coolidge jeter and jennifer coolidge harville. then we'll reenact the scene at this more humane. our hopefully will hit around 2:47 p.m.. you'll have to forgive us if we're a minute or two off, but first please rise and join bill wiles of castleton who will lead us in the national anthem and in another fun, patriotic song, mr. wales. i expect the coolidge senatorial tabernacle choir to sing with lustful voices voices. oh, say, can you see? i saw john. he lives once proudly. we have. and that's why he lies as we rise and rise all us through a parallel spy on around us. we was was have at least three eyes are good inscribed love on spurs in k through truth on eye on our fire still and on say thomas stars. i know, yeah. and when and a lie and know that pretty lady. oh oh oh heart ray ray. because you all sang so well you can be seated. when the storm clouds gather our across the sea that has flood song legions to hold it's free let us all be faithful to land so rare as we raise our. and our solemn cry i heard god as our oh, my, i'm a

coolidge. the president. the products not only of his no nonsense vermont upbringing studies at amherst and training in the law. they were also a result of his on the job experience as mayor of northampton. president of the massachusetts senate. and massachusetts lieutenant governor. and governor. during coolidge's coming of age as a practicing politician. american politics, including his own republican party, were seized by a new impulse that called itself progressivism. the progressive movement championed many great causes and achieved some of them, including women's suffrage and a host of private, voluntary welfare initiatives. and institutions that included grace goodhue, coolidge's lifelong project of the education of the deaf. but when it came to government progressive ism sought to cast aside traditional constitutional principles of separation of powers and limited government and to replace them with activist, headstrong and supposedly scientific government that would reform society from

coolidge. those of us here recognize there is much to admire about the life work of president coolidge. for me, as a former mayor, i like to highlight the fact that coolidge was among that fraternity of three people who were elected mayors before their service as president of the united states. to fill in the blanks of, that trivia question about who the other were. the answer is andrew johnson and grover cleveland. northampton, massachusetts is one of those fine new england cities founding dates back the mid 17th century. currently a city of about 30,000 residents. it was about a third of that size when calvin coolidge was elected as its mayor in 1909. interesting. only the motto of that city is caritas. education. justicia, caring. education. justice. these words seem quite appropriate for a city that would select coolidge as its leader. northampton was known for its role in the 19th century as a center for anti-slavery advocacy and in the 18th century for its role in shays rebellion. along r

at the same time, coolidge as coolidge. paul johnson said. all the most notable were dedicated, expanding the role of the state. mussolini, supreme in italy from 1922, put it bluntly, everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. stalin in power from 1924, began his great series of five year plans for the entire from turkey to china, saudi arabia, said mr. johnson. all of them took government into corners their countries. it had never before penetrated. even france and belgium were rampant interventionists to those who slight the coolidge as an early version of looking out for one. paul johnson has rebuke this new material advance was not gross and felicity as the popular historian of the 1920s, has it. middle class intellectuals a little too inclined against, poor people acquiring for the first time material and especially luxuries of a kind. they themselves have always taken for granted in a democratic and self-improvement society like the united states. when more money becomes available the first priori

if you want to read coolidge, read coolidge. if you want to read lincoln, read lincoln. your obligation is to understand them as they understood themselves. then we can have a discussion about what we like about them. >> our country is not that old. we have a common language. it's not like you're having to read chaucer or anything like that. take the time to do it. it will make you a better reader and a better citizen. >> i actually believe this, that the federalist papers are the political expression of what shakespeare is to literature. shakespeare was hard when you first start out reading it. i remember finding the federalist papers very daunting as an undergra to have patience. >> but by the time you read your 10th federalist paper, you start to understand it. you don't need a class, you don't need a biography. keep reading and you'll figure it out. >> let me make this one point quickly in answer to your question. human nature never changes. modes of transportation change, hairstyles, clothing styles, the way we live in our housing changes. but human nature never cha

coolidge's father owned. as a boy, he was industrious much like his parents and sold apples and popcorn to the townspeople. people during those meetings. in his autobiography, coolidge describes the people of their neighborhood as having exemplary, he said. the speech clean. their lives were above. they had no mortgages on their farms. if any debts were contracted. they were promptly paid. credit was good. and there was money in the savings bank. they cherished the teachings of the bible and sought to live accordance with its precepts. mitch daniels just said i think we know how we would stand on forgiving student debt. this scene will be captured by panelist christopher coolidge, a great grandson of the president. as a young man coolidge attended high school at black river academy in ludlow and then amherst in massachusetts. while his physical surroundings were very humble, his intellectual formation was influenced by the great writers and philosopher whose names adorn this building. coolidge in his own word

coolidge, you read coolidge. you read roosevelt, lincoln, reed lincoln. your obligation is to understand them as they understood themselves. then, we can have a discussion about who we like about them or not. >> our country is not that old. one of the great things about it is the common language. you can go back and read washington. it's not like you're having to read chops or anything like that. it's worth taking the time to do it, because you will be a better reader and citizen too. >> don't really disagree when you say -- i actually think and believe this, that the federalist papers are a political expression, what shakespeare is to literature. shakespeare is hard when you first start out reading it, but i remember finding federal papers very daunting as an undergraduate. now i see this enormous subsidy and beauty to them. even the 18th-century idiom is not familiar to us with the prose. i think it is a little bit like that for english. so, i agree with you, fundamentally, but i do think that people need to have patience. >> by the time you read your t

president coolidge visited mt.rushmore that even though got some borglum would not complete his work at mt. rushmore for another 14 years. the famously frugal coolidge even promised federal funding the project. he saw what it could become stating that this will be another national shrine to future generations to repair, to declare continuing allegiance to independence, to self-government, to freedom and to economic justice. later in that same speech, talked about south dakotans to he said, the people of south dakota are taking the lead in the preparation of this memorial out of their meager because the american spirit is strong among them. i could not agree more president coolidge is summer white house. that year was the state game lodge custer state park. i can't blame him for that at all. it is my favorite place in the world. i love state park. the sweeping hills are home to thundering of bison. maybe you've footage from our annual buffalo roundup that we hold every single year. it's my favorite event, the toweri

and i want to thank the coolidge foundation for putting calvin coolidge, his autobiography, back in print and available for every american in. amity. your words about him, his words in a book much shorter than my book. a lot shorter than my book. evidence of his brevity and economy of words or my lack of. inspired me greatly. and i've been inspired since by his humility, his principled conservative leadership that resonates into our time in new and renewed ways and by his deep devotion to the constitution of the united states. you know, there were many times when i was vice president that i would look around the room at those luminaries on the wall and be inspired them. but seth said in one particular moment, i reflected on those words of the bible that remind us that we are surrounded, by a great cloud of witnesses. so let us throw off everything that hinders in the senate. so easily entangles and run with perseverance. the race marked out for us is surely he did it his time and inspires us. still. surrounded by those portraits, remembering those who have gone before we set to do our dut

coolidge coolidge's principle of individual liberty free markets. and then the government created an incredible improvement in the quality of life. unfortunately, what is taught most schools, therefore a commonly held belief is that the roaring twenties led the great depression. this is not true. it was a radical change in policy by hoover and franklin roosevelt that both created the great great depression and extended duration cure, which is principles of good government, were attacked by hoover and then roosevelt. there was a huge increase taxes massive increase regulation and government interfere dances in many business activity. if coolidge's principles had not been violated is highly unlikely that we would have ever had the great depression and we probably wouldn't have had world war two. i want to speak a personal perspective with potentially help the students here, which i have you as the audience i really want to focus on to turn q which is principles his understandings and to a productive and moral life. in my career i have experienced a si

and we're watching the levels of coolidge dam all the time. we have the apps on our phone. we look at weather futures and we're just trying to guess what we can do to make this farm work. as for what the future holds, caywood says it's still uncertain. recently, she went to capitol hill to push for appropriations for water industry structure lines to support farming. coming up, an indiana business made headlines for covering employees addiction treatment. we'll have a progress report on their innovative approach. plus, the most detailed look yet at the eighth continent. it. welcome back. to matter of fact, the workplace is becoming increasingly important for addressing some substance use disorders. that's according to the cdc. it found that 70% of all adults with an alcohol or drug use disorder are employed. five years ago, we sent our correspondent, jessica gomez to indiana to visit a workplace supported recovery program. it costs the company an average of about $16,000 per person to provide treatment and support services. take a look. wayne county, indiana, dotted with fa

host: we are at the centennial of calvin coolidge ascending to the presidency. plenty of coverage of that on american history tv. if you have questions for ray smock on the house of representatives, he is with us for the next 20 minutes on the washington journal phone lines for republicans, democrats, independents. we have talked before about the expanding powers of the executive branch of the presidency, especially post-world war ii. i wonder when it comes to the speaker of the house, has there been a similar expansion of the powers of the speaker in the modern era? host: in the early history of the country the speaker was not that important office. it was important, it was a constitutional office since the beginning. duties as speaker have increased. the party leader, the chief administration are of the house of representatives, the national negotiator on all issues, always in the big meetings when congress is meeting with the president, it is the duties -- the duties of the speaker have expanded greatly over time. it has always been an important constitutiona

i saw a documentary on calvin coolidge, he is having an upward revision because like eisenhower, integrity matters. like jimmy carter. people will judge character as not just the defining thing -- some people said fdr would never let his -- he could make up stories. i am not talking about the moral right to tune. -- moral rectitude. but feeling it was honest and you were treated like respect. >> we appreciate>> good afternoe director of the john w -- library of congress. this center is one of the sponsors of this year's festival and are proud to bring beloved writers here.

i recentlyri saw a good documentary on calvin coolidge.e is starting to have a little bit of an upward revision. because, like eisenhower in the end, integrity matters. the long length of history. not just the defining thing, someut people said fdr, you kno, would never let his right hand know where his left hand was. i am not talking about this more elected to, but feeling that you were an honest broker and with e white house. >> as always, we appreciate you spending a few minutes talking with us at c-span on book tv. thank you so much. >> now more from the 2023 library of the congress national book festival. >> good afternoon. i am kevin butterfield. it is my pleasure to introdu

. >> for the folks right here in the coolidge auditorium. if you can sit tight for a few more minutes, there's something else. now more from the 2023 library of congress book festival. >> dr. hayden for those who weren't with us 23 years ago, how did this get started? >> it's so exciting to be here and you can hear the buzz around us as people are coming in and everything because in 2001, the first lady laura bush had been very successful as the first lady of texas, starting the texas book fair and it was renowned. so when she got to washington d.c., asked my predecessor, dr. billington, wouldn't it be nice if we had a national book festival because i don't think we have one. he said we do now. and then in 2001, first lady laura bush, who was, i must say, the first librarian to be first lady, cut the ribbon on the national mall for the book festival and it's been successful ever since and she's been a supporter ever since as well. >> is she still active in the book fair at all? >> well, she makes commemorative videos for us and things like t

i recentlyri saw a good documentary on calvin coolidge. he is starting to have a little bit of an upward revision. because, like eisenhower in the end, integrity matters. the long length of history. not just the defining thing, someut people said fdr, you kno, would never let his right hand know where his left hand was. i am not talking about this more elected to, but feeling that you were an honest broker and with e white house. >> as always, we appreciate you spending a few minutes talking with us at c-span on book tv. thank you so much. >> now more from the 2023 library of the congress national book festival. >> good afternoon. i am kevin butterfield. it is my pleasure to introduce today's speakers. one of the sponsors of this year 'ss festival. we are proud to bring america's most beloved writers here into rooms like this one. the center works to bring scholars into residents to work into the library's collections. we are proud to sponsor this event. and to join with c-span as a partner for this project. our next panel is dig in. what

ramaswamy talked about woke kell churr in new hampshire where he was the keynote speaker at the coolidge fundraiser hosted by the cheshire county republican party and then he talks

calvin coolidge had a hippo. in the 1930s, franklin roosevelt had a big dog named major that bit a british prime minister. during world war ii, political foes falsely said he sent a navy destroyer to fetch his little dog named fala after it was left behind on a presidential junket. >> i don't remember that, and my family don't resent that, but fala does resent that. >> reporter: in the '50s opponents accused richard nixon of misusing campaign donations. among the gifts was a cocker spaniel puppy his daughter named checkers. >> i just want to say this right now. regardless of what they say about it, we're going keep him. >> reporter: in the '60s, lyndon johnson outraged some dog lovers by lifting his beagles by the ears. and of course a previous biden family dog was also banished for biting. and ironically, just like fdr's snappy german shepherd, his name was major. still, comedy writer jill twist who wrote a book about him notes at least this is a different kind of political scandal. >> yeah, i feel bad for the d

so just to fill that out a little bit more he wasou appoind under calvin coolidge she then stayed on under herbert hoover the dawn of the great depression, they were not related there are lots of stories about that at the time. he was thin for all three plus terms of franklin roosevelt presidency. that the second world war he stays under harry truman he was therefore mccarthy us and for the red scare. he stays on under dwight iser to the 1950s as t they are under junk and he is there under lyndon johnson and he is there under richard nixon and he finally dies in may of 1972 still in office.e. so, what things that drew me too writing about hoover was this amazing time he has his fingers and everything. but also there were really important complicated things aboutin the changes in washingtn throughout that period changes in the federal government and particulatee growth of federal government and its security state drink that. a story about single bureaucrat could yield enough power to reshape many aspects of american mppolitics from our law and ord. to its broader politics constraining

fallon." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: kim cattrall >> "it's penis o'clock." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: jennifer coolidgee fineman, everybody catch the season premiere of "saturday night live," this weekend. we'll be right back with a a performance from raye. [ cheers and applause wow. [ cheers and applause wow. [ cheers and applause ♪ detect this: living with hiv, i learned that i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is a complete hiv treatment for some adults. no other complete hiv pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if you have hepatitis b, don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking dofetilide. this can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. if you have a rash or allergic reaction symptoms, stop dovato and get medical help right away. serious or life-threatening lactic acid buildup and liver problems can occur. tell your doctor if you have kidney or live

there from 1924 to 1972, so just to fill that out a little bit more, he was appointed under calvin coolidge. he then stayed on under herbert hoover, right, the dawn of the great depression. they were not related to their were lots of new stories about it at the time. he was then therefore all three plus terms of franklin roosevelt's presidency, so he is there through the new deal. he is there altered the second world war. he stays under harry truman. he is there under mccarthyism for the red scare. he stays under dwight eisenhower to the 1950's. he is there under john kennedy. he is there under lyndon johnson. and he is there under richard nixon and finally dies in may 1972, still in office. so one of the things that really true me to writing about hoover was this amazing sweep of time, the fact that he had his fingers in everything, but also there were important and i think complicated things to say about the changes in the city of washington throughout that period, changes throughout the federal government, in particular, the growth of the federal government and the security state during

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just to fill that out a little more, he was appointed under calvin coolidge. he stayed on under herbert hoover, the dawn of the great depression. they were not related. there were a lot of new stories about that at the time. he was then therefore all three terms of franklin roosevelt's presidency so he is there through the new deal, through the second world war. he stays on under harry truman. he is therefore mccarthyism. he stays under dwight eisenhower and john kennedy and under lyndon johnson and he is there under richard nixon. and he dies in may, 1972 still in office. one of the things that really drew me to writing about hoover was this amazing sweep of time. the fact that he had his fingers in everything but also there were really important and complicated things to say about the changes in the city of washington throughout a period, changes in the federal government and its security state during that period and a story on how a single bureaucrat could wield enough power to reshape many aspects of american politics from our law and order politics, to th

host: we are at the centennial of calvin coolidge ascending to the presidency.hat on american history tv. if you have questions for ray smock on the house of representatives, he is with us for the next 20 minutes on the washington journal phone lines for republicans, democrats, independents. we have talked before about the expanding powers of the executive branch of the presidency, especially post-world war ii. i wonder when it comes to the speaker of the house, has there been a similar expansion of the powers of the speaker in the modern era? host: in the early history of the country the speaker was not that important office. it was important, it was a constitutional office since the beginning. duties as speaker have increased. the party leader, the chief administration are of the house of representatives, the national negotiator on all issues, always in the big meetings when congress is meeting with the president, it is the duties -- the duties of the speaker have expanded greatly over time. it has always been an important constitutional office. when new degre

ramaswamy talked about woke kell churr in new hampshire where he was the keynote speaker at the coolidge fundraiser hosted by the cheshire county republican party and then he talks about human trafficking and drug smuggling and took pictures with attendees who purchased v.i.p. tickets. vivek: hey, guys. good to see you. checking people in? >> we are. get rained on? vivek: a little bit. it's ok, show it. it's ok, though. we were hit first. we were at the northern border today. it was raining. >> pretty far up there. i'm from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. vivek: similar to cincinnati where i am. so good seeing you guys. good to be here, guys. >> glad you made it. vivek: thank you. i appreciate it. hopefully it's a successful fundraiser. you're working for the county? >> i'm the treasurer of cheshire county. vivek: good. good. how much are you raising? >> our target is 5-7. vivek: good. how much are people paying to come. >> $60 and then different ticket options. vivek: $60 is the minimum for people to be here. i appreciate it. thanks so much. [indiscernible] vivek: thank you, guys. how are you