use the search box at the top of the page to look for peter wood, matthew spaulding and the 1619 project ♪ >> british writer charles dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best known fictional characters. over 2,000, for that matter, scattered throughout his 14 and a half published novels. american authors, journalists and politicians often refer to situations as being dick kens january. jenny hartley, i emeritus professor at roe hampton university in london, has published three books on charles dickens, the most recent titled "a very short introduction" by oxford press. we we asked professor hartley to talk to us about

. >> during a recent virtual discussion hosted by the john locke foundation, matthew spaulding, executiveector of president trump's 1776 commission, and peter wood, author of "1620," took a critical look at the 1619 project. >> the whole thing is based on a series of facts and claims and a narrative that gets the overarching interpretation of history wrong. it says that america was founded and began because of and at the sake of in order to defend slavery. that's the essence of the central idea that animates all of american history. that's both factually incollect but overarching -- incorrect, but overarchingly historically incorrect, and it's intended to get around the actual facts of history in order to spin this other argument to go after the very claims of things hike the american found -- like the american founding and american history for reasons that have to do with establishing that right now, fighting current politics, this country is successicly racist -- systemically racist. .. america was racist from the get-go, slave ships and another one came to jamestown,, passengers who ar

use the search box at the top of the page to look for peter wood, matthew spaulding and the 1619 project. ♪ ♪ >> british writer charles dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best known fictional characters. over 2,000, for that matter, scattered throughout his 14 and a half published novels. american authors, journalists and politicians often refer to situations as being dick kens january. jenny hartley, i emeritus professor at roe hampton university in london, has published three books on charles dickens, the most recent titled "a very short introduction" by oxford press. we we asked professor hartley to talk to us about dickens' two trips to the united states in 1842 and in 1867. >> thorny hartley on this end society -- author jenny hartley on this episode of book notes. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> thank you for joining us today on our webinar. my name is wayne weingartening, i'm a fellow with pacific research institute, and i'm so pleased that today we have new york times best selling author carol roth. ..e so important in that the regulatory assault that