eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house council and key advisor chuck coleson who passed away last month as they talk about george mcgovern. >> in washington, d.c., listen on 19.1 fm. >>> a year after a japanese earthquake and tsunami that spurred the meltdown of three nuclear reactor, the heritage foundation hosted a panel discussion looking at recovery efforts, the long-term impact from the disaster, and some of the lessons learned. this is an hour and a half. >>> good afternoon and welcome to the heritage foundation. as director of lectures and seminars, it's my privilege to welcome everyone to our auditorium and to welcome those who join us on our heritage.org website on all of these occasions. we would ask if our guests in house would make that last courtesy check to see that cell phones have been turned off. our friends from c-span and our own recording crew would be very grateful. we will post the program within 24 hours on our website for everyone's future reference and of course, those watching us via the internet are welcome to send their questions at

people like the late chuck coleson. not long ago chuck recounted a story from his days just after leaving prison. he was assured by people of influence, even with his prison record a man with his connections and experience could still live very comfortably. they would make some calls, get chuck situated, set him up wups again as an important man. his choice at that crossroads would make him instead a great man. the call to service is one of the fundamental elements of our national character and culture. it is motivated every great movement of con shines that this hopeful fair-minded country has ever seen. sometimes as dr. victor frankle observed, it's not a matter of what we're asking for life, but rather what life is asking of us. how often the answer to our own problems is to help others with theirs. in all of these things, family, faith, work, service, the choices we make as americans, in other places are not even choices at all. for so many on this earth, life is filled with orders, not options. right down to where t

one robby refers to, chuck coleson, the other his friend and beloved to many of us here today mr. newhouse. in one of the last essays that richard wrote for "first things" the magazine he founded, he discussed a new order of religious freedom. appealing to one the distinctive traits of the american experiment summarized in famous words in the currency, not in god we trust, but [inaudible] a new order for the ages. at the heart of this new order was an instinctive respect for persons of faith. all faith. and an intentional policy of access to the public square. free access not only for individuals, but also for religious associations. for communities of faith. and as the richard was wanting to do, he emphasized that the inspiration for religious freedom was itself as he said in his own way, it is our belief that it is the will of god that we should not persecute one another in our disputes over the will of god. wonderful newhousism. well, i am a baptist as robby has also said. i'm a southern baptist. that's the worst kind. maybe two is about the limit for the day. nonetheless, i wa