in leaving the commonwealth. in fact, leaving the commonwealth. fact, we leaving the commonwealth. inthe commonwealth _ cook. going forward, will the commonwealth still - cook. going forward, will the commonwealth still be - cook. going forward, will the commonwealth still be our . cook. going forward, will the i commonwealth still be our main international platform or will you look for other international partners? the commonwealth _ international partners? the commonwealth will - international partners? the commonwealth will continue to be one — commonwealth will continue to be one of— commonwealth will continue to be one of our key platforms on which — be one of our key platforms on which we — be one of our key platforms on which we function. it has never been _ which we function. it has never been the — which we function. it has never been the only one. in fact, the main _ been the only one. in fact, the main one — been the only one. in fact, the main one is— been the only one. in fact, the main one is caribbean community. we have determined that among ourselves within the region.

there is the white commonwealth, brown commonwealth, and the black commonwealth.re are some serious challenges within the relationship and the elements within the commonwealth, but on the whole i believe on balance, at this moment in time, it is a force for progress.— at this moment in time, it is a force for progress. you are one of barbados's _ force for progress. you are one of barbados's most _ of barbados's most distinguished citizens, vice chancellor of the university of the west indies, could you conceivably become the new head of state you're in barbados? kilmacolm no, i do not think so. i think we have a model, that model is that our head of state ought to be diplomats, people who transcend all of the social forces and the contradictions of the society. my contradictions of the society. my role in society is to those contradictions, promote advocacy around them, explore all the challenges we are facing to make society better place. we have to re—engineer the society. i see my role as an engineer, not a diplomat. professor sir hilary beckles thank you very

there's the white commonwealth, there's a brown commonwealth, and there's a black commonwealth, all togethers challenges within the relationship and the elements within the commonwealth. but on the whole, i believe, on balance, at this moment in time, it is a force for progress. you, professor sir hilary beckles, are one of barbados�*s most distinguished citizens, vice—chancellor of the university of the west indies. could you conceivably become the new head of state here in barbados? no, i don't think so. i think we have a model, and that model is that our heads of states ought to be diplomats, to be people who transcend all of the social forces and the contradictions of society. my role in the society is to identify those contradictions, promote them, build advocacy around them, explore all the challenges we are facing to make the society a better place. we have to reengineer the society. i see my role as an engineer, not a diplomat. professor sir hilary beckles, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you. hello. sunny spells aplenty on tuesday, but there'll be showers ar

we believe in the commonwealth.there are many, many african countries that are republics within the commonwealth, and there are caribbean countries as well. dominica is a republic, trinidad & tobago is a republic. they are all in the commonwealth — guyana. regrettably, these are some of the issues and these are red herrings that people float out there to determine whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. but we're not leaving the commonwealth. in fact, we have a question about the commonwealth from pierre cook. going forward, will the commonwealth still be our main international platform, or will you look for other international partners? the commonwealth will continue to be one of our key platforms on which we function. it has never been the only one. in fact, the main one is caricom, the caribbean community. we have determined that among ourselves within the region, we will treat each other better and stronger than any other group. that is why we have the caricom single market and single economy — no different

we believe in the commonwealth., there are many, many african countries that are republics within the commonwealth, and there are caribbean countries as well. dominica is a republic, trinidad & tobago is a republic. they are all in the commonwealth — guyana. regrettably, these are some of the issues and these are red herrings that people float out there to determine whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. but we're not leaving the commonwealth. in fact, we have a question about the commonwealth from pierre cook. going forward, will the commonwealth still be our main international platform, or will you look for other international partners? the commonwealth will continue to be one of our key platforms on which we function. it has never been the only one. in fact, the main one is caricom, the caribbean community. we have determined that among ourselves within the region, we will treat each other better and stronger than any other group. that is why we have the caricom single market and single economy — no differe

but we are not leaving the commonwealth. have a question about the commonwealth from pierre. fire away. going forward, will the - commonwealth still be our main international platform or will _ you look for other- international partners? the commonwealth will continue to be one of our key platforms on which we function, it's never been the only one. in fact, the main one for us is the caribbean community, we have determined among ourselves within the region, we will treat each other better and stronger than any other grouping. that is where we have the single market and single economy. no different from the european union, no different from africa with the africa free trade area. equally, we are a key member of the organisation of african caribbean and pacific states. those are our partners across the atlantic across the pacific and those are critical especially in today's age. let me give you an example. we have been talking for example about the impact of climate on small island developing states but we have come to the co

european, commonwealth and world champion _ lauren price.d world champion now— lauren price. european, commonwealth and world champion now olympic- and world champion now olympic champion. likely has always done it all whether it was kickboxing, footballing or even driving a taxi but this was the one she wanted. that variety of sports contains a dangerous fighter, as china's competitor found out. dangerous fighter, as china's competitorfound out. there was no doubt who warned one. the second round was tighter, the chinese competitor kept at an arms length, the welsh woman waiting to strike. but seeing the wait would be over. lauren price is the olympic champion! _ lauren price is the olympic champion! fi— lauren price is the olympic champion!— lauren price is the olympic chamion! �* ., ., . ., ., champion! a moment of reflection, a moment to — champion! a moment of reflection, a moment to be _ champion! a moment of reflection, a moment to be thoughtful. _ champion! a moment of reflection, a moment to be thoughtful. thank - champion! a moment

club efforts in making virtual programming please visit commonwealth club.org/online . thank you, stay safe, stay healthy. go tigers. we will see you all. >> you're watching book tv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv: television for serious readers. >> joining us is anthony davies. he is the co-author of "cooperation and coercion: how busybodies became busybullies and what that means for economics and politics". professor davies, in your book your right early on children learn a word for people that tell others how to live their lives : busybodies. why is thatincluded ? why is that important to the theme of your book ? >> the subtitle to the book is how busybodies became busybullies and what that means for economics and politics and busybody, we all know from children up to our answers stick their noses in our business in thanksgiving but when you pair busybodies with government coercion , they transform into busybullies. people who decide how it is you should live your life and they're going to use the force of government to see to it that you

most of what the founders knew about the hebrew commonwealth, they learned from the bible. they were well aware that ideas like republicanism found expression in traditions apart from the hebrew experience, and indeed, they studied the traditions ancient and modern. they studied the roman republic. they studied more modern theorists who wrote about republicanism. but the republic that was described in the hebrew scriptures reassured them. it reassured them that republicanism was a political system that enjoyed divine favor. and this was reason enough for them to think more deeply about what role republicanism should play in their own form of government. but for john adams, more important than the model of hebrew republicanism, because it was an indispensable handbook for good republican citizenship, it is a hand double for -- the bible more than any other versus taught the civic virtues required of citizens in order to govern themselves in a republic. a historian at the library of congress has described central connections among, religion, virtue and republican self governm

almost on the heels of that the commonwealth of virginia who had been sitting on the fence on whether or not to stay under the protection of the united states are joined to confederacy finally made a decision and that decision was indeed. they would join the new confederate government and invite the national capital to be removed to the city of richmond, virginia. butler takes command, virginia leaves the union during all this three individuals three brave individuals baker townsend mallory would steal a ship? row across the chesapeake bay present themselves at the gate of the american soldiers and say we're run away slaves seek be refugees and protection. they were invited into the fort the very next day major general benjamin butler interviewed the three individuals and he found out that these individuals were being used for the use of the confederate army to build trenches and to do chores around the confederate camp. that same day the owners of these individual slaves came to retrieve them citing the fugitive slave act, which was the law of the land of the united states saying tha

for the commonwealth of virginia. in the commonwealth of virginia, investment in infrastructure has been something that has eluded us for years. i have to acknowledge when i was governor, i tried to find funding needs, particularly in northern virginia, hampton roads, and put forward at that point bipartisan-supported tax referendums in northern virginia and hampton roads. it was horribly unsuccessful. a number of years later a sub gent governor, governor mcdonald, managed to make a down payment on some of the infrastructure needs in virginia. with but not really address on a more comprehensive way the commonwealth needs. so i'm going to take a couple of moments now and talk about section by section in virginia what this bipartisan, white house-supported, record infrastructure investment will mean to the people of the commonwealth of virginia. let me start with hampton roads. hampton roads, southeast virginia is, peninsula is most at risk from concerns about sea level rise and questions about resiliency more than any

it is interesting to think in our commonwealth there are a ton of place names, we grew up with them so we assume they are the name of the place but a lot of places are named after the original inhabitants of that area or words from the original images so anytime you see the name of a town or street and you think i don't think that is from english it is good to do extra research into thinking about where that comes from. >> molly adams, how she did that. >> host: i tried to look at the date for the photo but couldn't find it. it is at the library of virginia. more research might find a specific date but yeah, good question. i tried to find it but couldn't. is it upstairs? cool. just another reason to go upstairs. thank you so much. that was awesome. thank you. [applause] ♪♪ >> november 3rd, 1969, president richard nixon delivered what is now known as his silent majority speech arguing anti-vietnam protesters and the counterculture were a minority. he asked for the support of the nonfocal majority. next on real america eight flags for $0.99, this film was created in response to president

we also have the director of indigenous and native outreach within the secretary of the commonwealth governors office she's a virginia indian woman we have advisory board members and several that advised the governor of virginia, we have virginia indian women on the council and the justice including the most previous chair of the council is a virginia indian woman of pride and advisory committee on justice and the virginian fine arts board of trustees so these are some of our major political leadership roles the virginia india women are in at this time we also have several nonprofit founders and a public defender, program specialist and program analyst federal offices working directly with tribes and native american organizations and we have cultural and award-winning artists. it we have whose works displayed in the fine arts and an award-winning screenwriter tribal program director. practitioner, environmental manager, grandson conservation advocates. i could probably fill five or more slides and we will see a few things leadership positions that virginia indian women it take on. so

commonwealth club.org. and i'm robert rosenthal and now this meeting of the commonwealth club , it's adjourned. good evenwebsite , booktv.org. >> mitch mcconnell, what's on your reading list?

commonwealth club.org. and i'm robert rosenthal and now this meeting of the commonwealth club , it's adjourned. goodwebsite , booktv.org. >> mitch mcconnell, what's on your reading list? >> not surprisingly i tend to lean towards american history , much of it political but actually, one book i just finished was not about politics.

this program will be on the commonwealth club website again soon, commonwealth club.org and now this of the commonwealth club of california commemorating its 118th year of discussions is adjourned you think this is just a community center? it's more than that. >> partnering to create wi-fi so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >>> good evening. i'm the president of the library foundation of los angeles. it is my great pleasure to welcome you all this evening that has been coproduced by the council and the library foundation program. we needed to share this evening's interview not simply because we have a best-selling author, but because his

. >> welcome to today's virtual program at the commonwealth of california, i'm tim noah and i'm analyst for msnbc and i'm excited to be here with you all today and i am honored to be joined by lieutenant colonel alexander benjamin, a friend of mine and american hero. >> .. about how it ended up at the center of this firestorm. we will be discussing that and more in the next hour. i want to hear your questions so if you're watching along with us please put them in the text chat on youtube and we'll get into that later in the program. i also have a question from his wife that obligate them to at the end of the i'm very excited about. sir, thank you so much. how has the book two of them going. how has the response been and what is been your biggest take away from all this? >> thanks, tim. i need to figure out who that musicals go with bike. victor john williams, quite the introduction. i need to get some of that, the future. but it's been going pretty well. this is a very short morning, something i really frankly never thought i would be doing. i thought eventually i would probably do some

and on behalf of the commonwealth club i want to say to everybody our thanks alexander benjamin for joining us and discussing the book. you're right matters. there's much more we didn't get into during this conversation and i like to thank the audience for watching and sending in questions and if you'd like to watch more programs or support the commonwealth club efforts in making virtual programming, please visit commonwealthclub.org /online . tomorrow, thank you. stay safe, go tigers. will see you all. >> you're watching tv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. >> joining us is anthony davies, he is the co-author of cooperation and coercion. professor davies, in your book you write that early on, children learn a word for people who tell others how to live their lives. busybodies. why is thatincluded, why is that important to the theme of your book . >> it is the subtitle for the book is how busybodies became busybodies and what that means for economics and politics and a busybody of course we all know from children up to our aunts wh

commonwealth club.org. and i'm robert rosenthal and now this meeting of the commonwealth club , it's adjourned. good evening. [applause] >> here's a look at new books being published this week. former south carolina republican governor and congressman mark sanford suggests former president trump has hurt the republican party in two roads diverged. in not a nation of immigrants, historian roxanne dunbar ortiz argues that the nation of immigrants narrative ignores america's history of white supremacy. and historian mike duncan recalls the life of the marquee day lafayette in and his role in the french and american revolutions in hero of two worlds. also being published this week, berkeley law school dean irwin temperance key asserts the supreme court has enabled racist policing in presumedguilty . in dopamine nation, psychiatrist anna lemke suggests that modern society promotes the pursuit of constant pleasure which she argues needs to be tempered and pulitzer prize-winning journalist david phillips reports o

previous commonwealth attorney of fairfax county who is under recall and had to recuse himself. this is all partisan politics. basically these guys were funded by george soros, specifically to advance an ideological agenda here in virginia. unfortunately, with this hand picked attorney, they colluded with the defense and chose not to pursue our case and in that respect the judge's hands were tied and the case was dismissed. carley: this school board member has responded to the judge dismissing the petition, courtesy of the hand picked attorney as you pointed out. she said i was happy to hear that special prosecutors tell the judge the case was about a policy disagreement, the recall process is not a vehicle to resolve such disputes with elected officials, that's why we have elected. please respond to what she had to say and what do you think the next school board election is going to look like? >> well, it will look very different than the last one. she has a right to her opinion. the fact of the matter is, when the citizens of fairfax county and across virginia and the country

the second was puerto rico's evolution from a territory to commonwealth which was made possible by a line of reform-minded puerto rican resident commissioners. these strands were kind of widely divergent at the beginning of thend they come to resources are pooled. agendas that had been local are nationalized. there's a large grassroots movement. the community service organizations in california, groups like this lar raza which is a more rad kalt political movement come together. this is a period in congress where hispanic american members serve along institutional apprenticeship. the length of service increases for them. they receive more prominent committee assignments. just a handful of the people here who stick out in this period, antonio fernos-isern, the longest serving resident commissioner from puerto rico and the principal architect of puerto rico's move to commonwealth status in the early 1950s. he was widely respected by house colleagues. he had a very close working relationship with the longtime portd rican governor luis munoz marine who is the son of munoz rivera. that pa

and that partnership ended or produced the commonwealth change in the fifties.lth cwhich increased puerto rican autonomy. another individual here henry gonzalez. gonzales gets a start in local politics, housing issues in the san antonio area. is involved with the pan american progressive association in texas. this launches his career of progressive politics. and in 1956 he becomes the first mexican american elected to the texas senate. twice he filibustered measures in the texas senate that would have resegregate and texas public schools. that earned him a lot of national attention, and a great quote in time magazine that we came across, it may be some can chloroform the conscience, but if we feel long enough, we hate, and if we hate long enough we fight. he runs for governor in the late 19 fifties in texas, he is trounced. but he gets a name recognition. he becomes a viable candidate for a special election in 1961, in a san antonio district. and he comes into the house. and he serves in the house for nearly four decades. best known for his service in the house

but i want to thank you for joining us today on today's commonwealth club program. i encourage all listeners and viewers to purchase his important new book on the culture of medicine kills doctors and patients. this program will soon be posted on a commonwealth club website w ww.commonwealth club.org. my name is joy of sti consulting in this commonwealth club program is now adjourned

but i want to thank you for joining us today on today's commonwealth club program. i encourage all listeners and viewers to purchase his important new book on the culture of medicine kills doctors and patients. this program will soon be posted on a commonwealth club website w ww.commonwealth club.org. my name is joy of sti consulting in this commonwealth club program is now adjourned the page look forr wood, matthew spalding in the 1619 project. >> joining us on book tv is doctor deidre mccroskey. she is the author of over 30 books a long time economist with the university of illinois at chicago. her most recentoo

club efforts in making virtual programming please visit commonwealth club.org/online . thank you, stay safe, stay healthy. go tigers. we will see you all. >> you're watching book tv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv: television for serious readers. >> joining us is

club efforts in making virtual programming please visit commonwealth club.org/online . thank you, stay safe, stay healthy. go tigers. we will see you all.

but i want to thank you for joining us today on today's commonwealth club program. i encourage all listeners and viewers to purchase his important new book on the culture of medicine kills doctors and patients. this program will soon be posted on a commonwealth club website w ww.commonwealth club.org. my name is joy of sti consulting in this commonwealth club program is now adjourned. >> during a recent virtual discussion hosted by the john locke foundation matthew spalding executive director president trump 1776 commission and peter was author of 1620 took a critical look at the 1619 project. >> the whole thing is based on a series of facts and claims that his overarching interpretation that says america was founded and it began because of and for the sake of an order to defend slavery. that is the essence of the central idea for all of american history. that is factually incorrect overarching the historically incorrect. my point is it is intended to get around the actual facts of history in order to spin this other argument to go after the very claims of things li

so this program will be on the commonwealth club website soon and again that is commonwealth club . org. and now this meeting at the commonwealth in california, commemorating 118 year of enlightened discussions. >> weekend is on "c-span2" are an intellectual feast, every saturday documenting american stories, and on sunday, book tv brings you the latest nonfiction books and authors read running for "c-span2" comes from these television companies and more including charter communications. broadband is an empowerment, that's why charter is invested billions to build infrastructure and upgrading technology, empowering opportunity and communities big and small, charter is connecting us pretty charter communications along with these television companies support "c-span2" is a public service. harvard university history professor looked at three generations of black women through the inheritance of a cotton bag, originally given by a mother to a daughter separated by slavery read here's a portion of that discussion. >> this is where i started when i was in spidered to work on the book and