at aei we value ideas and opinions. we want more speech, or opinions, more debate, more dialogue and thank you for being a socialist and for joining us and being willing to join us at an institution where our focus is on re-enterprise and market, as elevating the world. it's kind of amusing but i think this is exactly what i think tanks higher ed and basically what we should be doing with public discourse and the think this is a virtue. that being said i'm not 100% today a little under the weather so we do brief introduction and throw it to a really thoughtful and interesting guests. so this book makes the argument that today's left has by large abandoned the working class to fight the culture war about issues of identity. instead of building an agenda around the needs of actual working-class americans of all races who can be more conservative but left today is pushing highly niche issues rooted in ivy league universities, catholic culture and at the zionism open borders. is utterly alien to most working-class americans

i want to step back and say for a minute thank you for joining us here at aei. in social media about aei and universities we care and are iebringing in people we disagree with. i am none of those things. socialists,so no way. whether i agree with you or not, your book and your ideas are so important. your insights are so important and at aei, what a university should be and like the wonderful letter that you helped to spearhead that i will talk more that later this is what this is about, bringing people together with different views and ways of seeing the world. we disagree, but i admire and consider her a friend and want to have you at a table when it's safe to hear your views and we can respect and disagree with each other. thish is something that's being lost and something i've seen aei be accused of recently. we value ideas and we want more speech and opinions, debate and dialogue. thank you for beingdi a socialit and being willing to join us at an institution where we enterprise in market. it's just kind of amusing but what the think tanks higher and basica

on twitter you can use the hashtag aei the right. first of all congratulations. really an important and super book. maybe the way to get started and help. a sense of the book is by telling us why you wrote it and why you wrote it in the way you did. why the book as a particular character and formyou give it . >> thank you tyuval levin and thank you all for attending thank you to aei for providing a home where i could write this book which has been many years in the making. and finally when yuval came to me and said you have to write the book you help me come to aei where i could write it. the book began in a few ways. the first is i have an unusual habit. i love reading old journalism and when i started as a political writer in washington 20 years ago, my hobby was reading through the archives of magazines where i worked at the time which was the standard and then moving from there to the archives of the national review, the american spectator, commentary amagazine, all these little magazines on the american right and from that was an education not only in the hi

was that at aei? >> they wanted to get rid of it but tenure. i wrote an article based on data but they didn'tt like my questin certain things. >> in the '70s my father was in academia. .. ed unfair to her that she had to publish this book because it seemed unfair to others, unsympathetic and whether to not give her three more years to work onthe book . these are these are -- okay, cancel culture are these limit cases where everyone can decide if tht person was kind of well-intentioned or maybe not. >> describes something real that is exacerbated by change. it is not just an opportunity or facing consequences. often times somebody often times inadvertently as yet to be established. the rapidly shifting norm is called out publicly in a new digital realm that exists. we all have to navigate those rules or guidelines. to get called out and made an example of. that institution has a barrage unable to in the heat of the moment gauge how long it will last. custards going to be and had to do due diligence what the proper response or no response termina

on twitter hashtag aei, the right. we can just jump in.st of all, congratulations on important superb book. maybe the way to get started and help folks get a sense of the book is telling us a little bit about why you wrote it and in the way he did, why because the particular character and form. >> thank you for attending and thank you to aei for providing a home where i could write the book, many years in the making and when you came to me and said you have to read the book, he was able to help me come to aei where i could write it. i think the book began in a few ways. i have a habit, i love reading old journalism and when i started as a political writer in washington 20 years ago, my topic was reading through the archives and magazines where i worked and moving there to the archives of natural review, spectator, commentary magazine, little magazines on the american right. from that it was an education not only in the history but also broader education american politics and culture for the last half-century, it's been something i've been

that's john dot roach at aei.org if you're on twitter, you can use the hashtag aei the right. and with that we can just jump in matt first of all, congratulations on really an important and superb book. maybe the way to get us started and help folks get a sense of the book is by telling us a little bit about why you wrote it and why you wrote it in the way that you did why the book has the particular character and form that you've given it. great. thank you all thank you paul for coming and thank you all for attending and thank you to aei for providing me a home where i could write this book, which is been many years in the making. and finally when you've all came to me and said you have to write the book he was able to help me come to ai where i could write it. so i think the book began in a few ways first is that i have an unusual habit. i love reading old journalism. and when i started as a political writer in washington 20 years ago, my hobby was reading through the archives of the magazine where i worked at the time the weekly standard and then moving from there to the ar

policy studies here at aei and i'm especially pleased to be able to do this introduction for this booknt today on "no way to treat a child" because having had the pleasure of being her colleague for the last few years here at aei i have been able to benefit from the book being written over time and getting grief by naomi along the way. if you've ever spent any time in state government like i have come have the privilege to work for a governor you realize just how absolutely critical these issues are and the intersection between government dysfunction, family dysfunction and trouble in our communities comes in full force in the child protective services. so it's way past time for a book like naomi's to have been written. if you don't know naomi schaefer riley she is a senior fellow at aei which he specializes in child protective services, foster care system and in particular r the role of nongovernment actors like faith-based and civic organizations role in changing the systems on the ground pixies the author of six books. you may send them, you may have read some of them. they include

policy studies here at aei and i'm especially pleased to be able to do this introduction for this booknt today on "no way to treat a child" because having had the pleasure of being her colleague for the last few years here at aei i have been able to

what i want to do with the book was righted with i believe aey political economic precepts if they're brought to public sphere would give certain foundation that would enable better policymaking. i think most people, most on the right but most certainly on the left do the opposite. they drive economics and politics. but i want divides that politics economics. was iten referring to? it is first of all the acknowledgment there is a trade-off. that the concession there's no free lunch but go a long way. we were not ever discussing the covid moment as if there were another alternative. and i believe out of wars, natural disasters, health issues, i am well awarehi politicians are called upon to make difficult decisions. george washington was historically called upon to veer severe polity response out of health pandemic. killing everybody not one or 2% for the fact of the matter trade-offs are real. and then where you go from there in the adjudication involves what good are condoms understand her and this is what i think lawton your existential trump was we act as if there's no limiting pri

they were not fully intergraded in aey way into life. lot of time on their hands and they had a walk-on china for a day. when trump came on the stage in 2015 they found a home. they found a central organizing principal. i ilium happen around. this is i the question. this will require a guess on your part based on your long-standing observation. did donald trump himself truly think he won the election. did he believe it or was his insistence that he won, you know, an expression of his usual careless drama or matter of psychological denial. the fact that his loss would break his psyche. i don't think it would have been in 2016. was the idea we had them rejected by a majority of voters. it was unbelievable to him. this is a way to entertain his followers. alsosofo explain to them i ask u this because i've talked to people around trump and i have heard them wonder. >> yeah. >> they believed what he was saying. did you see anything that does believee or is this totally fuly cynical? >> no, i don't think it's totally fully cynical. it' think i

to understand more, let me bring in a fellow at stanford's freeman's institute and a scholar at aei and officer in the air force reserve, but she's speaking today in her civilian capacity. welcome, ariana. first, give us a sense, how would you characterize these live-fire exercises? how should we think of them? >> well, of course these live-fire exercises are a show of force. china telling us they're unhappy with speaker pelosi's visit. but much more importantly, they're a combat rehearsal. the chinese military hasn't fought a war since 1979. xi jinping has been clear they need more realistic exercises. so what's significant is the unprecedented scale. it's not only the live fire tests, the missile tests, but we also had 100 aircraft operating, ten destroyers and support vessels, nuclear submarines, all these different forces operating together in close proximity towards taiwan is sophisticated and complicated and meant to help them get to the point where they are confident that they can go an operation successfully against the island. >> and from what you can tell, does it appear to ha

. >>> joining us now, fellow at the american enterprise institute and an adviser to aei's critical threats project, katherine zimmerman. good morning. thanks for being here. let's start with what we just heard, this idea that the taliban may act to retaliate to the killing of the al qaeda leader. how do we anticipate what that reaction may be, and what does it tell us about the state of u.s./taliban relations going forward? >> the taliban has already declared that the strike was a violation of afghan sovereignty, and what we expect to see them do is actually to downplay what has happened inside, because of the requirement that the taliban has against international support, the lifting of sanctions to restore afghanistan's economy. of course, this is a challenge for the united states and the taliban relationship, we've been in talks recently with them, to unfreeze some of the afghanistan assets that we froze last year after the withdrawal, and you know, this is going to be another hurdle, and a breakdown in trust ongoing between us. >> not a good look to be apparently giving safe harbor of

andrew biggs from aei. dr. biggs: thank you very much for inviting me to speak today on about employment at older ages. the opportunity it presents, the challenges along the way, and how far we have,. the later changes -- later stages of our career is gateway retirement. to aid retirement give savings more time to grow, increase social security benefits. the question is can americans do it? i have been working retirement policy since the late 1990's and all of that time we have heard why americans cannot work longer, our health is too poor, age discrimination is too widespread for longer work to meaningfully contribute to retirement income security. americans do not listen to the experts and it works anyway. employment rates are at historical highs despite the covid pandemic and despite perceptions of older workers confined to only low-paying jobs, median earnings exceeded those of younger adults. on top of this the average american claim to social surety benefits over 1.3 years later today than they did in 199

book event i am ryan streeter i'm happy to welcome you today and the director of domestic policies at aei and pleased to do this introduction for this book event naomi schaefer no way to treat a child, having the pleasure of being naomi's colleague i've been able to benefit from the book being written over time and naomi along the way. if you ever spent time in state government like i have, you realize how absolutely critical these issues are an intersection between government dysfunction, family dysfunction and trouble in our communities comes in full force and the child protective services. , if you don't know naomi onto naomi she's a senior fellow where she specializes in child protective services foster care services in the role of nongovernment actors like faith-based organization role she is the author of six books you may have seen theme and read some of them they include not banning sea salt and start banning snapchat and so faith do us part how interfaith marriages transforming, naomi is a former columnist and a frequent to the papers that you read. we are joined today by emily w