jefferson never made a secret of the fact that he revered george mason. the sage at monticello called in the wisest man of his generation. jefferson fame biographer agreed, summarizing mason's marquis contributions to the revolution when he said quote, mason chartered the rights of human beings much more fully than jefferson did in the immortal necessarily compress paragraph in the more famous document, referring to the declaration of rights pic of the contemporary and back of mason's declaration, malone went on to say, there could be no possible question. more than any other single american -- did you hear that? more than any other single american, george mason may be regarded as the herald of this new era. quite simply, mason developed into a a private man of renaissance interest with an abiding conviction deep inside him, the fate of individual liberty, individual freedom with paramount to governmental power. he believed individual freedom was a natural right. individual liberty was a natural right. he wrote in his virginia declaration of rights, quote,

[laughter] let's talk about george mason. not a lot of people know about george mason. they basically know george mason university may be the final four that they've reached a few years ago. i hope that my big changes that opinion. if thomas jefferson was a genius professionally and personally, which he was and has been for george mason was a mere genius. america was woven together on three revered pieces of paper. the declaration of independence, constitution and the bill of rights. george mason had a hand in formulating and writing the blueprints for all three documents. in 1776, he emerged as a revolutionary and left in indelible footprint is one of the ablest constitutionalists of all time. the historian's opinion, quote, mason became generally acknowledged as the premier republican theorist. even though he never attended college or law school but was self-taught in his ow uncle's 10 volume library in virginia. it is true enduring legacy was the creation of the american experiment, the nation's capacity to create hope in a world in fear. some of the writings is an o

andray abrahamian from george mason university, thank you so much. thank you. coronavirus pandemic has left the world facing the worst recession since the great depression nearly a century ago. it said the pandemic represented a crisis like no other, much worse than the financial crash a decade ago. here's the imf‘s chief economist. under the assumption that the pandemic and required containment peaks in the second quarter in most countries in the world and then received in the world and then received in the second half of this year, we are projecting global growth in 2020 two fall to —3%. this makes the great lot down the worst recession since the great depression and file was than the global financial crisis. assuming the pandemic phase in the second half of 2020 and that policy actions taken around the world are effective in preventing widespread bankruptcy, extended job losses and financial strain, we project global growth in 2021 to rebound to 5.8%. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: bringing a little music and light into these uncertain times — we'l

iacp has taken a leadership role in this partnership with george mason to collect data. back, aout, it a while 25 point survey to member agencies in both the u.s. and canada. this is just a snapshot in time of law enforcement practice and procedures and what we are seeing. this is just for them to report activities between march 23. our survey just ended last friday, april 3. we are looking to go over this information right now, aggregate the data on a state and provincial level or canada, and hopefully share that data within this next week. host: when you do that, the place for people to look iacp.org? guest: correct. host: andy in ohio, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you guys doing today? host: doing well. caller: i had a question. i know everybody is short on masks and stuff like that. i was wondering, i've never heard anybody say anything about army surplus stores. how come we have not tapped into that resource as far as personal protection? guest: there are a couple of reasons. a lot of the army surplus stores, the masks they have our gas masks -- are g

over the course of the next few months bill schneider their political analyst and a professor at george mason university always good to have you on out there about. now the world health organization appears to have reversed its position on whether a recovered coronavirus patient will develop immunity to the illness on saturday the u.n. health agency said there was no evidence that someone would be protected from having a 2nd infection it's now clarified those comments saying most people will develop some level of protection although it's unclear to what degree and for how did all of china says there are no remaining coronavirus patients and hospitals in the city of where the disease is believed to have originated late last year it's also reported no new deaths the now the 11th straight day but questions remain over the accuracy of the data on saturday the u.k. removed china from its official coronavirus death toll comparison shots they have been more than 4500 reported coronavirus related deaths in china and more than 83000 infections south korea has confirmed 10 new coronavirus cases over th

and george mason's virginia declaration of rights. an early copy of which jefferson received just days earlier. the powerful opening lines of jefferson's draft drew directly from this well spring of ideas and language. though, as you can see on screen, jefferson's language -- jefferson's language was decidedly simpler, and more forceful. so here's john locke saying, let me give you two examples here. but if a long train of abuses, and artiveaces all the same way make the design influence to the blam -- [ reading ] . you can see a sort of borrowing of language and ideas there. we can debate which is better. here's jefferson apparently borrowing from george mason. george mason had written all men are created equally free and independent and have certain inhernant naturale rights -- [ reading ] [ reading ]. jefferson's version of his first draft reads -- [ reading ] . now that's all i'm going to say for the moment about jefferson's opening paragraph. we'll return to it later on. for more of the philosophies that form the first two paragr

she is the associate professor at george mason university. her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition -- revolutionary reflections -- french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. >> will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the american revolution. many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their military enterprises. their experiences had a profound impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. these themes are at the center of her book "military >> war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon." published by cornell university press in 2017. she has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from princeton, a bachelor of music from the eastman school of music, and a phd and french studies. she has been a member of the george mason faculty since 2011. amon

members you'll see listed there, george washington, ben franklin, alexander hamilton, madison and george mason and governor morris who is not as well-known as he should be. but this is an interesting group of people. they are very experienced in government. 45 of them had already had experience in some form of congress, whether it was the continental congress or the confederation congress. they were well-respected. they were very knowledgeable. they had a great respect for civic virtue. they understood the principles of government. many of them were trained as lawyers. they were very familiar with english history and political philosophy, many of them were veterans of the revolution, and they were all reasonably affluent enough to be able to spend several months in philadelphia talking over these changes. and as i mentioned, most of them were not totally opposed to the idea of making major changes to the articles of confederation when they walked in, in the first place. so george washington is going to be elected to serve as the president of the convention, and that has a great deal to do with

the anti-federalists, chief among them, patrick henry and george mason, they have concerned about the power sharing that's proposed by the constitution. they already fought a revolution to escape a strong central government, thank you very much, they do not want another one. they are not okay with that. they think that the proposed federal government has way too much power and the constitution is taking away the powers of the states. so they also have real fears that the federal government would threaten both state rights and individual liberties. that's main concern for many of them. so the anti-federalists are writing newspaper essays, they are writing pamphlets, giving speeches and so, this debate begins to play out in print and then, as well as in person in the different ratifying debates. so, when you -- if you ever have the opportunity or desire to read any of the anti-federalist papers, it's kind of important to notice -- this is not an organized force. the anti-federalists don't even agree with each other, but their opposition to the constitution collectively brands them as an

this morning, we will talk about efforts to contain covid-19 with a senior research fellow at george mason university. also, a discussion of the constitutionality of house members voting remotely during the pandemic. former judiciary member daniel freeman joins us. journal" liveton at 7:00 eastern this morning. announcer: next, an update on the coronavirus response with governor kristi noem. she was asked about the status of an investigation into a local smithfield food plant that saw a covid-19 outbreak among its employees.

she has been a member of the george mason university faculty since 2011. and i just learned this evening, she has recently been elected president of the western society for french history. among her many other honors, and awards, the society of the cincinnati's tyree lamb fellowship she received to support her research on the military enlightenment. our fellowship program, which was established in 2007 provides support to bring up to six scholars annually to our library to conduct research. during dr. pichichero's fell yesship year, i invited her to lunch with her fellow fellows, all the rest of whom were graduate students in the throes of work on their doctoral dissertati dissertations. i've always remembered the advice the wise professor gave them. this is a wonderful time of your life, make sure you take time to enjoy it. and so, please join me in welcoming dr. pichichero. [ applause ] good evening. thank you so much for being here this evening and an enormous thank you to ellen, to kelsey, to the staff here at the anderson house, to the american revolu

before we hear from william hyland about george mason i'd like to tell you about two of the

their people to the scuffs this i'm joined by bill schneider he's a professor of public policy at george mason university and he joins us by skype from washington d.c. bill schneider as always thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera obviously hindsight is always a great thing and the coronavirus challenge was unprecedented for governments and people around the world so bearing that in mind who do you give full marks to when it comes to the way that they could knew the case of the crisis the scale of the crisis in the way that even now they keep on you know keeping government the people of breast of changes well after a few initial stumbles feeling to take course is going to seriously as you. be quite well known he says sadly hospitalized now you know intensive care where he really tried to move to raleigh the country british country and his popularity has been soaring he's getting more support than any other leader you know him around the country including of course president from so much focus on trial because of course he has been criticized not only for not taking it seriously but also

and george mason's virginia declaration of rights. an early copy he received just days earlier. the powerful opening lines drew dire directly from this wellspring of ideas and language. as you see on screen, jefferson's language, jefferson's language was simple. so let me give you two examples here. now look for the influence in jefferson's writing but when a long train of abuses and use of patience invinces a design to reduce them and you seep a sort of borrowing of language and ideas there here he is borrowing from george mason. he wrote that all men are created equally free and independent and they have certain inherent natural rights. among which are the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the means of acquiring or possessing property. and they said we hold these truths to be sacred and self evident, and from that equal creation that have rights that are inalienable among the creation of life, liberty, and happiness. that's all i will say for the moment about the opening paragraphs, and for the fill lot if is that form those two famous seasons, i would recommend these wonderfull

she has been a member of the george mason university facility since 2011 and i just learned this evening she has recently been elected. >>> in thinking about the subject, french memories of the war far america, we're encouraged to contemplate experiences from the u.s. war for independence from multiple perspectives in time. there is a time that french officers recorded in their memoirs, but in writing memmemo, there is also looking back into the past to recollect whether it be hours, days, or years later. it is likely that he wrote them in part after his military degr career had come to a close. memory and magic have a role here. we that look forward to it being significance and influence in france. the latter line of inquiry has been of particular interest of historians that long sought to trace the influence of political ideals like liberty and natural rights and cultures of leadership and warfare from the american to the french revolution. scholars research and teach atlantic revolutions analyzing the american, french, and haitian revolutions together. there is a 50th anniversary comi

mean rare is an associate professor at the shell school of policy in government and that's at george mason university and he says that donald trump is responding to the crisis with the november presidential election in mind. i think we are seeing don't trump as we've always seen him trying to sell bad news as good news not only in politics but throughout his business career i mean we're talking about a man who went bankrupt 4 to 6 times and always declare himself a winner this is what he wanted a reality t.v. show presidency with him as the star and even though his own advisers are telling him hey ok start the briefings and then get off stage and let the experts talk he literally genetically at the molecular level can't resist being the center of attention so americans are going to have a choice do we want more of that we're do we want something else and the other thing i would say is we're going to hear a lot about china between now and november trump just put a new ad up in the last 2 days that links joe biden to china and says the virus was china's forms he did get a search but it was a

by the pandemic bill schneider is a professor of policy government and international affairs at george mason university a thinks trump is limiting is appearances because it's hurting him politically he's given over 50 news conferences he have a news conference on friday but he didn't take any questions and now the white house staff is suggesting that he might be doing if you were news conferences he said this in a tweet just yesterday he said that the briefings are quote not worth the time and effort because he's asked so many hostile questions by the press who me as otherwise defined as an enemy of the people is a hostile questions by the press so therefore he said the press sense the agenda they ask the questions one of the thing is that his aides one him to focus more now on the recovery of the economy and less on public health issues well when he goes to a news briefing these days you insist a lot of questions about public health which he doesn't know much about you knows more about the economy and people who secure about that so he wants to control the agenda more than the briefings hav

host: brent skorup is a senior research fellow with george mason university here to talk about contact

my name is eric and i'm a by the history graduate student at george mason university. i was just curious what the sampling of services you use. i know you had mentioned in newspaper articles and medical diaries but i'm more interested in your use of secondary sourc sources. the truth is i use both. i began with one of the second resources and pretty much everything that has been published in the last decade or so. there were several very good books out there on influenza and i was actually talking before we came in. now we have the resource resours thing called the internet, and i don't know if this was available to the degree that it is with the others that came out. you can do a search for hundreds through hundreds of newspapers for the keyword influenza. you can get these gems of information. the "washington post" reported the death rate for influenza was greater than the death rate in world war i and was on that page and i've never seen that as it is reported and what it was us about how they approach works so thankfully i'm sure you are also grateful for this in t

he joins with a couple other key leaders, one man from massachusetts, randolph from virginia, george mason of virginia. the four of them were constantly arguing for a weaker presidency. they pushed for and franklin got the power of impeachment because he thought that was essential. they pushed for term limits and all sorts of things like this, but they did not get it all. the the other three -- this is important -- the other three voted no. it was only washington's vote that had virginia support the constitution because it was 3-2 because they both went the other way. and jerry votes no. but franklin, and that famous last speech, which surprises people, says i'm voting yes because this is better than what we have now. what we have now is going to lead to chaos, collapse, and destruction. and i believe this government will be led well as long because we know who the first person is. and as long as washington's president, this is going to be fine because he has good virtue. but this could lead to tyranny and some other president. but we need washington to set the standard, set the term, set

as you probably know, colin is a professor at george mason university in a nonresident fellow at aei next-door literally at american enterprise institute. this book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of president trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. i read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so it's a pleasure to have you with us. i am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators given their intellectual interest in conservativism and to making and implementing foreign policy in the united states a long career on capital here - - capitol hill where she worked at the senate foreign relations committee also with foreign us policy and appears widely on television and senior vice president at aei where she continues to remain a senior fellow in environmental

george mason of virginia. the four of them were arguing for a weaker presidency. they pushed for and franklin got things like the power of impeachment. he thought that was essential. they pushed for term limits and for all sorts of things like this. they didn't get it all. the other three -- this is important. the other three vote no. mason voted no. randolph voted no. because they both voted no from v virginia, it was 3-2, because they went the other way. jerry votes no. franklin in the famous last speech, which surprised some people, said i'm voting yes, because this is better than what we have now. what we have now is going to lead to chaos, collapse and destruction. and i believe this government will be led well as long -- we know who the first person is. as long as washington is president, this is going to be fine because he has civic virtue. but this could lead to tyranny in some other president. we're going to do it. we need washington to set the standard, set the terms, set the precedence that will lead for us. franklin had so much faith in washington as a

i'm a history graduate student at george mason anniversary. quite a stickler on sources. i was just curious what sampling of sources used, i know you had mentioned these paper articles and medical diaries but i was more specifically understood and your use of secondary sources to bolster your own medical knowledge that you already have. >> good question. i think i might get trouble with a historian in the room, the truth is, i use both. obviously i began with one of the secondary sources i could, i read published everything in the last decade or so from several books, very good books out there. on influenza. in our talking before we came in from banana you have the resource of this thing called the internet. i don't know that this was available to the degree it is with the other books that came up. you can do a search for hundred newspapers with keyword influenza by city, state and time and you couldn't get these gems of information like i showed you just now so as her primary sources. i don't think anybody agog into that. the washington post reported that the death rate

warm welcome tocolin himself and as you know he is a professor at the policy and government have george mason university he made his mark thinking deeply about the politics, and this book is trademark direct. it examines the concept of the conservative nationalism, the phenomenon that has been brought to the public attention conspicuously to the rise of president trump. in terms of both the history of ideas and howf these ideas have found manifestations in modern american history, especially the debate about america's role in the world. so, the book is both an encompassing granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you that it's also a very delightful read. lastd the book over the weekend and i commended your attention. welcome. it is a pleasure to have you with us. i am also grateful that danny pletka and fontaine have joined us. we couldn't have asked for better commentators given both their intellectual interests and conservatism and their own practical contributions to the making and implementing of the domestic policy in the united states. danny has had a long career on

i was actually working as a professor at george mason university . i thought i was going to finish my career there area what happened was i got a phone call from the then director of the national museum of african-american history and culture, a good friend and he told me that made my heart sink and that was that he wasn't about to be announced into the 14th terry of the smithsonian institution . [applause] and for me it couldn't have been more exciting area he asked me if i would serve as interim director of the museum as he went across tothe mall . when lonnie asks you to say do something, all you can do is say yes that's what i did. and actually is my honor to serve in this role i hope to serve as a stabilizing force to staff and for all of you as we move forward into the museum to make sure the momentum has been startedby lonnie and the terrific staff as we go forward . it's been a terrific three years since we opened . those three years remarkable things have happened really have 6.5 million visitors to the smithsonian. [applause] i often tell p

technological processes the apollo era has been pretty disappointing so this is an argument that tyler and george mason has made, and very famously made with his line about how we expect a flying car. the laureates, ticking away into the future and said we got 240 o no great stagnation. and at the university of chicago, or northwestern who is written as a sort of swimming, has a facebook the rise and fall of the american growth. the point that they all make, is not the technological progress that it seeks. obviously the internet era has demonstrated a lot of breakthroughs in communications and information transmission and stimulation. that progress is come more mono dimensional all tech and nothing else. in areas like transportation energy agriculture coming in the built environment, don't see the kind of progress that we took for granted between 1840 and 1970. and then further, when tech companies sort of leave the world attack, and they try to revolutionize real-world industries, this of the companies that often be that supposedly uniforms turn out to be front failures. so the attempt to bring big te

[applause] next, george mason university professor colin dueck talks about the strengths and weaknesses of president trump's foreign policy and the role of conservative nationalism in the u.s. foreign policy. it's the subject of his book, "age of iron." >> i'm ashley tellis, senior fellow at the endowment and it's a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to the discussion of colin dueck age of iron

this is an argument tyler cowan of george mason made and peter teal, famously made with his line about how we expected flying cars, deloreans winging their way to the future and instead we got 140 characters on twitter which is now 280 characters so there is no great stagnation. [laughter] >> host: >> guest: robert gordon from the university of chicago has written a sweeping thousand page book the rise and fall of american growth in the point they all make, it is not certain logical progress has ceased, the internet era has demonstrated a lot of incredible breakthroughs in communication, information and simulation. it is more technological progress has been mono dimensional. and areas like transportation, energy, agriculture, and the built environment. and and and they try to revolutionize real-world industries those are the companies that often end up being the unicorns the turnout to be frauds or failures. to bring big tech to bear on and all fashion. and we were trying to revolutionize office space, a similar story. that is the core of that piece of the stagnation, progress hasn't c

. >> good afternoon doctor brown, i'm a history graduate student at george mason university. i'm quite a stickler on sources. so i c was just curious at what sampling of sourcessa you use, i know you had mentioned newspaper articles and some medical diaries but i was more specifically interested in your use of secondary sources to bolster your own medical knowledge that you already have. >> it's a question that i might get in trouble because there's a historian in the room. the truth is, i use both, obviously i began whatever secondary sources that he could, i read everything posted in the last decade or so, there's very good books onhe influenza. and i was actually talking just before i came in, now you have the resource of the thing called the internet and i don't know this was available to the good degree but it is with the other books that came out, you can do a search for hundreds of hundreds of new papers with the keyword influenza coming to dubai state, city, by time and you can get these gems of information like i should you g just now, those are primary source but i

evolve from the virginia plan that this man introduced, edmund randolph and washington's neighbor george mason ward delegates at a constitution with a vaguely defined but clearly engrossed president the fundamentally reconstructive senate would using randolph's words would end in monarchy or aristocracy. they both voted against. the express concerns throughout they thoughtgs andfr he was going to join them in by joining them with the constitution because of his authority but due to his trust in george washington asto the first president and in part because he believed in a stronger federal union was absolutely essential. that is the alternative of doing nothing was worse. he accepted the final draft. his lingering worries may account for his widely quoted answer to the green game of pennsylvania high society elizabeth powell when she asked him after the convention ended if it created a republic or monarchy. he replied a republic if you can keep it. now littlewood compromise and here is james mason, washington's neighbor, an old friend who he never spoke to again after this riddled with these c

and george mason who worked at smartset ended up working at "vanity fair" after it closed.d in hiring the best people no matter what. it didn't matter whether they were gay, lesbian, jewish, catholic, whatever, black, it didn't matter. what mattered was talent. it didn't matter if they were known. so he hired a girl called dorothy rothchild to write captions for vogue. the one that caught frank's high is brevity is the soul of lingerie. she kept dropping poems on frank's test to transfer from little old vogue into "vanity fair." finally he agreed to take her on. he then also wanted to take on somebody to make the "vanity fair" articles more substantial, so he brought on the chap in the middle, a guy called robert benchley he was actually one of the funniest people i've read about and i've read his own biography and it's absolutely hysterical, but he was a harvard graduate, he had been the editor of the harvard lampoon and he got the job because he was going to get all very serious. i opened the book with one of the incidents that happened while they were working there. benc

evolved from the virginia plan that this man it introduced, edmund randolph in washington's neighbor george mason warned delegates to such a constitution with its vaguely defined a clearly in gross presidency and fundamentally reconstructed senate would and either in monarchy are tyrannical aristocracy. they both voted against it. franklin expressed similar concerns throughout the proceedings, and they thought he was going to join them. and by joining them, scuttle the constitution because of his authority. but in part due to his trust in george washington as the first president and a part because he believed in in a stronger fedel union was absolute essential, that is, the alternative of doing nothing was worse. the accepted the final draft. his lingering worries may account for his widely quoted answer to the grand mode of pennsylvania high society elizabeth powell which allegedly asked him after the convention ended if they created a republic or a monarchy. he replied, a republican, if you can keep it. riddled with compromise and here is james mason, washington's neighbor and old friend who ne

the world i want jeremy mayer is an associate professor at the school of policy in government to george mason university and he says that donald trump is responding to the crisis with the november presidential election in mind. i think we are seeing donald trump as we've always seen him trying to sell bad news as good news not only in politics but throughout his business career i mean we're talking about a man who went bankrupt 4 to 6 times and always declared himself a winner this is what he wanted a reality t.v. show presidency with him as the star and even though his own advisers are telling him hey ok start the briefings and then get off stage and let the experts talk he literally genetically at the molecular level can't resist being the center of attention so americans are going to have a choice do we want more of that we do want something else and the other thing i would say is we're going to hear a lot about china between now and november trump just put a new ad up in the last 2 days that links joe biden to china and says the virus was china's forms he did get a search but it was a ver

speak to jeremy man who's an associate professor of the shell school of policy and government george mason university joins us from awning to in virginia via skype mr matt welcome to the program we see the biggest single day death toll anywhere in the world in the president talks up how well the markets have done do you think it's time doing this crisis for his country or for his reelection well in my personal opinion his handling of this crisis up until about mid march was quite bad but that may not get through to the american voters by the time of the election so it's a political matter this election will be about that 19 and it is certainly not impossible that donald trump will be able to convince just enough americans that he's done an ok job do you think if there wasn't an election this year that donald trump would have played this differently. i don't think so i think we are seeing donald trump as we've always seen him trying to sell bad news as good news not only in politics but throughout his business career i mean we're talking about a man who went bankrupt 4 to 6 times and always

. >> up next on booktv, george mason university professor colin dueck talks about the strengths and weaknessesf president trump's foreign policy and the role of conservative nationalism in foreign relations. later, good ancestor podcast present - - the issue of white supremacy and racial injustice. and u.s. news and world report looks at how presidents have handled crisis. from franklin d roosevelt to donald trump. check your program guide for more information. strengths and weaknesses of president trumps foreign policy and the role of conservative nationalism. >> welcome to the carnegie endowment it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this book discussion of colin dueck "age of iron"

this as an argument tyler cowan of george mason is made, an argument peters teal famously made with a slight but how we expected flying cars come to lorient winging their way into the future and it's that we got the 140 characters on twitter which is now 280 characters so in fact, there is no great stagnation. [laughing] and robert gordon at and econot at university of chicago or at northwestern was written a sweeping the house and page book the rise and fall of american growth, and the point they all make is it's not the technological progress has ceased obviously. the internet era has demonstrated aot lot of incredie breakthroughs in communication, information transmission and simulation. it's more that technological progress has become wanted to mitchell. its i all tacked and nothing el. areas like transportation, energy, agriculture, even the built in and private don't you o become a progress that we took for granted between 1840-1970, let's say. further, when tech companies leave the world attack and try to revolutionize real-world industries, those of the companies that often en

as you probably know, colin is a professor at the start school in policy and government at george mason university and is also a nonresident fellow at the american enterprise institute our neighbor next door literally. colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics and this book is trademark dueck. it examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of president trump . in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found a manifestation in modern american history especially in the debates about america's role in the world so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously. and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it's a very delightful read. i read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so welcome colin, it's a pleasure to have you with us. i'm also very grateful that danny pletka and richard fontaine have consented to join us. we could not have asked for a better commentators given both their actual interest in conservatism and

as you probably know colin is a professor at the school of endowment at george mason university and non- fellow at aei literally next door. he has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics and this is trademark direct to examine the concept of conservative nationalism a phenomenon brought to public attention through the rise of president trump so in terms of the history of ideas and how they have found manifestation especially in the debates of america's role in the world it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it is a very delightful read. i have read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so it is a pleasure to have you with us. i am also very grateful danny has consented to join us for discussion we could not ask for better commentators given their intellectual interests in their own practical contributions to the implementing of foreign policy in the united states a long career on capitol hillal where she worked at the senate foreign relations and also written extensively on form policy and appea

george mason in a draft what became a very important document, ardell 16 of the virginia declaration of rights said, he drafted that as religion or the duty which we owe to our divine creator in the manner of discharging it can be governed only by reason a conviction not force and violence, therefore all men should enjoy the fullest toleration exercise of religion. this is pretty good. note how the argument is ground in the theological proposition, a duty which we owe to divide and creative. this is a good draft but james madison was upset at said. he did not like this word toleration. he proposed an amendment and article 16 was admitted to make it clear we have a natural right to freely exercise our faith. with that i think i will stop. >> one minute to spare. okay, andrew. >> so i'm going to speedy i will just say two, one and then -- >> so we the people, those words are poetic but they are so much more. they declared power comes from the people, not god. that was revolutionary. our godless constitution was indeed revolutionary was the first not to mention a dvd of forges in. the f

iacp has taken a leadership role in this partnership with george mason to collect data. aout, it a while 25 point survey to member agencies in both the u.s. and canada. this is just a snapshot in time of law enforcement practice and procedures and what we are seeing. this is just for them to report activities between march 23. our survey just ended last friday, april 3. we are looking to go over this information right now, aggregate the data on a state and provincial level or canada, and hopefully share that data within this next week. host: when you do that, the place for people to look iacp.org? guest: correct. host: andy in ohio, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you guys doing today? host: doing well. caller: i had a question. i know everybody is short on masks and stuff like that. i was wondering, i've never heard anybody say anything about army surplus stores. how come we have not tapped into that resource as far as personal protection? guest: there are a couple of reasons. a lot of the army surplus stores, the masks they have our gas masks -- are gas mas

he has taught intelligence history at george mason university and georgetown university. and has also written a biography of chief justice john marshall. please join me in welcoming our speaker tonight, and enjoy the program. >> good evening, i appreciate everybody turning out tonight. it's good to have a large audience for what i hope you will find to be an interesting presentation. i spent a good time studying our directors. i did a biography of john mccone, a director in the early 60's, jfk assassination. i got interested in looking at the different ways in which the agency's leaders shape the agency itself. in particular their relations with the presidents. i should stay debt should say before i start i'm not going to be talking about the president and his relations with the agency currently. that will probably be very interesting. what i would like to concentrate on is the ways in which the presidents interact with the director. presidents, unlike choices, often which are political payoffs or people who have some lobby behind him and are hoisted by the president. the