mr. martinez earned a b.a.in history at yale and russian history at stanford university and jd at columbia university law school where he was a member of the review. please welcome mr. martinez. [applause] >> thank you a very much. am i on? >> it doesn't sound like it. >> is it working? thank you all. it's a pleasure and an honor to be year, and i wanted to first of all say that our partnership with arizona state university has been fantastic my dÉjÀ is with the new america's foundation think tank here in washington and we have a growing and a very enriching partnership and i commend the president on his leadership and it is an honor to be here with justice o'connor. today's my fourth day and it's the first time i've been able to celebrate it with the supreme court justice. [laughter] i want to very quickly introduce our panel. gregory has introduced himself as the founding director of the center for social cohesion. a senior fellow at the new america foundation as well and the exit of a director of the public

mr. martinez directs the foundation's schwartz fellowship program. he was a member of "the new york times" editorial bo ard. he was also a member of the columbia law review. please welcome mr. andres martinez. >> thank you, gregory. am i on? >> it doesn't sound like it. >> is it working? it's a pleasure and honor to be here. i wanted to first of all say that our partnership with arizona state has been fantastic. my job has been with the new america foundation, a think tank here in washington, and we have a growing partnership with the university. i commend the university president on his leadership. today's my birthday. it is the first time i have been able to celebrate with the supreme court justice. [laughter] i want to quickly introduce our panel. gregory is a founding director of the center for social cohesion. he is a senior fellow at the new america foundation as well. he is the executive director of zocalo public square. he writes a weekly column for the new york -- for the "los angeles times." he would like to say that this book is a memoir ab

mr. martinez irned a b.a. in history in yale and m.a. in russian history at stanford university and a j.d. at columbia university law school where he was a member of the columbia law review. please welcome mr. andres martinez. [applause] >> thank you. is it working? >> yes. >> ok. thank you all. it's a pleasure -- it's an honor to be here and i wanted to first of all say that our partnership with arizona state university has been fantastic. my day job is with the new america foundation, the think tank here in washington and we have a very growing and enriching partnership with a.u. and i commend president crow for being here. today is my birthday and it's the first time i've been able to celebrate it with the supreme court! -- supreme court justice. i want to quickly introduce our panel. gregory has introduced himself. he's the founding director of the center of social cohesion, the senior fellow at the america new foundation. and gregory writes a column -- a weekly column for "the los angeles times" and is the author of "among rales "ba