alfred university philosophy professor explores if happiness comes from frugality. also bret baier of fox news looks at president dwight eisenhower's final days in office. and this weekend journalist sofie pinkham reports on how the ukraine's past conflicts with the soviet union have impacted its current political landscape. >> although, you know, it was very different from fukuyama who infamously or famously coined the term the end of history after the fall of the soviet union u but in some sense this idea that once you achieve your political goal time will end, i thought was relevant for what's happened in the years after the fall of the soviet union. because for a while there was the sense that now that the soviet union is gone, now that we, you know, the cold war is over, this means that all the countries in the world are now on this inevitable course towards liberal democracy, right? and, in fact, as we are seeing so much and so often now, that isn't the case at all. development is not linear, in many cases we're going back, in many cases we're seeing forms of

eastern on afterwards, alfred university professor emirates was the cut looks at the philosophy behindfrugal living in his book the wisdom of frugality. why less is more, more or less. he is interviewed by michelle singletary "washington post" singh indicated thomas. >> the crucial thing is that you never spend money on any kind of luxury at all. the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what to, what is really worth spending the money on? and what is something where you are just wasting money or just spending it just because people tell you this is the kind of thing you want to be doing or the thing you want to be buying. >> sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern georgetown university professor michael eric dyson author of tears we cannot stop a sermon to white americans. looks at the country's racial divide. >> and so what we want is a cessation of the velocity of stereotype and a granting to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> the primary reason i wrote the book was to honor the marines i serve with on vietnam. more peo

alfred university philosophy professor amorous west across explores if happiness comes from frugality. also brett barrow fox news looks at president dwight eisenhower's final days in office and this weekend, journalist sophie pinkham reports on howthe ukraine's past conflicts with the soviet union had impacted its current political landscape . >> although this was different from yokohama who famously coined the term the end of history after the fall of the soviet union, but in some sense this idea that once you achieve your political goal, time will end. i thought it was relevant that it first happened in the years of the fall of the soviet union. for a while it was this sense that now with the soviet union gone, now that the cold war is over, this news that all the countries in the world are now on this inevitable course toward democracy, right? in fact, as we are seeing so much and so often now, that isn't the case at all. there's this development is not linear , in many pick places we are going back. we are seeing forms of government we never expected and many of this, they are say

. >> 10:00 eastern on afterwards, alfred university professor wester, that the philosophy behind frugal living in his book the wisdom of frugality, why less is more more or less. he is interviewed by michelle singleterry, washington post columnist. >> the crucial thing is not to never spend money on any kind of luxury at all. the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what it the value, what is really worth spending money on and where you are just wasting money or just spending it just because people tell you that is what you want to be doing, the kind of thing you want to be buying. >> sunday at 7:30 eastern, georgetown university professor michael dyson, a sermon to white america looks at the country as racial divide. >> what we want is a cessation of the philosophy of stereotype and granting to us the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> now the annual massachusetts state of the commonwealth address with recover -- republican governor charlie baker. this is 35 minutes. [applause]

one hour after words program alfred university professor explores the philosophy of frugal living. .. >>> [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. i work with the events if you could take a moment of silence your cell phones and make sure they are not audible during the presentation, that would be great. we will have about an hour-long event have to bee given to the r and the other half to questions. please use the microphone when you have a question once we get to that portion of the event. we are recording so that helps. before you get in line for the signing, if you could fold up your chairs and set them against a shelf, that would be helpful. i'm pleased to welcome brian to discuss his book facing justice on death row. this is a deep and intimate look on an innocent man on death row. and intimate and close witness of this man on death row to get him exonerated. we've heard this kind of tragic scenario time and again in this modern era. a review of the book msnbc news anchor says grace and justice on death row isn't just about how a broken system almost broke another decen

eastern, alfred university professor looks at the philosophy behind frugal living in his wisdom -- in the book "the wisdom of frugality." >> the crucial thing is never to spend -- is not to never spend money on any luxury, the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what you really value and what is worth spending money on. and what are you just wasting money on and are you just tell youbecause people it is the kind of thing you ought to be doing or buying. announcer: a georgetown university professor looks at the country possibly show that country's racial divide. >> we want a granting to us of the same humanity you grant each other. announcer: go to book tv.org for the weekend schedule. >> virginia governor terry governor and nevada brian sandoval are chair and cochair of the national governors association. they gave their state of the state speech today and answered questions about how the nation's governors hope to work with the trump administration. this is an hour. >> we are going to go ahead and get started. i really want to thank you folks

>> guest: quite a few years ago i taught at alfred university where i teach.it was one evening a week and it was cold the good life on a dollar a day. it is meant to be intellectual fun which there is a serious component but we also have fun. we read contemporary philosophers and critics of consumerism and materialism and then there were a few classes that were a little more fun. we did a field trip to yard sales and then did a show and tell. students watched a video how to cut hair and practiced cutting each other's hair. at the end he had a banquet everyone hav had to bring a sere depression era feasting we tried to feed ourselves less than $10 but i would reject that it was a waste of time or foolish. even the less theoretical more personal finance where people learn about roth iras and average income of those are important things people ought to know about. and students liked the class and i never met a parent objected thobject ofthe class. >> host: i certainly wouldn't. what do you hope people get from the book? your philosophy is very philosophical and i

also alfred university and this weekend wall street journal, looks at women who have successfully climbed the corporate ladder. >> is this notion that maybe they asked the women to take on the roles because no man, you know, was willing to do so and women because of how we perceived their roles as leaders, because of unconscious biases are still seen as odd duck. i think perhaps they are more willing to take on the high-risk assignments because they want to prove that they can to it. in mary's case she stepped in a company that was doing well that time. many, many deaths due to the problems that they were having with their cars and many doubt ing that didn't see mary surviving one of gm's worst crises. she not only weathered the storm but took personal responsibility to make it right an made it clear in town hall meetings that she did with gm employees that she was holding everybody else accountable, everybody was responsible for fixing what was going wrong and i think she weathered that crisis, they overcame crisis big and small and they became better leaders. mary today is a much better

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resolved under the conditions of wartime to white these people that. ,nnouncer: at 10:00 eastern alfred university professor ever is was a caught the philosophy behind frugal living in his book "the wisdom of reality." he is a washington post syndicate column >> the crucial thing isn't to never spend money on any kind of luxury at all, the crucial thing is to be self-aware of what it is you really value, what is really worth spending money on so what is something where you are just wasting money or you are just spending it is because people tell you this is the kind of thing announcer: you want to be given with the kind of thing you want to be brian? sunday at 7 p.m. georgetown university professor michael eric dyson autograph peers we cannot stop it, a sermon to white america looks at the countries racial divide. >> and so what we want is a cessation of the velocity of granting to usa of the same humanity that you grant each other. announcer: go to the tv.org for the complete schedule. announcer: on today's washington journal we talked to stephen moore, and economic advisor of taxident trump, abo

eastern on afterwards, alfred university professor everest Ãblessed the philosophy behind frugal living why less is more, more or less. he is viewed by michelle singletary "washington post" syndicated columnist. >> the crucial thing isn't to never spend money in any kind of luxury at all. the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what it is you really, what is really worth spending on. what is something where you just are wasting money or you are just spending it because people tell you this is the kind of thing you want to be doing the kind of thing you ought to be buying. >> said that 7:30 p.m. eastern georgetown university professor michael eric dyson author of peers we cannot stop. instruments white america looks of the country's racial divide. >> and so what we want is a cessation of the velocity of stereotype and a granting to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> coming up on c-span2, kevin brady on changes to tax policy. any discussion on russian cyber hacking and the us elections. that is followed by a pai

alfred i. dupont columbia university award. congrats, holly. she joins us at the table.u in person, bravo, bravo. >> it was a very small part of a very big team. >> president trump is going to be cracking down on countries where terrorism is born or terrorism exists as he perceives it. what will this mean to syrian refugees? >> i guess if you're one of the syrian refugees who was hoping to come to the u.s. this year, it's devastating because that's the future that you were hoping to have. but let's remember actually the bigger picture is that america has taken so few syrian refugees. last year around 30,000. think about countries in the middle east, 3 million in turkey, a million in lebonon, a it certainly sends a signal about how america sees this problem, but the bigger picture is that it's a drop in the ocean. >> it's so great to have you here because you've been on the ground. today president trump makes his first visit to the pentagon as commander in chief. he's going to be signing a directive to his defense secretary to say strike more aggressively against isis. wh

alfred turner who were discussed by this committee yesterday. the declaration of independence set forth the idea of universal equality, but it is the 14th amendment to our constitution in its equal protection clause that has helped bring us closer to fulfilling that foundational principle and bringing us closer to a more perfect union. all cabinet officials have a responsibility to protect the interest of all of the american people, but there is no office for which the duty to apply the law equally is greater than that of the attorney general. in my capacity as chairman of the congressional black caucus, i urge you to reject senator segmen sessions' nomination. throughout our nation's history, attorney generals have used the resources of the federal government to vindicate the right of most -- of the most vulnerable in society. after the civil war the first attorney general to lead the d.o.j. prosecuted the kkk for its widespread use of violence aimed at suppressing the black vote. this facilitated massive black voting turnout in 1872 for the first time in our nation's history former slaves were afforded the

alfred turner who was discussed by this committee yesterday. the declaration of independence set forth the idea of universal equality that rests at the heart of our democracy, but it is the 14th amendment of our constitution and its equal protection clause that has helped bring us closer to fulfilling that foundational principle and bringing us closer to a more perfect union. all cabinet officials have a responsibility to protect the interest of all of the american people, but there's no office for which the duty to apply the law equally is greater than that of the attorney general. in my capacity as chairman of the congressional black caucus, i urge you to reject senator sessions' nomination. throughout our nation's history, attorney generals have used the resources of the federal government to vindicate the right of the most vulnerable in society. after the civil war, the first attorney general to lead the doj prosecuted the kkk for its widespread use of violence aimed at suppressing the black vote. this facilitated massive black voting turnout in 187 for the first time in our nation's history, former slaves were aforred the opportunity to part

alfred turner, who were discussed by this committee yesterday. the declaration of independence set forth the ideal of universal equality, that rests at the heart of our democracy. but it is the 14th amendment to our constitution and its equal protection clause that has helped bring us closer to fulfilling that foundational principle and bringing us closer to a more perfect union. all cabinet officials have a responsibility to protect the interest of all of the american people, but there is no office for which the duty to apply the law equally is greater than that of the attorney general. in my capacity as chairman of the congressional black caucus, i urge you to reject senator sessions nomination. throughout our nation's history, attorney generals have used the resources of federal government to vindicate the right of most of the most vulnerable in society. after the civil war, the first attorney general to lead the doj, amos ackerman, prosecuted the kkk for its widespread use of violence aimed at suppressing the black vote. this facilitated massive black voting turnout in 1872 for the first time in our nation

alfred turner, who were discussed by this committee yesterday. the declaration of independence set forth the idea of universalat the heart of our democracy but the 14th amendment to our constitution and its equal protection clause that helped bring us closer toç fulfilling that foundational principle and brings us closer to a more perfect union. all cabinet officials have the responsibility to protech the interests of all of the american people, but there is no office for which the duty to apply the law equally is greater than that of the attorney general. in my capacity as chairman of the congressional black caucus i urge you to reject senator sessions nomination. thrghout our nation's history, attorney generals have used resources of federal government to vindicate the right of the most vulnerable in society. after the civil war the first attorney general to lead the doj, aim most ackerman prosecuted the kkk for its widespread use of violence aimed at suppressing the black vote. this facilitated massive black voting turnout in 1872 for the first time in our nation's history, former slaves were afforded the

and alfred university professor emerys westacott explores rather frugality is the key to hap happine happiness. >> the basic message of all this is that if you buy it you will be happy. you will be sexier, more attractive, better vacations, more likely to make kids or whatever. the question you to ask is any of that true? is it true that con sumconsume m surm -- consumerism makes happiness? the research on this shows it is not true. there is a consensus among social scientists that is this: get out of poverty certainly increases your level of happiness. achieving comfort and security is desirable and your happiness will increase. but beyond a concern point it re

sophia nelson will reflect on the founding fathers called for unified america and this weekend alfred university philosophy professor evers wescott explores whether frugality isthe key to happiness. >> test . >> test. >> you will be sexier, you will have better vacations, you will be more likely to make riches or whatever. the question you have to ask their is true that consumerism produces. it seems to me the research on this points to the fact that it's not true. what is true is that there is a consensus among social scientists now more or less which is this, that get out the poverty certainly improve your level of happiness. to achieve a basic level of comfort and security, that's desirable and your happiness will increase but beyond a certainpoint, it doesn't make much difference . >> after words airs on book tv every saturday at 10 pm on sunday at 9 pm eastern. watch all previous after words programs on our website, booktv.org . >> high, welcome to bookpeople. thank you for joining us this evening. a couple of housekeeping things . one, i need you to silence your cell phones if you haven't

eastern on afterwards alfred university professor looks at the philosophy he had frugal living in hisbook the wisdom of frugality, why less is more. >> the crucial thing isn't to never spend money on any kind of luxury at all. the crucial crucial thing is to be where about what is that you really value in what you want to spend money on. or where is it just wasting money or just spending it just because people tell you this is a kind of thing you want to be doing or by. >> sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern, georgetown university professor author of -- we cannot stop looks at the countries racial divide. >> what we want it the cessation of the velocity of stereotype and granted to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> o2 book tv.org for.org for the complete we can schedule. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three. saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. james madison university professor on the evolution of suburbs from the early 19 hundreds to present day. >> the suburban kind of style takes off after the civil war. people emphasize having a cottage style house,

alfred university philosophy professor wes to cut explores whether happiness comes from view gallery. outlines how republicans can lead america back to political gridlock. >> how familiar when you developed an interest in the subject. >> >> still a golfer. and for golfers, and how you believe it, couldn't go to sleep and poured myself a glass of wine. it is just spectacular. a little white house. the memorabilia on the walls and the statues and arts, was overcome in the midst of getting ready for my round. and the presidency of eisenhower. it seemed like history, the focus started with kennedy going forward. is there a way to breathe life into that and share that experience with younger people. >> afterwards airs on booktv every saturday at 10:00 pm and sunday at 9:00 pm eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards programs on booktv.org. >> i was so far along i was in an abusive relationship. the man i was with feeding me on a daily basis that is beating me on a daily basis, i cannot bring a child into this world, this is not right. i can't. they had to put me under, put the iv and

this weekend alfred university philosophy president everest was the cot discusses whether frugality isthe key to happiness. you are right we are bombarded every day from all sides with adverse Ãby this, by the and the other. the basic message is that if you buy it you will be happy. you will be more attractive, sexier, you'll have better vacations. you will be more likely to you know, make riches or whatever. the question you have to ask though is is any of that true weight is actually true that this symbolism produces happiness.it seems to me that there is plenty of research on this that point to the fact it is just not true. there is a consensus amongst social Ãmore or less which exists. get out of poverty certainly improves your level of happiness. to achieve basic level of comfort and security, those are desirable and your happiness will increase. but at a certain point it really does not make much difference. >> afterwards errs on booktv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards programs on our website booktv.org.>> he said

. >> then alfred university professor looks at the philosophy behind frugal living in the wisdom of reality by less is more, more or less. interviewed by michelle singletary. >> the crucial thing isn't to never send money on any luxury at all tha but to be self-aware about this worth spending money on and where you just waste money or spend it because people tell you this is the kind of thing you ought to be doing or buying. >> michael eric dyso >> michael eric dyson offered of tears we cannot stop a sermon to white america looks at the country's racial divide. >> what we want is a cessation of the velocity of the stereotype and a grand thing to us of the same humanity you grant each other. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. .. he also served as chairman of the aman

eastern on afterwards, alfred university professor em russ westy cost looks at the wisdom of frugality, why less is more more or less. he's interviewed by michele singletary, washington post sibdy indicated columnist. >> the crucial thing isn't to never spend money on any kind of luxury at all. the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what it is you really value, what is really worth spending money on and what is something where you're just wasting money or you're just spending it just because people tell you this is the kind of thing you ought to be doing or the kind of thing you ought to be buying. > suns at 7:30 p.m. eastern, george two university professor michael eric dyson author of "tears we cannot stop," looks at the country's racial divide. >> what we want is a cessation of the velocity of stereotype and a granting to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> as republicans move forward with efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act, also known as obamacare, health and human services secretary

eastern afterwards, alfred university professor emr emrys westacott looks at his book "the wisdom of frugality, why less is more, more or less." >> the crucial thing is to be self aware about what it is you really value. what is really worth spending money on. and what is something where you just are wasting money or just spending it just because people tell you this is the kind of thing you aught to be doing or kind of thing you aught to be buying. >> sunday, georgetown university professor michael eric dyson, author of tears we cannot stop, a sermon to white mer da, looks at the country's racial divide. >> what we want is a cessation of the velocity of is itero type and a granting to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule.tv.or complete weekend schedule. >> theup

eastern on after words, alfred university professor emriis westcot looks at the wisdom behind frugal living in his book, "the wisdom of frugality." >> the crucial thing isn't to never spend money on any kind of luxury at all. the crucial thing is to be self-aware about what it is you really value. what is really worth spending money on and what is something where you just are wasting money or just spending it just because people tell you this is the kind of thing you ought to be doing or the kind of thing you ought to be buying. >> sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern, georgetown university profess area michael eric dyson, author of "tears we cannot stop: a sermon to white america," looks at the country's racial divide. >> so what we want is a cessation of the velocity of stereotype. and a granting to us of the same humanity that you grant each other. >> go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> this weekend, on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern, lectures in history, james madison university professor evan frise on the evolution of suburbs from the