10 year system, so we had a good time debating that entire set of questions. Im confident i won but i have to contest that it worked very well. The most recent book deals with the topic most of us dont know much about and that is the utterly shameful condition of americas indian reservations and the utterly shameful treatment that native americans receive from the federal government. Naomi has very properly entitled the book the new trail of tears how washington is destroying American Indians and when she tells the story you will see why this is such a fitting title and why the story she has to tell is so important. [applause] thank you for coming out today. It appears been won the argument when he was still teaching here. I usually offer a warning before i give a talk about this subject, not the kind you may be used to but a warning you might want to get something stiffer to drink because it is a depressing topic and i dont have good news for you today. I will begin. 3000 people live
But action their plant to graduate school with his. Father. Ims first met her when i would put that was in your system that i thought was enrages i have written a book called fall of the of fantasy so we had could find debating the entire set of questions. I am very confident that i wonder she acquitted herself very well. But the most recent list of us dont know the utterly shameful condition of the indian reservations and in the shameful treatment that native americans received from the federal government. Naomi has coined the new trail of tears san you will see why that is such a fitting title. And why the story she has to tallis the allimportant. [applause] but his this aid depressing topic so i will begin. And of the above the reservation that makes up the second poorest county in the United States in 2013 the five Police Officers assigned to patrol the area receives 16200500 calls for Emergency Assistance program want to take a moment to do the math. As of 2009 there were 39 innin
Naomi has written for many publications including the wall street journal, the chronicle of higher education, the new york post, the Weekly Standard and too many to list and she is also the author, i think, of six books with the seventh on its way. I actually went to graduate to school with no amys naomis father. I first met naomi when we debated what another for the New York Times blocking head series. She wrote a book entitled, the faculty lounges, which was an attack on the tenure system, which i thought was utterly outrageous and i had written a book that defended that tenure system, so we had good fun debating that entire set of questions. Im confident i won, but i have to conference that naomi was doing very very well. Her most recent book deals with the topic that most of us do not know much about and that is the utterly shameful condition of americas indian reservations and the utterly shameful treatments that native americans received from the federal government. Naomi has a v
I want to welcome you to the lunch. My name is ben ginsberg, and i am delighted that we have as our speaker today, naomi schaefer, who is a distinguished journalist and writer whos written for many publications including the wall street journal, the chronicle of higher education, the weekly standard, too many to list, and is also the author of six books with a seven on its way to. I went to graduate school with her father which tells you how old i am. Hes a little ahead of me. I first met naomi when we debated one another for the New York Times blogging heads series. She wrote a book called the faculty lounges, which was an attack on the tenure system which i thought it was outrageous. Id written a book called fall of the faculty, which defended the tenure system. So we had good fun debating that entire set of questions. Im very confident that i have one but i have to confess she held herself very, very well. Her most recent book deals with the topic most of us dont know much about the