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Politics. I think those are different forces at work. Its a critical question. If we are going to build more democratic society, the question of how do the largest minority groups in the country interact with one another and with progressive lights and labor whites, that that is the key question to figure out the answer to. My hope is that this book is a start on that. Thank you very much for having me. [applause] thank you for coming out tonight. We will be doing the signing. If you could form a line we will come around with posteds in case you want to personalize your book. You do need to purchase it downstairs. [inaudible] cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. Afterwards is next. This weekend professor explores the history of fr ....
Love. I want thisb asking the simple question what is frugality . Well as a say in the book, the concept is simplicity itself is not. Reality is usually understood to mean living within your means. The opposite of extravagant. But in the book i began to realize there is more than just that you frugality. Frugality is traditionally considered a virtue in many cultures. But is closely associated with Simple Living in general. And then there is many different meanings of Simple Living. Including living within ones means obviously but also achieving a degree of selfsufficiency. Perhaps being close to nature. Perhaps a certain kind of purity or spiritual. And being independent. Enjoying the Simple Pleasures of life rather than requiring extravagant expenditures. All of those things are tied into the concept of simplicity. Now ....
Itself issues. Texas a quand m, university of texas at austin, the university of houston, other institutions, these arell public universities. And these individuals, these students, pay tuition to go to these public universities. And in response, theyre issued identification vehicles. Identification cards. But the state of texas has seen fit to say, thats not valid in order to vote. And i think that one example, and weve heard several others, basically exposes the fact that the movement to impose voter identification requirements is a fraud itself. Its a sham. The whole argument behind it is that were trying to protect the integrity of the Voting System. Heres the problem. Youre protecting the integrity of the Voting System by imposing a solution in search of a problem. Because none of these individuals in any of these states has been able to produce a scintilla of evidence of ....
Foundation. Peace has ever been mankinds desire, and yet throughout history war has been his common practice. Well, consider the major conflicts of just the 20th century in which america has fought; world war i, world war ii, the korean war, the vietnam war, the iraqi war i and ii, the afghan war and, of course, the cold war. In the wake of each war came the question, how can we make and more importantly, how can we keep peace with other nations . Or are we doomed as in George Orwells apocalyptic novel 1984 to a state offer fetch wall war . Perpetual war . One way is peace through strength, a basic principle of the Reagan Administration and a principal reason why the cold war ended at the bargaining table and not on the battlefield. Another path to peace is to rely on state craft ground in the principles of liberty and equality articulated in the declaration of indepen ....