pioneered the story of northern slavery, and particularly in new york, with the two great shows at the new york historical society. and so richard is going to set the context for just a minute, and then i ll come back on stage and tell you about the book. [applause] i m thrilled to be here with you today. this is a great day of convergence. this is a convergence of the book that has been growing for 20 years and has brought so many people and so much knowledge and so much wisdom toge ....
bigotry to take power away from the people in our country. their use eight voter suppression which justice alito and thomas go to the koch brothers retreat then come back to this bill they get a the voting rights act of civil rights of this country that is part of their agenda. the other half is to use big money to john that the voices of every citizen votes has the right to vote then it koch brothers and mccutcheon know that there anti-middle-class and anti-democracy agenda they know they will fail. while they spend there billions of dollars it is no surprises congress voted over 300 times over environmental laws. 300 times. we are here today because we need to send a clear message to people like mccutcheon and the supreme court we lost it bye-bye the dream of american democracy is torn up at the feet of justice roberts said his supreme court. we re here to tell the supreme court that american democracy is not for sale. thank you. [cheers and applause] and now all of ....
privilege. other other issue: energy independence. what did you propose that is different? we have to wean off fossil fuels. investing in alternate energy resources while engaging in an all of the above strategy. we are getting to the point where we are exporting natural gas. but we have to have the all above strategy. not drill baby drill. who is the next generation of leaders in congress? would you like to be speaker of the house? i am focused on what is in front of me and that is doing the best i can for the 23ered congressional district. who is the next generation of leaders in the house? on both sides. there are a number of members on both sides of the aisle that are building toward positions of leadership but i think probably better to leave that question to others. i know nancy has her list and i was included in and pleased to be asked to be a part of the leadership and serve. so you know, right now, we have to focus on working together and getting th ....
[applause] a number of you know me from previous years. it s hi pleasure to be here to welcome it s my pleasure to be here to welcome you and on behalf of miami-dade college, the college that really puts forth maximum effort in terms of solen b tiers volunteers from all its constituents, students, faculty and staff to make this book fair happen as it does every single year. and for the past 30 years. i d like to thank our sponsors, there are many of them, but in particular o.h. aryan know and american airlines for their sport. i d also like to thank our friends, many of whom are seated right here in front. thank you so much for all of your support this year and for the past years that this fair has been made possible in part because of your generosity. the end of the session, as you know, the authors will be signing their books. they ll be autographing on this floor on the other side of the elevator so you can proceed to that end, and you will also have an opportu ....
booktv.org/bookclub. presidential historian tevi troy examines the popular culture that american presidents have partaken in over the past 200 years from andrew jackson s interest in attending the theater to the reading habits of dwight eisenhower. he speaks on a panel with jonah gold burg, william galston and political analyst and columnist mona charen. this panel discussion is just under two hours. ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i m chris demuth, fellow here at the hudson institute, and i will be moderating this afternoon s session in which we will be recognizing and celebrating and discoursing upon tevi troy s new book, what jefferson read, ike watched and obama tweeted: 200 years of popular culture this the white house. with a title like that, you might expect that the book is a parade of ton and entertaining stories about presidents idiosyncratic tastes in reading, theater, music, sports, movies, tv, or maybe it s more than that, maybe it s a st ....