but also patrick henry. they are closer and more similar in age. and even though he never attended formal school at this critical moment in the revolutionary movement, he is looked up to as one of the leading intellectual tools of this revolutionary ideology. he was not known for his oratory. what he was known for at this time, and what many of his colleagues and peers and those with whom he was working recognized about him was his ability to bring a lot of concepts and philosophic ideas together and then to articulate them clearly and compellingly. and this is what he begins to do. so as a result, when the second continental congress is getting ready to convene in philadelphia, he is elected to serve in the second continental congress. at this point, however, his first wife, anne, his beloved first wife, and had only recently passed away from complicated visions with childbirth. and the two twins that she bore also passed away at that time. so remembering back to what i said, he's considering his first obligation, that of husband and father. he de

patrick henry was an anti-federalist and he hated the system. he had argued against it, campaigned against it but this is what he said. although the form of government into which my countrymen determine to place themselves at my enmity yet we are all and one embarked, it is natural to care for the crazy machine so long as we are out of sight of a port to refit. he was the loudest critic of the constitutional system. he wrote that, too, his protege and other anti-federal resists, james monroe, at the close of the first congress. so we're always out of sight of a port in american politics. we're always going forward, not quite knowing how it's going to work out except that the going is going to be kind of tough politically. and it's true the great machine of government that we've been bequeathed may seem crazy at times, maybe most times. it will never work perfectly but we canals make it better. and i think the former members, this wonderful organization i'm a great fan of, has an important role to play in the struggle to restore confidence in gov

george mason you know, ironically, i was reading a biography, patrick henry that reference, george mason really didn't know a whole lot about george mason before that, not unlike many, many other people. if your primary biography is entitled the forgotten founder, you a bit of a pr problem going in and i was like i don't really know too much about george mason. i need to learn more about this guy. so, you know, basically just started more about george mason, ended up with gunston hall. so that's kind of how that worked out. so when i wrote my first book, the cabinet, on george washington's creation of that institution, i discovered it was not in the constitution and therefore was really a product of his prior experience, and he basically copied and pasted his experience from the revolutionary war with his counsels of war directly into the presidency. and so i became this believer that we cannot you know, as i as i said, as i off my talk, we cannot just look at one period of a person's life we have to understand what comes. so i wrote that book on. the cabinet included the information abo

but also patrick henry. they are closer and more similar in age. and even though he never attended formal school at this critical moment in the revolutionary movement, he is looked up to as one of the leading intellectual tools of this revolutionary ideology. he was not known for his oratory. what he was known for at this time, and what many of his colleagues and peers and those with whom he was working recognized about him was his ability to bring a lot of concepts and philosophic ideas together and then to articulate them clearly and compellingly. and this is what he begins to do. so as a result, when the second continental congress is getting ready to convene in philadelphia, he is elected to serve in the second continental congress. at this point, however, his first wife, anne, his beloved first wife, and had only recently passed away from complicated visions with childbirth. and the two twins that she bore also passed away at that time. so remembering back to what i said, he's considering his first obligation, that of husband and father. he de

the first it's telling that, as i noted previously, patrick henry was uttering much same sentiment here in on the eve of revolution, colonists began looking at their circumstances through the lens of the earlier stuart era history repeating itself. virginia colonists shared memory, especially among white of stuart era distractions and parliaments, dismissive ness of colonial requests fueled the now growing suspicion that there was a conspiracy to drive them and to to deprive them of their rights and fed burning flame that sparked a desire for independence. on october 25th, 1770, for the first continental congress sent a petition directly to the king, asking him to address an outlined list of grievances against parliament and their actions. the king failed to respond, and by 1775, many colonists had begun to reject the legitimacy of the king altogether and the monarchy itself off. because remember this the problem was with parliament to begin with. it wasn't it wasn't with the but patriots in buckingham, virginia addressed change of heart on may 13th, 1776, writing, quote, when dissensio

one in minnesota, patrick henry high school has been renamed. it's the best school in minneapolis. 65% of ninth graders can read at average level. 36% reading at grade level. what about these 9th graders. >> martha: i can't believe this is the united states of america, leo. i can't believe it when i look at the numbers, this is a country that has prided itself on our public education system. we're talking about scores that are 215 out of a range of 0 to 500. we're supposed to be okay with even a seven-point drop which takes it to 215. >> we lost 20 years of quality education in three years of where the unions and the strategy was to keep kids at home. they didn't get education. the school teachers loved it, martha. they loved it. i was on your show. i broke down like a cry baby with the collateral damage. the kids that lost their interaction with kids. the human loss, the mental loss, the mental anguish of kids who couldn't go to school. they were depressed. you did shows on that. this is -- falls at the hands of the union. as a former school te

. >> michelle marie henrique >> joseph patrick henry >> william l.enry, jr. >> catherina henry-robinson >> john christopher henwood >> robert allan hepburn >> mary herencia >> lindsay c. herkness iii >> harvey robert hermer >> norberto hernandez >> raul hernandez >> and my uncle, lieutenant wallace my uncle was a hero i was unable to meet. it like a hero in a comic book i heard stories of your heroism and strength. mom tells me about you every chance she gets give a hug to grandma and grandpa. >> it is 21 years and seems like yesterday. you are forever in our broken hearts. i want to thank you all for watching and listening to this beautiful memorial. let us never forget this day. [applause] >> gary herold >> jeffrey alan hersch >> thomas j. hetzel >> leon bernard heyward mc sundance >> brian christopher hickey >> enemencio dario hidalgo cedeÑo >> timothy brian higgins >> robert d. w. higley ii >> todd russell hill >> clara victorine hinds >> neal o. hinds >> mark hindy >> katsuyuki hirai >> heather malia ho >> tara yvette hobbs >> thomas anderson ho

you thought was patrick henry, and i understand the applause, but thank you for the applause.ber one problem everyone is facing is inflation. as the leader in future leader mccarthy has said, you are sacrificing one month of pay just to get the same things you bought one year ago. because of the policy. what do we do about it? discipline and sound money. fiscal discipline means we have to do our part in congress, and we have to stop the out-of-control spending and wasteful this congress has spent more money than any other congress on record. we have to stop that. the number one thing is to stop digging the ditch that is making things worse. number two is sound money. that means we have to have oversight what is happening in the administration and go off the wasting -- wasteful spending. that is the first issue. you have seen this front and center with the lack of availability of certain parts. even if you want to sell a car it may not be available. we need to bring back the supply chains to trusted allies and partners. china is not a friend, not an ally, they are a competitor.

manette marie beckles firefighter carl john bedigian michael ernest beekman >> and my uncle, joseph patrick henrye joey, even though i never got to meet you, i've heard stories about your great sense of humor and how we would've had many laughs with you as her uncle. we know you are always laughing over us. thank you. >> and my brother from local three, james marcel cardiar. god bless local three, god bless america. tommy ashton in a very good friend of mine's dad, watson. god bless america. [applause] >> maria a. behr max j. beilke yelena belilovsky nina patrice bell debbie s. bellows stephen elliot belson paul m. benedetti denise lenore benedetto bryan craig bennett eric l. bennett oliver bennett margaret l. benson dominick j. berardi james patrick berger steven howard berger john p. bergin alvin bergsohn daniel david bergstein graham andrew berkeley michael j. berkeley donna m. bernaerts david w. bernard william h. bernstein david m. berray david shelby berry joseph john berry william reed bethke yeneneh betru timothy d. betterly carolyn mayer beug edward frank beyea paul michael beyer anil ta

he is kind of massachusetts's version of patrick henry before patrick henry is on the scene.ho will become the most important loyalist in america who will side with george iii. his name is tom's hutchison. -- his name is thomas hutchison. they were all in the room together discussing search and seizure policy. host: james is first on the independence line. good morning. caller: good morning. i would first like to say how much i appreciated c-span's presentation of the supreme court cases. i think the previous guest and mr. amar were both in that. my question goes back to the first segment which is about the amendment, the equal rights amendment, could not get past. it was blocked by one very activist person. if that amendment could get past -- could not get passed, what is the chance of any other amendments getting passed? guest: what a great question. i am in favor of an equal rights amendment and i'm not sure i share your despair. i think we could re-pass it today because there is widespread support for the idea. here is what i think so. you mentioned when it was initially

he is kind of massachusetts's version of patrick henry before patrick henry is on the scene. will become the most important loyalist in america who will side with george iii. his name is tom's hutchison. -- his name is thomas hutchison. they were all in the room together discussing search and seizure policy. host: james is first on the independence line. good morning. caller: good morning. i would first like to say how much i appreciated c-span's presentation of the supreme court cases. i think the previous guest and mr. amar were both in that. my question goes back to the first segment which is about the amendment, the equal rights amendment, could not get past. it was blocked by one very activist person. if that amendment could get past -- could not get passed, what is the chance of any other amendments getting passed? guest: what a great question. i am in favor of an equal rights amendment and i'm not sure i share your despair. i think we could re-pass it today because there is widespread support for the idea. here is what i think so. you mentioned when it was initially se

book, i begin with john adams in boston because he says it started in boston before there was patrick henry before there was thomas jefferson, you know, before were talking about ben franklin and george washington. i was in the room and at first i said, you know, he writes this 50 years later then and then there, the child independence was born. and i'm saying you're just sort of imagining all of that. that's what i originally thought it did more research. i said, actually start in boston, massachusetts. was there before virginia and and jefferson ends up stealing all the credit for this. and so i understand, you know, you're you're kind of anger. so why doesn't he get all the he's not on a par with washington franklin or i would say the i think he's distinctly sixth out of the six that's my ranking why here's one easy point he is thrown out on his -- if i can say that in c span. i just did by the american people, george washington is unanimously elected and unanimously reelected. thomas jefferson is reelected and then leaves on his own terms. james madison the same. so when the american pe

the first it's telling that, as i noted previously, patrick henry was uttering much same sentiment here in on the eve of revolution, colonists began looking at their circumstances through the lens of the earlier stuart era history repeating itself. virginia colonists shared memory, especially among white of stuart era distractions and parliaments, dismissive ness of colonial requests fueled the now growing suspicion that there was a conspiracy to drive them and to to deprive them of their rights and fed burning flame that sparked a desire for independence. on october 25th, 1770, for the first continental congress sent a petition directly to the king, asking him to address an outlined list of grievances against parliament and their actions. the king failed to respond, and by 1775, many colonists had begun to reject the legitimacy of the king altogether and the monarchy itself off. because remember this the problem was with parliament to begin with. it wasn't it wasn't with the but patriots in buckingham, virginia addressed change of heart on may 13th, 1776, writing, quote, when dissensio

i am a student at patrick in the -- patrick henry college. you mentioned psychological drives of love and fear but i was wondering how christian realism thanks about honor that seems to be a primary motivation in human nature. china, it has been given a bad rap, but i think honor is a very important force in human relations. and you mentioned how britain had to come to terms in the postwar period that they were a nation in decline. i think that some of that mood still dominates today and i was wondering, how does christian realism think through that? >> this is why i think transatlantic and perhaps global christian the illogical -- grow lowball -- global christian theology is important in this. what does it mean to think among the ruins, as augustine wrote? as he is writing, he is deeply aware of the fact that rome is falling, it is falling apart. the great empire. the great center of civilization. those of us who are orthodox will remind you it protested -- it persisted until 1853 -- but one of the ways this is accessed and recognized is tha

when i pointed out, the only substantive response i've got my colleagues is a quotation from patrick henryand anti federalists to strongly oppose the constitution, precisely because he thought it gave the government too much power and the people not enough to rebel against the government. when i pointed this out my friend mr. roy of texas, who is by far the most articulate and able defender of this doctrine, concedes that i am right about the constitution, but shift over to talk about the declaration of independence, which i cheerfully concede is a revolutionary document, and explained why, after a long train of abuses by the crown and parliament, they needed to resolve the political demand of union with england, that is the whole point, we are governed by the constitution, which is positive law, and nowhere does it grant a right of insurrection, it opposes it in every turn, as a matter not of constitutional law but natural law, people can decide to overthrow their government, but you do that on your own time, at your own risk, the constitution did not give you the right to destroy the con

henry kissinger the us secretary of state el patrick gray the former acting director of the fbi dianer who worked for a while before going to network television in the nixon white house john dean. who was nixon's council in the early days of the watergate scandal pat buchanan, who is a nixon aid who later ran for president three times? sticking and failing to win the republican nomination for presidency alexander hague who was nixon's chief of staff later in the watergate period ron ziegler, he was the press secretary. the one who mentioned who referred to watergate famously as a third rate burglary. these were all among the candidates these and many more were identified as likely sources. likely to have been deep throat. in fact, there were college courses. one of them at the university of illinois that spent semesters. digging through the tips and clues and hints and all the president's been to try to figure out. who the most likely source was? and one of these efforts identified pat buchanan an arch conservative republican who seemed on his face to be quite unlikely to have been de

patrick mahomes. incredible - meatballs, fresh mozzarella and pepperon- oh, the meatball's out! i thought he never fumbles. the new subway series. what's your pick? >>> time for the must-read opinion pages. in the "washington post," columnist henryre out why desantis has such credibility among the trumpy set. his pugnacious style and responding to media criticism endears him to those who want a fighter. his willingness to talk about culture war topics such as the critical race theory or woke corporations is music to the ears of many populists, and his other positions, pro-life, pro-tax cut, traditional foreign policy views make party firsters like him, too. republicans can surely recall the revolutionary war adage -- united we stand, divided we fall. desantis's unique ability to unite the party's warring wings points a way to end the gop's civil war and take the fight home to the democrats. elise jordan, talk to me about ron desantis on the national stage as opposed to his very comfortable audience in the tampa area. i think the big stage could be a little different for this potential would-be candidate. also want to point out that he's taking a cue from some other republican governors and sending migrant workers, i believe, to