Honestly is amazing. William is a Political Affairs reporter and has written for the New York Times Foreign Affairs and new republic publications of that sort and also in any nominated producer of a documentary series on showtime. It is called the trade and National Human trafficking. William is a graduate and the school of journalism. He lives in new york and is a frequent contributor, and welcome William Wheeler to our event tonight. Thank you for coming out very much. I want to give you a flavor of what we are talking about and we will open up to questions so be thinking of any probing of insightful questions you want to ask. This passage comes what i tried to do is look at cycles of foreignpolicy in the us that are behind the gangs that entrenched themselves across Central America and are a big part of the equation that is driving so many people to our southern borders. Try to understand the push factors behind our border crisis so i start reporting on the origins of ms 13, eightee
Enormously exciting era, advances in genetics and neuroscience are giving us new tools that will enable us to take giant strides in understanding human behavior, human societies, policies, and economies. We are like physicists, i like to say at the outset of the 19th century poised at a moment in history that would produce faradays in md is in the coming years. People need and dalton ought to be excited and in our case i think we both are but a lot of social scientists arent. Why . Because for almost a century now the social sciences have been in the grip of an orthodoxy that is scared stiff of biology. At the moment it takes the form of three widely and loudly proclaimed truths, gender is a social construct, race is a social construct, class is a function of privilege. I have stated those tenants very boldly. If you go to a University Campus and chat privately with faculty members Whose Research touches on these issues you will find many of them have a much more nuanced view than that
Written for the New York Times of Foreign Affairs and the new republic and other publications of that sort. Hes also an emmy nominated producer of a documentary series on showtime. Viewing in march. Its called the trade and its about International Human trafficking. William is a graduate of Columbia University International Affairs and also abhe lives in new york and is a frequent contributor to the discourse around several hot button issues around the world. Please join me in welcoming William Wheeler to our discussion tonight. Thank you guys for coming out. Im going to read a little bit to give you a flavor of what we are talking about and then the two of us will talking conversation for about and a half hour then we will open up to questions. Be thinking about any probing insightful questions you want to ask. This passage comes from when i tried to do this book is look at the cycles of Foreign Policy of the u. S. That are behind entrance themselves across south america and are a big
Lexington. I do not know whether ending with mark means we are ending with a southerner or a northerner. He went to berkeley for his phd. Or one of those famous border states. I lectured in kentucky in many times and i learned that kentucky seceded after appomattox and became a confederate state. Before that, it was the United States. In a sense, that is the complexity of the history we have been dealing with. When the 13th amendment was being considered, the delegates from the house and kentucky tried to get an exemption to the 13th amendment. They did not do so. Mark is working on two books, one on Andrew Johnsons impeachment and another on gilded age politics. Imd am delighted that he has come to join us and tell us about Andrew Johnson. Thank you. Most kind of you. Thank you for giving me a chance for giving me the half hour i have. We were asked and advised that we should treat this talk the way we would teaching a class as opposed to reading a paper. In my case, that is dangerous
It is a website where i detail the accounts, i have the accounts of all my different trips to president ial and Vice President ial burial sites, president ial homes, libraries. Different gravesites. I have interesting facts about the different individuals whose gravesites i have been to showingalso, not just the different sites i have been to, but it is also supposed to be a learning tool. Kurt how old are you . You . An how old are kurt 20 years old. Brian where are you in school . Presently, i am a rising senior at Bryant University in smithfield, rhode island. Brian what is your major . Kurt i am a history major, one of the few at bryant. It is a very small History Department but a very good History Department and i have actually the only history major graduating from bryant next year. I have been so passionate about history for well over half my life. I first got into president s when i was seven years old. My mother brought me this book called so you want to be president . I actua