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>> host: hillsdale college president larry arn, what was your goal with your book, "churchill's trial: winston churchill and the salvation-free government," what are we going to learn? >> guest: ing by my goal in the book was to state that, and so that's what i set out to do. >> host: what did you learn? >> guest: oh, a lot. the book was much harder to write than i thought it would be. by the time i started the book, i'd been studying churchill for about 40 years. it takes that long, i think. he wrote so very much. and i made the author's terrible mistake of being, thinking it would be relatively easy compared to other things i've written. it was much harder than i thought because when you start writing it down and you start trying to give an account of the main things in his life, things he thought, things he stood for, things he advocated or defended, turns out they relate to one another more deeply and in more complex ways than i had imagined. and i came to understand him better, i hope and think, and it was a painful process. >> host: did you approach this book from a fan's perspe

to discuss the campus culture that our segments on craziness, the president of hillsdale college dr. larry arn joins us. thank you for being with us. >> hey, brit. thank you. it's good to talk to you again. >> how did we get to a place in american education where passing out the constitution on a college campus can get new trouble with the police? >> well, the bureaucratic rules, right? solicitation policy. when i heard you read that i wondered if we had one at hillsdale college and i don't know but i would be astonished if we do. and, remember, the kids who do these crazy things, they are mostly doing what they're being taught in class. and what are they taught in class? there are these identity groups. and the white one is the one that's not so good. and so their understanding their ability to learn is supposed to be conditioned by what identity group they're members of and they demand recognition for their groups. and that pits the campuses at war with each other. but, gracious, i mean, if you're handed out copies of the constitution, you wouldn't do anything about it unless it be

hillsdale college professor of history covering tg heart. his book is called from billy graham to sarah palin evangelicals and the portrayal of american conservatism. professor hart, what is the definition erstwhile with evangelicals. >> that's a hard question, but the simple one i've heard used as anyone who likes billy graham, now some of our viewers may not even know the billy graham is the insight have a friend who teaches at duke, these stats if they knew the billy graham was then they don't but the younger generation. it means someone who has sent a relationship with jesus, some kind of born-again experience. a simple way of trying to define it but there's a longer history and a longer answer. >> kitty loved evangelicals into one political group or another? >> guest: you can in some ways if you look at evangelicals ethnically as people british descent for english-speaking background. those protestants in the 19th century were import in the formation of the republican party then and into the 20th century they were also important constit

a professor at hillsdale college and the author of this book, the bureaucrat kings. the origins and underpinnings of america's bureaucratic state. on page one of your book you write the united states is by establishment nowhere mentioned in the constitution. >> guest: the fourth branch of government which in a way is a combination of the other three branches. that is the heart of the constitutional problem. the original constitution was founded on separation of powers, the most important structural feature of the constitution. in the 20th century we developed an administrative apparatus, the environmental protection agency, federal communications commission, most of this started with the new deal and they combined legislative, executive and judicial power, what madison called the problem we faced. >> host: congress passed and a law, the president signs it. what happens next? >> congress passes a law, congress doesn't, they don't legislate, they delegate. they allow these people nobody has voted for, congress tell them you write the's, you make the laws, give them a v

down on booktv we want to introduce you to paul marino, professor of constitutional history at hillsdale college and he is the author of this book, the bureaucrat came, the origins and underpinnings of america's bureaucratic date. professor marino on page one of your book you write the united states is ruled via an establishment nowhere mentioned in the constitution. what if that means? he might visit the so-called fourth branch of government which annoys a combination of the other three bridges to the heart of the constitutional problem. the original constitution found on the base of the separation of powers, the most important structural feature of the constitution and the 20th century developed an administrative apparatus, all these agencies. environmental detection, federal communications commissicommissi on, most of this really started with the new deal. they combined legislative executive and judicial powers. the essence of tyranny is the kind of problem we face. >> congress passes a law. resident times a day. what happened? >> via their congress passes a law is a problem. congress doesn't

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we are on the campus at hillsdale college in michigan today visiting with professor gary wolfrum has written a capitalist manifesto understanding the market economy and defending liberty. professor come in your book you write the roots to capitalism or ancient, so ancient that they likely predate even the language in the development of civilization. >> guest: people have been exchanging goods and services for a long time and have been making things that they've been exchanged for other things, other people so that's what market capitalism is about an exchange between a group of individuals and so i would say that it counts as a fundamental aspect where everybody is better off predates perhaps government as bob. >> host: what you sa would you t is an? >> they may trade for something because you have a 50-dollar book or something training and for a 3-dollar pokÉmon. >> host: where are we on the capitalist system to a? >> guest: if you look at the index of economic freedom it used to be fourth and now it's 12. the government tells you you can't make this trade or exchange. we will tell

that was new me and my wife, it was a bit of culture shock, the small rural aspect of it, but hillsdale college is just a great place to work. the students the students are excellent, they are smart and hard-working which is true of a lot of selective colleges, but they're really good people. i enjoy being around them and they make me feel young. >> so john muller, after four years of studying journalism with hillsdale, what you hope your students leave with? >> i hope they leave with a major in a different subject. journalism is a minor. we don't think it should be a major. we think students should major in one of the traditional academic disciplines. the best training you can have for being a journalist is not to major in journalists. it's to major in biology or economics or history. let one of those professors feel your fill your head with knowledge that you can bring to work. they leave with that. they leave with the traditional liberal arts education. that's the best thing hillsdale can do for them. it is a minor and we do a few things in the classroom, but you learn journalism by doing jo

so we study all of that here. >> so what's the uniqueness of hillsdale college? been met we don't take any money direct or indirect. >> including student loans to make every transaction is voluntary. for most of the history that goes back through 1844 we think that is good because higher learning should be done by those who really want it. there's a lot of learning that is noble but the highest kind is a sacrifice you really have to want to make that. that is unique not money from the government. added helped to found the party of lincoln and the civil war the rally to the country's wars had had a huge history department that is the largest apartment in the college right now. the colleges interested in the christian faith that is interesting because the college has always believed in civil and religious freedom is in the first line of our founding articles. so requires a faith statement to come here but all the other hand nearly everybody is a serious question. we have an honor code that they demand respect. course you can argue but the institution does not feel

to the law of nature and to the self-evident truth of human equality. >> host: president of hillsdale college in michigan wednesday and churchill and the salvation of free government. booktv on c-span2. >> is easy for them to find the ethnic enclaves. and the zero local economy. with the of language skills with the incentive as opposed to the captive labor market. the. [inaudible conversations] and i am the program shared how delighted i a.m. but i want to let you know, in the auditorium of this morning

new notebook tv we wanted to see 22 paul marino professor of constitutional history at hillsdale college the author of this book, the bureaucrat kings, the origins and underpinnings of america's bureaucratic state. professor marino, on page one of your book you write, united states is ruled by an establishment nowhere mentioned in this constitution. what does that mean? >> guest: this is the so-called fourth branch of government which in a ways a combination of the other three branches and that's the heart of the constitutional problem. original constitution was meant to be found on the basis of the separation of powers probably the most important structural feature of the constitution. in the 20th century to develop an administrative apparatus for these agencies the environmental protection agency but federal protections agency. most of the starter with the new deal and they combined legislative executives and judicial powers. it's the essence attorneys about the problem with this. >> host: congress passes a law , the president signed it. >> guest: the congress passes a law is a problem

a graduate of hillsdale college, the chaplain university school of law, tim served for 15 years as a litigator at the pacific legal foundation before joining goldwater. at plfd he one of many states, some of which he will discuss today. he is the author of four books, cornerstone of liberty, property rights in 21st century america co-authored with his lovely wife, christina, which came out earlier this year. the rights to earn a living, which came out in 2010; the conscience of a constitution in 2014; and now the permission society in some scholarly articles ranging from eminent domain for economic liberty and antitrust copyright slavery and the civil war and political issues in shakespeare, ancient greece and with a range of interests of those accomplishments at such an early age we are proud to have tim as an adjunct scholar. please welcome tim sandefur. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here. i see some friends out there including one of the inspirations for the book. what came to mind in the conversations we were having is a passage from james madison, 1790

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i ask you that i going to college that receives no government funding, hillsdale college, though theyalso have a disciplinary restrictions on free speech. and in any event i think it's a shame, and i don't talk about it, that part, at great length in the book. >> even in private schools and our contractual remedies that are often invoked by such organizations as fire, the foundation for individual rights in education, and you can go to my website at cato and find too long speech on the subject of free speech in academia. tim is right, what is going wrong today is very different from back in the '60s when the students were clamoring for free speech as in berkeley, california. today it's the students who are clamoring for safety and, it's a crime always as that is what to be sheltered from anything that makes them uncomfortable. >> a lot of people are some of with the axle what don't they put in a word for another ever opposition, the student press law center which i've been a great fan of for many years. >> next question. >> i have a question about the extent of government powers witho

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the firing line archives in california and i required it could rely on their synopses but also hillsdale college has on its website to complete work of william f. buckley junior. each column and in the form so that you can actually see the manuscript went off to newspapers and there are instructions for the one for eisenhower that says if eisenhower had died in -right-brace and if he has been paragraph three or something where he's speaking in a different sense, and then the great towering literary figure and friend of buckley for 30 years he wrote the eulogy is and one of them. is there one obituary that they forced to leave out of the book? >> hate is a strong word but there are so many people we had to excise and whom i prepared the introductions like daniel patrick moynihan. clare booth luce and hubert humphrey. you increase the chances of there being a sequel of all of the obituaries and eulogies that wouldn't have room to include. [laughter] >> please join me in thanking james rosen. [applause] thank you all very much president of the national review institute we are so grateful to all of

forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college since 1844. ♪ >> president-elect donald trumping the alt- right. steve bannon's pick sparked criticism linking him to the movement. the president-elect told the new york times quote if i thought he was a racist or altright, i wont think of hiring him. let's bring in karl rove, former senior advisor to president george w. bush and a fox news contributor. is the criticism that many media outlets unfair as donald trump said it is, carl? >> it is betsy devos. she is a friend of mine and i think she and dick. they are remarkable couple and family. she is spectacularly smart and able and true leader and passionate for education opportunity. this is a tremendous choice by president-elect trump and it is going to enthus people who are advocate of choice and charters. they know the devosalcy and her leadership. >> she's just been selected to be education secretary by president-elect trump and people all over michigan, when they heard my mispronounsation were a gachlt thank you for correcting me. i know you have not always been a fan of do

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forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college since 1844. ♪ >>> cnn covered a huge embarrassment was forced to sever its ties with donna brazile after it was revealed she was feeding debate questions to hillary clinton. jeff zucker express outrage. he isn't saying where those questions came from. there's all kinds of bias on full display over at the clinton news network this week alone. here is one of cnn's legal analysts expressing suspicion about the timing of the fbi's release of the files. sg >> the official statement is give me a break. i have made requests. they take years. it's a very different process. it can sometimes take 15 years. the idea that they were obliged to do this on top of comey's statement about hillary clinton last week, it just shows at least that they are oblivious and incompetent if not actively partisan in this presidential race. >> although "the wall street journal" reported the justice department intervened to stop the fbi's investigation of the clinton foundation, one of cnn's reporters dismissed the notion that politics was at play as a conspiracy.

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but also hillsdale college has on its web site the complete works of william f.buckley jr., each column, and they're in pdf be form so that you can actually see the typed manuscript that went off to newspapers. and there are instructions in the one for eisenhower, for example, where it says if eisenhower has not yet died by date x, then run this. if he has died, please correct paragraph three or so where he's speaking in a different tense and that sort of thing. and, in fact, for alistair cooke who was a great, towering literary and broadcasting figure and a friend of buckley's for 30 years, he wrote three eulogies and to bitch wares, and one of them he wrote before cooke had died, and he actually sent it to alistair cooke who returned it to buckley unopened and unread. >> one more question. >> right, you are. >> is there one obituary you absolutely hate your editors at crown for forcing you to leave out of the book? >> hate a is a strong word. there were so many worthy people that we had to excise and for whom i prepared preparatory enter ductions like -- introd

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forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college since 1844. ♪ >>> i'm trace gallagher.ther police officer has been shot, this time, in detroit. the wounded officer serves at wayne state university. the school has more than 27,000 students and is located in the heart of detroit. this comes on the heels of four other attacks on law enforcement officers. a detective was ambushed and murdered in san antonio, texas. two other cops were shot in missouri and a fourth in florida. the dow has closed above the 19,000 mark for the first time. as the post-election rally continues to push the stock market to new records. the dow rose 67 points to finish at 19,023. the s&p gained four points to a new high. the nasdaq also up a gain of 17 points. i'm trace gallagher, now, back to the o'reilly factor. >> in the factor follow-up segment tonight, a new pile yon against donald trump. the latest attack on the conference held on saturday in washington where 200 white nationalists gathered to celebrate his victory. >> hail trump, hail our people, hail victory. >> as you can see, some attende

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we're on the campus of hillsdale college in michigan today, and we're visiting with professor gary wolfrum who's written a book called "a capitalist manifesto: understanding the market economy and defending liberty." professor, in your book you write that the roots of capitalism are ancient, so ancient, in fact, that they likely predate even language in the development of civilization. >> guest: well, yes. i mean, people have been exchanging goods and services for a long time. and people have been making things that they then exchange with other -- for other things that other people have. so that's really what market capitalism is about. it's really about voluntary exchange between two individuals or a group of individuals. and so i would say that market cap is a fundamental aspect of it which is a system of voluntary exchange where everybody is better off predates the many routes of anything else. perhaps government as well. >> host: would you say it's innate? >> guest: i would say, certainly. i mean, yeah. all you've got to do is look at a couple 2-year-olds and see if they trade stuff.

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. >> host: hillsdale college president larry arn, what was your goal with your book, "churchill's trialinston churchill and the salvation-free government," what are we going to learn? >> guest: ing by my goal in the book was to state that, and so that's what i set out to do. >> host: what did you learn? >> guest: oh, a lot. the book was much harder to write than i thought it would be. by the time i started the book, i'd been studying churchill for about 40 years. it takes that long, i think. he wrote so very much. and i made the author's terrible mistake of being, thinking it would be relatively easy compared to other things i've written. it was much harder than i thought because when you start writing it down and you start trying to give an account of the main things in his life, things he thought, things he stood for, things he advocated or defended, turns out they relate to one another mo

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forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college since 1844. ♪ >> good afternoon, live fromfloor of new york stock exchange. lori rothman with fox business brief. of s&p on track for the sixth consecutive loss today. number one drag on the dow, apple, shares down more than 2%. best news we can find on apple, analyst at ubs soft interest in china despite strong interest here in the u.s. that is what we're watching. apple the biggest drag on the dow. break down the s&p 500 index for you. winners are archer daniels midland, alcoa up by more than 7%. l brands, victoria secret biggest drag. people not buying sexy lingerie in october. pitney bowes struggling as well. gannett ditching attempt to by the publisher of "the chicago tribune" and "l.a. times." basically couldn't line up financing. that was the problem. shares of both companies down at the moment. get you back to "cavuto: coast to coast." neil: all right. i want to show you the "new york post" cover. i always love their headlines, very, very clever but this one refers to hillary clinton getting ready for a big fireworks l

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forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college nce 1844. ♪ . .e back, everybody. looking at the white house now. this will be interesting, because the president and the president-elect will meet there. they said nasty things to and about each other. we'll see how that goes down. politics ends after the race we're told. maybe it will bo just swell with the president looking forward to that meeting he says. meanwhile press secretary josh earnest saying dismantling the president's health care law, the cair is not going to be easy. that is one of key signatures move donald trump is promising throughout the campaign was to kill it, repeal it and start all over again. this white house saying just, try it. it isn't easy. it is entertaining gelled in our system. a number of folks agree. that is a battle for another day. they're going to talk pleasant tries tomorrow. trish regan, that will be interesting. trish: nothing will be easy. as we've seen he doesn't always take the easy route. quite something. neil cavuto, thank you so much. historic night last n

forging character has been the pursuit of hillsdale college since 1844. ♪ >>> a giant fire ball was sparkinga keys to alabama and as far north as georgia got more than 100 calls about the bright flashing light across the sky. as you might expect, some people were panicked and thought it was the ail yents coming for thanksgiving. experts say it was probably nothing more than an extra bright meteor. >> that is worn -- boring, i thought it would be aliens or something. >>> president-elect trump will have a very full intell platter once he takes office. as president-elect, he already has access to a classified document known as the president's daily brief. a summary of key developments from the major key agencies. reports indicate he has chose ton receive only two briefings since the election. telling the washington post "his pace is not as frequent as most recent president elects but it's not unprecedented over the decades-long scope of these briefings." meanwhile, mike pence has taken the briefing nearly every day. let's bring in the republican strategist now. ultimately the president of the u