do you think there something about the way strauss does tip for claremont conservatism? >> one of his great sound bites, speaking of sound bites, is that they aim of politics and political thought should be to produce a regime that balances order without oppression and freedom without license. i think that anyone who witnessed the destruction of order and the republic and its general consequences as general consequences as well as the consequences for the jewish people would not be unconcerned with order or what happens to a society when order breaks down and politics becomes polarized between extreme groups who are prepared to take extraconstitutional measures necessary to seize power. so yes i think order is a theme but order that is not oppression which means a preference for constitutionalism, separation of powers and a letter that strauss wrote to a german law professor in the 1960s and i mentioned it in the book. a copy of the book he had written on carl schmidt and strauss advises that schmidt might've been right about weimar democracy book was not right about lib

[applause] william voegeli the senior editor of the claremont review of books and us dollar at the salvatores center and was a program officer and has written for numerous publications where he is authored into california's future of absolutism that was the biggest piece of all time. he is also not mean-spirited at all as you will now discover. william voegeli. [applause] >> good day. back in the day we were down the street from the foundation i used to control lot of these events. so it is an honor to be here with you today. i would not be here today if not for the carroll and literary agency and also to of my editors are here. in the publisher of "the pity party" you'll get a growing sense does you see that i have prepared today's remarks all by myself. [laughter] american liberalism what is up with that? saw a prominent liberal writer is that they care about other people not just themselves. could liberals really believe that politics was confronted to get the better of statesmen and philosophers? how was that so simple? to secure justice and peace so that opposition to or the skepticism f

i am here in claremont, california. i'm like, i can be on the next flight. i figured that in a half a day would take to get their he would come to his senses and think, i'm not giving this reporter i've never met i got there early and found the kinko's. very. very naÏve, not naive, but very almost flattered by the intention. he he actually let me -- i can review the beginning of the piece. it was not the person you see in the reminder that the people who are inside, there are people inside you don't no. this is the lead. high school friends, both high achievers. a driven civic minded, not especially close. exchanging dozens of letters a rare unfiltered look. the ever disciplined persona. since christmas vacation vacation i have gone through three and a half metamorphoses so far i have used alienated academic involved pseudo- hippie and one half of withdrawn simplicity. the letters are self absorbed and revelatory, not yet reconciled myself to the fate of not being a store, sunday was to forget disdain for debutante dorm mates and an acid dropping friend. the

they started a fire before marching off the freeway at claremont avenue. one protester who tried to stop alert was attacked -- looter was attacked with a hammer. five arrests and two officers were injured. there were at least six arrests during violent protests saturday night and sunday morning in berkeley. it started peacefully but a small group started throwing things at police. several police officers were hit and several cars were vandalized as well. >>> at least two people were hurt when a driver ran into some protesters in southern california. about 50 people were blocking a busy intersection in riverside saturday night. police say a driver failed to stop. after hitting two people, he took off. the protesters' injuries though were not serious. >>> and taking a plot this protest in -- look at this protest in philadelphia following the eagles' game last night. hundreds o people staged a die- in. they stay there had for four and a half minutes in honor of michael brown. the ongoing protests are in response to the recent grand jury decision both of them

one of the situation videos entitled "stop and frisk" we shot here in claremont, using pomona students, because we wanted to look at what it meant for young black men to just be walking and trying to engage in their daily-ness and having the police and the threat of the police hovering about them. everywhere were flashes, a siren sounding and a stretched-out roar. get on the ground. get on the ground now. then i just knew. and you are not the guy and still you fit the description because there is only one guy who is always the guy fitting the description. i went to ferguson a week after michael brown was shot six times, twice in the head. and when i went to his neighborhood. people would come up to me and say things like "would you like to take a picture of my toddler with his hands up in the air?" and one young man said to me "i look just like him. that could be me." and both things disturbed me, the sense of black bodies inside a dead body. since i've been to ferguson, the only thing i've done so far is written a small haiku. it goes because white men can't police their imagination b

guest: was described by and great psychologists, a philosopher, social psychologist who teaches at claremont university in california. he wrote a famous book called flow and his research looked at the state in which people are in the zone. when they are doing work that is not too easy or hard they are challenged but not overwhelmed by a task that completely engages them emotionally, cognitively, psychologically, spiritually. hours turn into minutes. these experiences in your life, three hours, that is what we will be doing here. it felt like ten minutes. that is the state of flow when you do what you are supposed to be doing and the hours flyby. >> host: translate this talk of gross national happiness, the u.s. is a happy country into politics. >> guest: as i mentioned a minute ago the job of politics is not to make us happy people. that is dangerous. stalin was called the purveyor of happiness. virtually nobody in the 20th centuries they've had their and some others who created more misery, deep moral malaise, in the 20th century, they claim there's a problem. when they talk about giving pe

described by the great psychologist, a philosopher -- actually a social schoolist who teaches at claremont graduatant in california. at the university of chicago, and he wrote a book called "flow." and his research looked at the state in which people are in the zone. when they're doing work that is not too easy but not too hard. they're challenged but not overwhelmed bay task that completely engages them emotionally, cognitively, psychologically, even spiritually, and hours turn into minutes. i bet you have had experiences where you say, three hours? are you kidding? that's what we're doing here. we're going to say, i can't believe it. it felt like ten minutes. that's the state of flow. when you're doing just what you're supposed to be doing and the hours fly by. >> host: so translate this talk of gross national happiness and the u.s. is a happy country into politics. >> guest: well, politics -- it's a funny business when it comes to gross national happiness. the job of politics is not to make us happy people. that's a very dangerous thing. stalin was called the per seer of happiness. thes

he teaches at claremont graduate university in california. he was at the university of chicago for many years, and he wrote a famous book, and his research looked at the state in which people are in the zone. when they're doing work that's not too easy, but not too hard. they're challenged, but they're not overwhelmed by a task that completely engages them emotionally, cognitively, psychologically and even spiritually, and the hours turn into minutes. i bet you've had these experiences in your life where you say, whoa, three hours, are you kidding? i can't believe it, it felt like ten minutes. that's the state of flow, when you're doing just what you're supposed to be doing, and the hours fly by. >> host: so translate this talk of "gross national happiness" and u.s. as a happy country into politics. >> guest: well, you know, politics, it's a funny business. as i mentioned a minute ago, the job of politics is not to make us happy people. that's a very dangerous thing. stalin was called the purveyor of happiness. there's virtually nobody in the

claremont, california. don, a republican. caller: i have to quickly say this is old news. has been discussed for eight years. the program has been stopped for six years. it is old news, and representative cummings said yesterday that this is just to combat gruber, who is giving the republicans a big excuse -- that asryone points out democrats liars, that they will stay anything they want, to divert attention so that people can -- so that people like john can talk up here like everything is normal. in the next point is to take morality lessons from people who are using their last effort, they would not put out a republican minority report, and it is an attempt to harm america. read "the military times" story about what is happening to the military. they can find money to go fight ebola but they cannot fight -- they cannot find money to protect the country. how could i forget his name now -- the comedian that is having all the morality problems with his girlfriend -- to take morality lessons from them is disgraceful. host: john bradshaw, go ahead. that this is old news, a lo