ladies and gentlemen welcome to the heritage foundation ink heritage foundation and good morning. great to see you. we have many friends with us today for those of us joining a person watching on line are viewing this on c-span we are grateful that you were included in with us today. i am robert bluey executive editor of our news outlet and it's my pleasure toto host the great cal thomas for today's event. as one of america's most read columnist with a distinguished career in media there's not a lot i can tell you about cal that you don't already know. i'll start with his new book which is called "a watchman in the night" what i've seen over 50 years reporting on america. the book takes you on a journey in time as a columns from the start in 1984 "the los angeles times" to today but we have a limited number of copies available for sale after today's event which cal will sign for you. this book is a remarkable achievement even for a rider and i can say that assn a writer myself. his other titles include america's expiration date, the fall of empire and its superpowers and the futur

this some foundation and named heritage or something.o i wanted to ask you, you know, you mentioned the fbi listening in and been writing a lot about the southern law center. branding conservatives and christians hate having trouble hearing you. oh, i been writing a lot about the southern poverty law and responding to the vitriol of the left. and i'd to hear your view of what's the most effective way of you know, despite some of these accusations of hate of bigotry that you might have also run across. well, remember something ted koppel said years ago, truth is, is not a polite tap on the shoulder. truth is a howling reproach. so i think truth has a of its own and but it must be spoken kindly. and mary poppins had, a great line. a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. and i'm going to talk to the communications people with some senators after this event. and of the things i've got to say to them is those of us who are conservatives need to get off defense. these are not our policy and beliefs and philosophies that have brought am

ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the heritage foundation and good morning. it's great to see so many friends in the audience today. for those of us that are joining in person watching online or viewing this on c-span, we are grateful that you're interested and with us today. i am rob louis vice president of communications at heritage and also executive editorr of the daily signal our news outlet and it's my pleasure to host the cal thomas for today's event as one of america's most read colonists with a distinguished career in media. there's not a lot i can tell you tha' you probably don't already know. but i will start with his new book that is called a watchman in the night, but i've seen over 50 years reporting on america. the book takes you on a journey through his time as a syndicated columnist from his startta in 14 with the los angeles times syndicate to the present day. we have a limited number of copies available for sale after today's event that he will gladly sign for you. this book is his 12th and a remarkable achievement even for the writer and i

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tired of the decisions of the white house , the presidents of the us research institute , the heritage foundationroberts opposed the provision of a new aid package to ukraine in the amount of $ 20-24 billion, he said this on fox news as vrubertsev noted. at the moment american, the economy is very weak, so the united states cannot afford the current level of support for kiev statement by the head of the latvian border service on tightening methods for pushing out refugees under the pretext of strengthening the border, they began to be put into practice on the border with latvia, a man’s body was found on the afternoon of august 21 in the upper dvina region , polotsk border guards, presumably a native and asian foreigner was covered with an oilcloth of things documents nearby with him was also not previously discovered. it is known that death occurred about 5 days ago since the beginning of the year. this is the sixth death of a refugee on the border with latvia recorded by the belarusian border guards. in greece over the past day , more than 90 new forest fires have killed 26 people, the flames a

you what professors be and you're a friend of the heritage foundation. we have differences of opinion, but that's okay. the second thing is i just in heart i would say this even if i were not the president, heritage foundation, you need to tie that to the american republic. every single one of you in this room. and my take away personally from this conversation is i professor deneen would agree with this. tithes to the republic to tithe to the post liberal new regime. if that's your preferred language, please consider for working in the next administra. i mean that because if we don't do that, if all we're doing is giving our time talent and treasure to church and civil society and nonprofit all worthy. don't get me wrong, that may not be enough. i think the lesson or one of the many great lessons of the new right of the work that patrick deneen and others have done, that that isi of always champions is we are in an era of needing to impose political power as conservatives and one of the ways we can do that in relatively cheerful daily way is to be part

i am honored together here by the heritage foundation and the washington post would be remiss to sayasn't honored by this significant presence of several generations of students. as a teacher and someone for the end of my career this is what gives me hope and numbers of students seem wanting to the worldan and i want to thank you all from notre dame days, you you are and i'm grateful so we are all aware of the dynamics of the current political divide not only in the united states and around thean world but we have seen and has been discussed is the rise of the political dynamic in the west various forms of the election of dollars from various movements around the world and recent election in philly resulting prime minister, the rise of populism and the rise of this in our world one thing that struck me about this phenomena is how many people really knew something to get our heads around because of how distinct sudden and incomprehensible this is but as someone who teaches history of political thought and spend a lot of time reading greek and roman and latin and the frog tradition phi

peter: and is currently with the heritage foundation. in farmington, ohio. diane. caller: i am a 70-year-old white woman and i see prejudice every day still. even as you were saying in the legal field. it is prominent still. in the state of ohio, we have a lots of white supremacists and no one is working on that. they are working more on the carjackings. yes, that is not good. but this white supremacy is even worse. thank you. peter: what is your response? charles: i agree that white supremacy or any ethics supremacy is despicable. but it is fortunately a very small minority of people. my point throughout the book is if you look at the criminal rules and procedures and look at the supreme court and state supreme court decisions, which have eradicated the illegal use of race and past practices that were despicable, especially in the software they punished black people often times for no reason, that is not still exist around the country. that is why i said there are racists. but fortunately, it is not big into the criminal justice system. a lot of discussion about c

you what professors be and you're a friend of the heritage foundation. we have differences of opinion, but that's okay. the second thing is i just in heart i would say this even if i were not the president, heritage foundati even if our not president of the heritage foundation or to this. need to type to the american public. my take away personally is to talk tohe the republic and new machine if that's your preferred language but please consider working in the next administration. i mean that because if we don't, giving to church and so society and nonprofit, don't get me wrong, one of the great lessons always champion, we are in era of meeting to impose political and one way is a cheerful way part of administrative state as a result of what you are doing. product 2025. >> i think i was say between liberalism and total chaos, one of the most interesting things is the description in which are common sense can contain some wisdom. liberalism is directly in contrast to the so that is the question. one thing to be mentioned, idea of constitution and post- lib

host: our guest is the founder and president of the atomic heritage foundation. we welcome your calls and comments as we talk about the manhattan project and robert oppenheimer, particularly with the release of the new film. (202) 748-8000 is the mind to call if you are in eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001 mountain and pacific. the film focuses mostly on the activities at los alamos, new mexico. why was that chosen? host: it was where it happened. it was where the brain trust was , that had the responsibility for designing and testing the bomb and overseeing the science across the complex. he was 5000 people at the end of the war, some say a little more. they thought they could do it with 100 scientists and thei families. it was far more complex than they imagined. the other sites were involved in production of the ingredients of the bomb, usually significant. but it was not the same as designing and testing bomb. tennessee, for example, had manufactured -- the first to produce enriched uranium. and inland, so the japanese could not less than from th

this event is hosted by the heritage foundation. >> we are delighted you could be with us today. a reminder to silence your phone so we can all be uninterrupted here. if there is one area a bipartisan agreement in this town, of which there are very few, there is one, and that is the danger that chinese common is party presents to the rest of the world. congress holds frequent hearings on this topic and has stood up a select committee on the strategic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party but most of the attention thus far has focused on topics like ship counts, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nuclear issues -- nuclear missiles and silos. today we're looking at a different aspect. for naval power, is not just the function of ships you have, is indeed the sum of many factors, logistics, training, and our topic today, naval ports. amidst the recent -- recent tensions about chinese naval activities ranging from the south china sea to the bering sea, a major concern is, where did they go next, and one way of ascertaining where the chinese na

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we're joined by cara frederick with the heritage foundation and dr.ho's a clinical psychologist. cara, i'm going to start with you. there's a long list of things that young people can't do because we don't think they're old enough to decide for themselves. should setting up a tiktok or instagram account be among them? >> i absolutely agree and look at things like a lefty surgeon general said these children are outgunned by the programmers, by the designers of these technologies in these social media companies that are basically striving to addict children younger and younger to these products and you look at research from companies like facebook where i used to work and they formed a team, this is according to the ball street journal in 2021 from a whistle blower and formed a team to study the preteens and this is under 13 year-olds, 9 to 11 year-olds and create products for them to try and maximize their engagements on the screen and i have a daughter and i don't want to be having known a lot of programmers and designers and very smart people. i don'

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priests see only domination but others discern love, consent, community and affection and the heritage foundationring this memoir to a prominent, great insight with all sexual congress between men and women is a form of rape. the domination takes partial truth authority can become authoritarian and domineering and turns it into grammatical refusal to accept that power is sometimes at, least decent like the power of a loving parent. the statesman is moved by a local this country. they reduce everything to power and her struggle and they have come this very manner because they can't imagine relating. as i argue in the closing pages of my book, our task is to reaffirm the spirit of gratitude was caps on my forebears as a precious gift. only by repudiating the real fighting chance of what i described in the that that act of renewal for the mandibles and exercise of greatness in moderation that will test free civilized men and women. true modernizing is drifted in about was aggressively repudiation direction. true moderation will demand not passivity before self-loathing repudiation. that is false cou

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. >> please welcome director of the heritage foundations center for american studies. [applause] >> a welcome to the seven centers russell kirk lecture featuring bishop robert barrett of the diocese of winona rochester, minnesota by the task of introducing bishop barron tonight. castmate difficult by the publications, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplified faith and reason, courage and humility. along with tremendous insights into our cultural situation and how we might best engage it. what is true for me and i know for many of you in attendance tonight is his writings, lecturesws instructing us in the gospels, the old testament prophets, catholic social thought. the meaning of great literature and philosophy alter and of course the finer ports of catholic doctrine. so tonight will address the topic of the breakdown of the tilt pavilion equilibrium. prior to the 2022 appointment as bishop hits her for seven years of the auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of los angeles. bishop barron was a director of mundelein seminary in chicago where he taught for sev

jack spencer with the heritage foundation. lori lodes with climate power, executive director. i appreciate you both coming by for the conversation. up next this morning, after the break will be joined by university of houston floated assigned perfecter -- investor to discuss his latest research on the diminishing impact of political scandals in this day and age. stick around for that discussion. we will be right back. >> >>this week, c-span brings you campaign 2024 coverage from the iowa state fair. watch fair side chat with kim reynolds tonight former vice president mike pence. on wednesday night, the grandma swami. thursday night, -- for tha -- vivek ramaswamy. fair side chat with republican presidential candidates from the iowa state fair this week at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and online at c-span.org. c-span's campaign 2024 coverage is your front row seat to the presidential election. watch our coverage of the candidates on the campaign trail , speeches, and events to make up your own mind. on the c-span network or anytime online. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics

aha, that's what it's been up to my told my conservative friends the heritage foundation and many othersogtinues to worry, its taken me 20 years to learn how to do this and it will take thea 30 or more years, smarter than they are. within five years was on the left caught up with conservatives and now they have far surpassed this. i wouldn't dream of flying in an airplane with a pilot with the skills of an average conservative. most have learnedr about, nonef us go to a doctor who earned medicine by the seat of his pants. basically 20000 organizations about 1500, seven 100% raised more money than donors. >> you talk about this organization. >> i'm in big exponent of organizations, they have 20000 organizations out there, think about former president obama going to these groups, 300, 350 groups represented. if the conservatives say don't be five or six or seven groups that, each group has their own agenda and source of money and their own membership and leadership enable everybody not wish independent, they pulled people away on their issues so politicians really don't so much as these orga

so back in 1995, the heritage foundation first published its index of economic freedom. and when that was published in 1995, america was ranked as the world's fourth freest economy. today. in 2023, the same index tells us that america. ranks 23rd. so that's a substantial down to fall in of our economic freedom vis a vis other countries. and over the past ten years, once you take the sudden declines and surges associated with the impact from and recovery from covid, america's average growth rate, economically speaking, has been miserable has been terrible by international standards. and that's a problem because anemic economic growth translates into a weaker economy and a weaker economy translates into weaker country. and above all, america's economy is drifting more and more in the direction of i call in my book state capitalism. so you might ask, what is state capitalism? well, state capitalism is an economy in institutions like private property and market transactions are maintained in place. but in which government programs and regulations permeate every sector of eco

kevin roberts president of the heritage foundation. great to have you both.start with you, kevin. make your case on what you think should be done here? >> we certainly want the ukrainians to win. the problem is as bill pointed out and the poll shows, the american people realize that there is no end in sight. the president of the united states has not offered a plan. vast majority of americans either support just what we've done or less. they don't support the upcoming bill. ultimately you can believe that the ukrainians should win, which we do. while also realize the germans and french who like to fag their finger at americans and tell us what to do need to pull more of their own weight. there are a lot of challenges at home including an increasing number of emergencies, obviously from the hawaii fire and probably some hurricanes soon. we have to take care of our interests at home before spending more money on ukraine. >> dana: rebecca, you are concerned about interest as home but you have a different point of view. make your case here. >> we do have a lot of

>> this has been our question all along at the heritage foundation.st for the first quarter of 2024. they may be coming back to congress in just a few months time to start appropriating more. what is the plan here? are we going to be doing this in perpetuity? we're also very concerned that the administration chose to tie this to disaster relief for american citizens, particularly for border security and opioid relief, which is a horrible scourge, which i know you've covered which is touching so many american lives. it's really, i think, pretty low politics to tack a ukraine supplemental to desperately needed relief for american citizens. i think that needs to get separated out. then as you say, make sure this is going and if we're going to send it it should be going to win the war. we haven't seen that yet. >> so the assessment so far of ukraine's counteroffensive not incredibly complementary. what happens if ukraine fails to regain a lot of territory after expending so many resources? >> that's really going to be the $24 billion question here. are we

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please welcome richard reinsch, director of the heritage foundation's bree kenneth simon, center for american studies. we welcome to the b. kenneth simon center's 2023 russell kirk lecture featuring. bishop robert barron of the diocese of winona, rochester, minnesota. i have the task of introducing bishop bear in the night a task made difficult by the fact that his publications media, teaching and leadership exemplify faith and reason, courage and humility, along with tremendous insights. our cultural situation and how we might best engage it. what is true for me and, i know for many of you in attendance tonight, is that his writings and lectures and and podcast and interviews have become our regular companions instructing us in the gospel as the old testament prophets catholic social thought the meaning of great literature and philosophy, contemporary culture and of course the finer points of doctrine. so tonight bishop barron will address the topic of, the breakdown of the talk pavilion prior to his 2022 appointment as the bishop of winona-rochester. he had served for seven years a

. >> pleasere welcome bridget, director of the heritage foundation's assignment center american studiespplause] >> welcome to 2023 russell kirk petrie the diocese of winona, rochester, minnesota. have the task of introducing a task made difficult by the fact that his publication, media presence, teaching and leadership exemplify faith in reading. ... have become a regular campaign gets picked instructing us in the gospels, the old testament, catholic social thought, the meaning of great literature and philosophy, contemporary culture and, of course, the finer points of catholic doctrine. so tonight bishop barronil will address the topic of the breakdown of the detail filion equilibrium here prior to his 2022 appointment as bishop of winona-rochester he had served for seven years as auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese los angeles. bishop barron was also the rector the director of mundelein seminary in chicago where he taught for several years, but most know him as the foremost evangelist of roman catholicismsm in america. globally even. he is without is then fire catholic ministries whi

i was at a conference today a conference two days ago at the heritage foundation honoring the lateadeat ms. decter and rereading her memoir is a prominent and influential feminist. it was great insight but all congress between men and women is a form of rape. you could build something really greatur on that insight. the heresy of domination takes a partial truth, the insight of poverty which is a real thing can become authoritarian and and turns it into a fanatical and realistic ops vacation. the refusal to accept and here i quote that power is sometimes the least the nine and decent like the power of a loving parent or an object ofve love. a good statesman is moved by love forun his country but the partisans of this heresy because they reduce everything to power in a power struggle govern those social and cultural institutions they have come to commandeer and commandeer is the word like the university and the very manner they contend and you can't imagine another way of europeans relating to each other. as i argue in the closing pages of my book our task is to reaffirm the real in t

my heart i would say this even if i was not the president of the heritage foundation. you need to tie to the public every single one of you in this room might take away personally from this conversation at the professor would agree with this, two ties to the republic to tithe to the post liberal regime if that is your preferred language. but please consider working in the next administration. i mean that. because if we don't do that if all we are doing is giving our time, talent, treasure to church society and nonprofits, don't get me wrong, that t might not be enough a lesson with the great lessons over the work patrick and others have done that isi always champions as we are in an era of needing to impose political power as conservatives. one of the ways we can do that a relatively cheerful daily way is to be part of its administrative state that will base color as a result of what you are doing. project 2025.org. [laughter] >> to the question very briefly i think i'll echo patrick and saying i'm not sure the differences between a liberalism and total chaos. i think

i was at a conference two days ago with the heritage foundation honoring the late great mitch, dr. and rereading her memoir. so i was brought back in time to prominent and influential feminists. the seven a susan brown miller great insight was all sexual congress between men women as a form of rape. you know well you get to build something really great on that encouraging insight. the heresy of domination as roger scruton calls it, takes partial truths. the insight that authority, which is a very real thing, can become authoritarian and domineering and turned and turn said into a fanatical and nihilistic obfuscation. the refusal to accept and here i quote scruton, that power is sometimes at least benign and decent, like the power of a loving conferred by the object love. i think of a statesman who really is moved by a love of his country and the partizans of this heresy because they reduce everything to power and power struggle, govern those social and cultural institutions they have come to, commandeer and commandeer is the right word. like the universities and media in the very m

he can find me at the heritage foundation. i'm glad to help another. so our third speakers, jim lucier, his managing partner at capital alpha partners. he's a noted expert on taxation and. jim, tell us about a much misunderstood tax. capital gains which even today some people confuse with normal. but in the early twenties because of the way the original tax bill. income tax bill was written off. there was a real question would it be taxed at 73%? capital gains? well, steve there certainly was. i just listened to discussion and i hear names like cactus jack, don't you wish we had members of congress with names like cactus jack today and who we just heard about, by the way, john garner, by the way, was unhappy as vice president. and he said the vice presidency was not worth a pitcher of spit. the word spit was used families. he had another word for. but i'm going to need. those were the days but if you're talking about an epic battle between andrew mellon and cactus. cactus jack garner bring taxes down. and it took five years to bring the income tax down

and uncancelled soon. >> but first, it's time for foreign policy analyst and director at the heritage foundatione have been stuck running stateside developments in the foundation's fight to make prince harry's visa records pubuc prince harry's visa records public after he was granted permission to reside in america despite his admissions of drug use. in his hit job memoir , use. in his hit job memoir, spare, despite the freedom of information request submitted by the heritage foundation twice being by the department being rejected by the department of homeland security , citing of homeland security, citing harry's right to privacy , the harry's right to privacy, the case is now rocking capital hill with the florida congressman greg steube, launching a new act to require fair enforcement of american visa laws. the cheekily named spare act references the duke, specifically with stubby writing left wing celebrities like prince harry, who have a self recorded history of illegal drug use should be subjected to the same standards and enforcement of our country's immigration laws as any other alien. i

and uncancelled soon. >> but first, it's time for foreign policy analyst and director at the heritage foundationve been stuck running stateside developments in the foundation's fight to make prince harry's visa records pubuc prince harry's visa records public after he was granted permission to reside in america despite his admissions of drug use. in his hit job memoir , use. in his hit job memoir, spare, despite the freedom of information request submitted by the heritage foundation twice being by the department being rejected by the department of homeland security , citing of homeland security, citing harry's right to privacy , the harry's right to privacy, the case is now rocking capital hill with the florida congressman greg steube, launching a new act to require fair enforcement of american visa laws. the cheekily named spare act references the duke, specifically with stubby writing left wing celebrities like prince harry, who have a self recorded history of illegal drug use should be subjected to the same standards and enforcement of our country's immigration laws as any other alien. i intr

so i told conservative friends, editor for the heritage foundation, paul weyrich, howard phillips and many others that we used to get together at my home for breakfast every wednesday, ten years. don't worry if taking me 20 years to learn how to do this, it's going to take them 30 or more years. because i'm smarter than they are not so within five years. roger craver and others on the left had caught up with the conservatives and now they have far surpassed us. in my opinion i wouldn't dream of flying an airplane with a pilot who had the skills that the average conservative marketer they just most people have learned it by their gut feeling. you know none of us would go to a doctor who learned medicine gut, you know, a seat of his pants. so, you know, the liberals are basically have about 20,000 single issue organizations, conservatives, about 1500. they raised 700% more money than we do from 100% more donors. well, yeah, talk about them as third force organization is correct. correct. which are one. i'm a big exponent of a third force organization, not third party, of course, but thi