please welcome kevin schultz. [applause] prof. schultz: good morning. thank you for that marvelous introduction. thank you for putting together this center. thank you for showing up at this distinctly un-buckley and absolutely un-mailer time of the morning. [laughter] you learn weird things when you learn about people. norman mailer was incredibly disciplined. he got up early no matter how late he stayed up. he taught each of his 6 wives exactly how he liked his scrambled eggs every morning. thank you to the center for the work that you do. thank you to ann o'keefe for making this happen so flawlessly. it was marvelous. my name is kevin scholes. i am lucky enough to detect the university of illinois at chicago, a marvelous place that is changing lives. giving first generation college students degrees, changing lives. i feel lucky to come to a place like this where i can talk about common ground and things that i find important in our political life. i was invited to talk about the book. although both of these guys died 8 plus years ago now and had their

professor kevin schultz discusses how the left wing and right wing in the 1960's were influenced by 2 friends from opposite ends of the political spectrum, conservative william buckley and liberal norman mailer. throughout the 1960's, in public and in their writings, they debated america's political affairs, including vietnam, civil rights, and of the cold war. scholz describes their political differences and close relationships in his book, "buckley and mailer: the difficult friendship that shaped the 1960's." this is part of a day long summit at grand valley state in, grand rapids michigan. >>

. >> history professor kevin schultz discusses how the left wing and right wing in the 1960's were influenced by 2 friends from opposite ends of the political spectrum, conservative william buckley and liberal norman mailer. throughout the 1960's, in public and in their writings, they debated america's political affairs, including vietnam, civil rights, and of the cold war. scholz describes their political differences and close relationships in his book, "buckley and mailer: the difficult friendship that shaped the 1960's." this is part of a day long summit at grand valley state in, grand rapids michigan. >> good morning everyone. i am program manager of the common ground initiative. i am pleased to usher in our first sessiod