Watching Darkness Fall
Author David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.…
461 viewsAuthor David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.…
461 viewsPublic policy experts discussed the role of Congress in developing foreign strategy. Former Senator John Sununu talked about the “central tension” between Congress and the White House on for…
655 viewsFormer Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter talked about the importance of civic education to a democratic society with Linda Greenhouse. Topics included current legal…
3,333 viewsQueen Noor of Jordan led a discussion on the issue of nuclear disarmament at the Kennedy Library. The Queen urged congressional passage of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Ru…
297 viewsOn the 50th anniversary of the 1960 West Virginia Democratic primary, Kennedy aides Richard Donahue, Charlie Peters, Ted Sorensen, and journalist David Broder shared their memories of the 19…
650 viewsU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens moderated a discussion on the crucial 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison that established a judicial right to review whether legislation i…
3,133 viewsMr. McKean, Senator John Kerry’s chief of staff, talked about his book, Tommy the Cork: Washington’s Ultimate Insider from Roosevelt to Reagan, published by Steerforth. In the book, the aut…
402 viewsnews events and political issues were examined through reviews of newspapers articles; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and journalists; and viewer telephone calls, faxes and electron…
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