that happened at oberlin. and that's where i first really encountered the vicious response you can get when you stand up to a political orthodoxy. it's an extremely liberal campus. and even if you tread very lightly on political sacred cows, there was a huge negative response, especially from somebody who was a minority, standing up and saying, well, all these self-appointed minority groups in campus don't speak for me. and i think that's a theme that i've carried throughout my journalism career, and it's certainly something that's central to this book because i talk about -- in a section of the book, i talk about hate crime howlers, and these are a number of these ethnic grievance groups and pro-illegal-alien lobbying groups who -- you know, who claim to speak for all minorities and immigrants and their families in this country, with an agenda of keeping our borders as loose and open as possible. and i certainly don't believe in that, and i know there are so many naturalized americans and their families who e

to sleep with oberlin's wife or daughter or anyone else despite the legend. it was extraordinary freedom english writers had marking the much mocking military leaders during wartime. washington immediately offered to exchange prescott for lee. barton refused. he had not received word on whether lee should be treated as a traitor. the king recognizing lee did resign and cognizant of the policy to impose retaliation allowed lee to be treated as a regular prisoner that could be exchanged. it took some time for howe and washington to clear the air regarding the difference of prisoners generally. finally, the generals were exchanged in 1878. lee arrived back at valley forge in may. i spent most of the chapter explaining how lee returned as general, second-in-command to washington, how he opposed fighting the british army because he did not think the army could win. how he commanded the american army and was accused of unnecessary retreat and insulting washington, how he was convicted of the same at court-martial and suspended for one year, how the court-martial wa

was remarking a few minutes ago, much like it was for the soldiers 150 years ago who were in the oberlin campaign that started in 1864, it has been a long road to petersburg. we started this 150th event for 3, atparks on may spotsylvania courthouse. we have moved south ever since. .t has been quite a feat it is the first time three parks within a process of these commemorations have shared programming where we have tried to make a continual program of the oberlin campaign rather than look at it as the wilderness, spill something you -- spotsylvania, that this was one continual process for the soldiers 150 years ago. for some of you in the audience we have senior faces before. we know you have been on the road with us, and we appreciate that. [applause] this morning i would like to introduce to you the superintendent of petersburg national battlefield, lewis rogers. in 1984,an his career a park ranger. he took his first herman it position at those sites the following year in 1985 as park ranger and resource management visitor protection specialist at the sites there. 1990 he moved to the

been, a couple dozen years, what goes on at ohio state has for a little to do with what goes on at oberline a lot more over lynns that are ncaa members. >> i'm not sure exactly about oberlin because i don't know about their teams, but i get your point. ask the point is, you're not going to see the end of sports being played on campus. that is going to continue. the question is, what you're going to do about the 2 big sports that are moneymakers. the moneymaking part of the ncaa is actually a bigger business in aggregate than the nfl. >> that is amazing. >> we're not going to be able to sustain the myth them of the happy story that all of this is going on just to keep sound minds and sound bodies. of this is going on as part a big sports and entertainment complex and now we debating how we're going to run a complex out into the future. >> what happens in the next six months? >> football season is about to start and it will look just like last year's football season. you will see the power conferences, those 65 schools we have been talking about, kind of getting together and figuring out jus

i went to oberlin 25 years after him. i was working as npr freelancer at the time and he was part of the crew that started npr. it was just one of those things like, i was this echo or something of his life 25 years ago. so we decided we had to have breakfast. >> how is that going to work out for jad, robert? >> we start having breakfast and i am opining and being bold and grand. at one point, jad brings me, this is what i have been working on. i put it on and think, oh no. this is completely new. it is gorgeous. it is strange. it is beautiful. it is new in the world. i said, ok. this is going to sound -- instead of me going ruh ruh ruh, how about you? you seem to know stuff i do not know. i kind of reversed roles, from a mentor to -- to what i have become. if you want to stay in the future and you want to stay in the action, you have to sniff for beauty wherever you go. and wherever you find it, even in this odd form -- [laughter] you just say, yes! otherwise, you just missed out. >> that is my philosophy, too. >> i thin

he is a graduate of harvard law school and oberlin college. the professor will be speaking to us about the rule of law and how that specifically applies to immigration across the board. joining us shortly will be kelly and conway, the founder of president of the polling company. i'm sure many of you have seen her on tv. she is often right. her team was one of the few on the republican side of the aisle to use correct modeling and predict the outcomes of many of the major races in 2012. she is the co-author of "what women really want." throughout her two decades in market research, kelly has provided research for clients in 46 of the 50 states. she's not just involved in the political realm. her clients go from policy organizations to leading brands of other industries, including major league baseball, american express, and lifetime television. her company just put out a study on immigration, how the american public is increasingly viewing this issue. a lot of interesting findings she will share with us. we have a great panel. i will hand it ov