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PREVIEW: NEW DEAL: Colleague David Davenport of Hoover Institution, author of "Equality of Opportunity," comments on how LBJ did not intend to hand out cash when he signed in the Great Society legislation. More later. 1963 LBJ ranch, Texas
THE GREAT SOCIETY EXPECTATIONS 1965: 1/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? UNDATED LBJ
THE GREAT SOCIETY EXPECTATIONS 1965: 2/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1966 LBJ
THE GREAT SOCIETY EXPECTATIONS 1965: 3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1964 LBJ
THE GREAT SOCIETY EXPECTATIONS 1965: 4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1967 ZLBJ
Kevin Withem talks with David Davenport, author and past President of Pepperdine University. CGU has a vision to create and support gatherings of unity-minded Christians around the globe. Imagine the good news of these gatherings modeling the prayer of Jesus in our divided world. If you benefit from this ministry, please consider donating monthly to support the work. www.commongroundsunity.org/donate . Please give us feedback by posting your thoughts and suggestions on our Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068486982733 Please check out commongroundsunity.org to learn more about CGU, how to subscribe to the newsletter, join the Facebook group, or find the YouTube Channel. Check out our gatherings on the About page, where you can connect with other unity-minded Christians in your area. If you cannot find a gathering in your area, we can help you start one. It's not difficult or time-consuming, and we will help you out along the way. It really does, simply, start with a cup of coffee. If you want to volunteer or ask questions, please email John at john@commongroundsunity.org. Until next time, God bless, and remember, “Unity Starts With A Cup of Coffee.” The Common Grounds Unity theme music for our intro and exit for Season 4 is Anthony Catacoli's "Mambo For Jose." Download and permission to use from Sound Stripe.
What happened to quality, non-partisan civics education in America? Why do so many young people either lack essential knowledge about our system of government? Why does socialism seem attractive to so many Americans today? Can we turn the tide and help our fellow citizens adopt an informed, honest, and rational patriotism? Jeff is joined by David Davenport to discuss this crisis and the many downstream effects of it - and what we can do about it.If you're interested in reading "A Republic, If We Can Teach It," you can get your copy from Amazon here: https://a.co/d/iFmIWSM #civics #americanpolitics #civiceducation Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Greg McBrayer Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/theamericanidea
3/4: A Republic, If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis by Jeffrey Sikkenga (Author), David Davenport (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Civic-Education-Crisis-Here-What/dp/1645720497 1750 BOSTON
4/4: A Republic, If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis by Jeffrey Sikkenga (Author), David Davenport (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Civic-Education-Crisis-Here-What/dp/164572049 1919 DUKE OF WINDSOR VISITING MT VERNON
2/4: A Republic, If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis by Jeffrey Sikkenga (Author), David Davenport (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Civic-Education-Crisis-Here-What/dp/164572049 1863 Kearsage vs Alabama
1/4: A Republic, If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis by Jeffrey Sikkenga (Author), David Davenport (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Civic-Education-Crisis-Here-What/dp/1645720497 Battle of Long Island retreat
We've forgotten who we are. The story of our culture and civilization is being ignored and erased. So how do we make history come alive for younger children?How do we make it intellectually stimulating for older children? David Davenport, research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution and former president of Pepperdyne University joins to talk about the new book he co-authored with Jeffrey Sikkenga, "A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis"Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
(2:00) Epoch Times CFO accused of money laundering. Even more worrying is why ET is pushing baseless fear about a gain-of-function "bird flu" pandemic (24:38) Sharyl Attkisson exposes federal study claiming Amish got same results as general population during Covid. Even if true, it exposes the futility of ALL CDC measures. But she discovers they RIGGED the study (58:22) "So Many Have Died" — Japanese Legislator Tells the Truth About the Jabs & Begs Forgiveness Why can't Trump apologize? Or ANY member of Congress or CDC? Few people in government in any nation have acknowledged the democide but a former minister and current legislator in Japan lays it out(1:29:18) As they can no longer deny the explosion of heart inflammation and sudden death…NBC tries to make it about "red meat". Easily refutedUK establishment media says 61% of population with get cardiovascular disease (about the number who got jabbed more than once)We were told "every life matters" when they pushed their democide. But not now. They dismiss every death as rare, even though they're not(1:37:10) Listener comments (1:43:25) Fauci says podcaster and conspiracy theorists killed 200,000 to 300,000 people he would've saved (1:45:45) Democrats AND Republicans — when the chips are down these "civilized people" will kill you. WATCH FLASHBACK super cut (1:49:44) It's Pride Month —WATCH: Proof kids can't decide about "gender"babies and toddlers specifically targeted by pervs at PBS, Sesame Street, Blues Clues, Disney, and moreProgressive CA Democrat tells her colleagues she's done. Won't have anything to do with the pedophile agenda anymore(2:01:48) INTERVIEW A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis We've forgotten who we are. The story of our culture and civilization is being ignored and erased. So how do we make history come alive for younger children? How do we make it intellectually stimulating for older children? David Davenport, research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution and former president of Pepperdyne University joins to talk about the new book he co-authored with Jeffrey Sikkenga, "A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis" (2:32:52) NewsFertility study shows 55% of men have large accumulation of Glyphosate (RoundUp) in sperm, far higher than even the test subjects' bloodMonday the NYSE had "strange" software problems. Yesterday it was AT&T. What's going on?Two years and counting — the legal fight of a college professor fired over false, disproven accusations of "racism" because he commented on the absurdity and injustice of reparationsIn questioning by Thomas Massie, Merrick Garland admits there is NO authority for Special Counsel Jack Smith. So now, defund them and all the bureaucracies that have NO authorityMike Adams, Infowars, and the National Enquirer clickbait mindsetFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
We've forgotten who we are. The story of our culture and civilization is being ignored and erased. So how do we make history come alive for younger children?How do we make it intellectually stimulating for older children? David Davenport, research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution and former president of Pepperdyne University joins to talk about the new book he co-authored with Jeffrey Sikkenga, "A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis"Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
(2:00) Epoch Times CFO accused of money laundering. Even more worrying is why ET is pushing baseless fear about a gain-of-function "bird flu" pandemic (24:38) Sharyl Attkisson exposes federal study claiming Amish got same results as general population during Covid. Even if true, it exposes the futility of ALL CDC measures. But she discovers they RIGGED the study (58:22) "So Many Have Died" — Japanese Legislator Tells the Truth About the Jabs & Begs Forgiveness Why can't Trump apologize? Or ANY member of Congress or CDC? Few people in government in any nation have acknowledged the democide but a former minister and current legislator in Japan lays it out(1:29:18) As they can no longer deny the explosion of heart inflammation and sudden death…NBC tries to make it about "red meat". Easily refutedUK establishment media says 61% of population with get cardiovascular disease (about the number who got jabbed more than once)We were told "every life matters" when they pushed their democide. But not now. They dismiss every death as rare, even though they're not(1:37:10) Listener comments (1:43:25) Fauci says podcaster and conspiracy theorists killed 200,000 to 300,000 people he would've saved (1:45:45) Democrats AND Republicans — when the chips are down these "civilized people" will kill you. WATCH FLASHBACK super cut (1:49:44) It's Pride Month —WATCH: Proof kids can't decide about "gender"babies and toddlers specifically targeted by pervs at PBS, Sesame Street, Blues Clues, Disney, and moreProgressive CA Democrat tells her colleagues she's done. Won't have anything to do with the pedophile agenda anymore(2:01:48) INTERVIEW A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis We've forgotten who we are. The story of our culture and civilization is being ignored and erased. So how do we make history come alive for younger children? How do we make it intellectually stimulating for older children? David Davenport, research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution and former president of Pepperdyne University joins to talk about the new book he co-authored with Jeffrey Sikkenga, "A Republic If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis" (2:32:52) NewsFertility study shows 55% of men have large accumulation of Glyphosate (RoundUp) in sperm, far higher than even the test subjects' bloodMonday the NYSE had "strange" software problems. Yesterday it was AT&T. What's going on?Two years and counting — the legal fight of a college professor fired over false, disproven accusations of "racism" because he commented on the absurdity and injustice of reparationsIn questioning by Thomas Massie, Merrick Garland admits there is NO authority for Special Counsel Jack Smith. So now, defund them and all the bureaucracies that have NO authorityMike Adams, Infowars, and the National Enquirer clickbait mindsetFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
David Davenport left us on March 22, 2024. He was 76. After serving admirably in the U.S. Air Force, he became a Tennessee State Trooper. After seven years as a Trooper, David was appointed to the TBI where he became a legend in law enforcement circles. He was known nationally for his skills as a homicide investigator. It was said that he and his partner Bob Denny put more murderers on death row than any pair in Tennessee. In 1997 he was honored as Special Agent of the Year.He served three terms as Sheriff of Jefferson County. David ended a great career as Chief of the Cold Case Division of the Knox County Sheriff's Department. The last work we did together was when I went with him to interview a prison inmate in West Tennessee on one of the Cold Cases from Knox Co.This interview was first played in April of 2020 and was the most popular show we ever did on my radio show/podcast series, The Investigator. David Davenport was one of my best life long friends. He will be greatly missed.
Evidence points to generations of Americans increasingly less informed as to their republic's origins and system of checks and balances, so it is not surprising that more Americans are less engaged in their communities and are increasingly pessimistic about the future. Checker Finn, a Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow and past chairman of Hoover's K-12 […]
Evidence points to generations of Americans increasingly less informed as to their republic's origins and system of checks and balances, so it is not surprising that more Americans are less engaged in their communities and are increasingly pessimistic about the future. Checker Finn, a Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow and past chairman of Hoover's K-12 Education, joins Hoover emeritus research fellow David Davenport, co-author of the soon-to-be-released A Republic If You Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education, to discuss better ways to engage K-12 and college students in the understanding and appreciation of the concept of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
THAT FAMOUS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: 2/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1949 PENNSYLVANIA RR
THAT FAMOUS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: 3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1908 BRADDOCK PA
THAT FAMOUS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: 1/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1905 PANAMA CANAL
THAT FAMOUS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: 4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1940 PITTSBURGH
PREVIEW: #NEWDEAL: Conversation with Hoover Fellow David Davenport on the discovery in research that FDR and his aides not only believed that the crisis was a good moment to experiment with progressive government but also that the president believe that capitalism had failed and so the government must take charge of the economy. More later tonight. 1936 Lowell Thomas and FDR Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author)
PREVIEW: From a conversation with Hoover Fellow David Davenport, author of the new work, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, about how LBJ believed he was building on FDR's blueprint to use government to provide equality of opportunity in the economy during the prosperous 1960s. Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 1966 LBJ Poverty Tour
3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) 1968 LBJ
2/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) 1962 JFK
1/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1902 TR in the White House
4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) 1972 RMN
3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1923 Michigan
2/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1943 Rolls Royce engine parts inspection
1/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1940 Detroit
4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1900 Detroit
TONIGHT: The show begins with Peter Frankopan in a sweeping history of cities and empires adapting to or falling to unexpected natual events such as volcanos, El Nino, floods, storms, and especially drought. Then a conversattion with Robert Zubrin re the unexplored value nuclear energy to augment the wind and solar renewables -- along with the inexhastible natural gas. And a conversation with David Davenport re the changing understandings of equality of opportunity in America. Much attention also to Richard Epstein's 2021 analysis of the court-packing gambit in American political history. And a rich observation by Professor Dan Flores of the wildlife of North America that the European settlers met and damaged with excessive gunfire and habitat destruction. 1847 Victor Gifford Audobon
PREVIEW: Hoover's David Davenport comments on how Ronald Reagan advanced the goal of equal opportunity for all citizens -- following the decade long disappointment of Lyndon Johnson's Johnson Great Society. 1919 Detroit
4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1933 VALLEY FORGE
3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1920 VALLEY FORGE
2/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1890 PA
1/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848 For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here? 1890 PA
In this episode of the Unseen Leadership Podcast, Chandler Vannoy and Dan Iten are joined by Josh King, Lead pastor of Second Baptist in Conway, Arkansas. In the episode, Josh discusses his journey in ministry, starting at the age of 18, and emphasizes the importance of investing in established churches and valuing their resources and legacy. He highlights the need for young leaders to prepare themselves for leadership roles by immersing themselves in the environments and practices of their desired positions and learning from experienced leaders. Through his own experiences and mentorship, Josh encourages young leaders to recognize and affirm the callings of others, empowering them to step into their leadership roles with confidence. QUOTES FROM EPISODE 80 “When you see a calling within somebody and in their life, call it out. Giving that confidence to somebody is huge and affirming.” – Josh King “There is a big difference between saying someone is ready for ministry and simply telling them they are called.” – Josh King “Don't wait until you have the job. Start learning now by hanging out with people who are actively doing what you want to do and pick it up as you can.” – Josh King “A shift for me was not being bitter about not being the trendy, cool, leader with all these special giftings, but instead, just embracing whom God created me to be.” – Josh King “We can be so tempted to get go ahead and get to a decision, but things like struggling with a committee, or struggling with some deacons or some lay leaders, there's discipleship in that.” – Josh King “If you can see the beauty in the minutia and in the journey, I would have learned quicker to bring my eyes down a little bit and to see the now, not just the next.” – Josh King “We love leadership so much, yet over and over Scripture puts a greater emphasis on following in that, great leaders are actually just great followers. And God gives a following to those who are great followers.” – Josh King “If you worry more about following Christ and about submitting to the godly leaders in your life, the leadership will come later. That's how you get developed.” – Josh King “God is not going to hold you responsible for the mess that you found. He's just holding you responsible for what you do in it.” – Josh King RECOMMENDED RESOURCES The God Who Goes Before You: Pastoral Leadership as Christ-Centered Followership by Timothy Paul Jones and Michael S. Wilder Shepherd Leadership: Wisdom for Leaders from Psalm 23 by Blaine McCormick and David Davenport
Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. It's time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry. In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of campus recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to the Campus Rec Mastermind Groups, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest David Davenport, the director at Austin Peay State University (APSU). With almost 30 years in the field, Davenport has seen and experienced a lot. He shares about his journey into campus recreation and finding his place at APSU. Plus, Davenport dives into his time as the NIRSA president. Leading through COVID-19, George Floyd and more was challenging. He gets real and shares how that time impacted his experience as a director. Finally, Davenport shares about his experience at the Campus Rec Leadership Summit and advice to directors who are looking to continue to grow. Enjoy the discussion that follows.
Join the Hoover Book Club for engaging discussions with leading authors on the hottest policy issues of the day. Hoover scholars explore the latest books that delve into some of the most vexing policy issues facing the United States and the world. Find out what makes these authors tick and how they think we should approach our most difficult challenges. In our latest installment, watch a discussion between Bill Whalen, the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Distinguished Policy Fellow in Journalism and David Davenport, research fellow emeritus, and co-author of the recently released Hoover Institution Press book Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate on Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Davenport is a research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution specializing in constitutional federalism, civic education, modern American conservatism, and international law. Davenport is the former president of Pepperdine University (1985–2000). Under his leadership, the university experienced significant growth in quality and reputation. He is the cofounder of Common Sense California and the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership. He also served on the board of California Forward, a major bipartisan reform group, and was a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's California Performance Review Commission. He is a former senior fellow of the Ashbrook Center, where he worked on civic education projects. With his colleague Gordon Lloyd, Davenport has authored How Public Policy Became War (2019), Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive? (2017), The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry (2013); a fourth book, Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate, is forthcoming in 2023. These books offer distinctive ways of understanding both historic and current debates between progressives and conservatives in the United States. Davenport is also completing a coauthored book on the civic education crisis. ABOUT THE BOOK For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here?
In this episode of The American Idea, Jeff is joined by David Davenport, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at Ashbrook, for a conversation exploring the crisis in civic education and what we can do about it. The former president of Pepperdine University from 1985-2000, David is a regular […]
In this episode of The American Idea, Jeff is joined by David Davenport, Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at Ashbrook, for a conversation exploring the crisis in civic education and what we can do about it. The former president of Pepperdine University from 1985-2000, David is a regular columnist for the Washington Examiner and his study, "Commonsense Solutions To Our Civics Crisis," was published by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation in 2020. He earned a BA with distinction in international relations from Stanford University and a JD from the University of Kansas's School of Law, where he was elected to Order of the Coif and earned national and international awards in moot court competitions.Host: Jeff SikkengaExecutive Producer: Greg McBrayerProducer: Tyler MacQueen
Photo: Samuel Seymour's 1819 illustration of a Kansa lodge and dance is the oldest drawing known to have been done in Kansas. The hero from Kansas. David Davenport, @HooverInst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole David Davenport, Hoover Institution research Fellow specializing in international law and treaties, constitutional federalism, and American politics and law.
David Davenport is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Ashbrook Center. He is the coauthor of four books and is working on a new book about America's civic education crisis. David is also a regular columnist for the Washington Examiner. He does research and writing on constitutional federalism, civic education, international law and treaties, and American politics. David talks about the journey of becoming pain free with the help of Bahman Djalali from Global Holistic Solutions.
In the 1920's, the discovery of an ancient city at Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan, gave evidence of a civilisation more than four thousand years old, to rival those known in Egypt and Mesopotamia. A number of Archeologists and Researchers including David Davenport have uncovered startling evidence of some kind of atomic war. But could it be that this ancient civilisation had the means to split the atom, or could it have been Otherwordly intervention? Join Neil & Stu as they explore the ancient city of Mahenjo Daro! The Strange and Mysterious awaits! Produced by http://www.feeglefilms.com in association with Juicy Falls. Theme tune - 'Searching For Monsters' by Darren Maffucci - http://searchingformonsters.bandcamp.com Find us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliensexplored Twitter - https://twitter.com/AliensExplored
You can get involved and help support us through our Patreon. Check out all the various tiers and rewards at http://www.patreon.com/aliensexplored before picking the right one for you! In the 1920's, the discovery of an ancient city at Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan, gave evidence of a civilisation more than four thousand years old, to rival those known in Egypt and Mesopotamia. A number of Archeologists and Researchers including David Davenport have uncovered startling evidence of some kind of atomic war. But could it be that this ancient civilisation had the means to split the atom, or could it have been Otherwordly intervention? Join Neil & Stu as they explore the ancient city of Mahenjo Daro! The Strange and Mysterious awaits! Produced by http://www.feeglefilms.com in association with Juicy Falls. Theme tune - 'Searching For Monsters' by Darren Maffucci - http://searchingformonsters.bandcamp.com Find us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliensexplored Twitter - https://twitter.com/AliensExplored
Listen now as Tim Deitz, ASA, MAAA interviews David Davenport on industry trends, services provided and process management for Software as a Service (SaaS) in an actuarial setting.
What’s it like to be a drum major in DCI? We discuss the audition process, the day to day role, and much more with 3 former drum majors of the Bluecoats. This episode was originally broadcast as a webinar during the DCI Summer of Learning sponsored by Marching Arts Education. Episode includes Bob Chreste, Willie Veenstra, Peyton Grunzke, and David Davenport.Best Bluecoats Ballad Voting: bluco.at/balladfinalsBest Bluecoats Ballad Bracket: bluecoats.com/podcastMarching Arts Education: marchingartseducation.com/bluecoats Hammond Design Mouthpieces: karlhammonddesign.comThe Shield: bluecoats.com/theshieldInstagram: @Bluecoats or @bloobrassTwitter: @BluecoatsFacebook: facebook.com/bluecoatsWeb: bluecoats.comQuestions or Suggestions: brasspodcast@bluecoats.comThe Bluecoats Brass Podcast is produced by Bob Chreste, with production support from Derek Gipson and the Bluecoats brass staff. Web and digital editors are Elizabeth Clayton and Josh Clements. Our executive producer is Mike Scott. Copyright 2020 - Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
David believes that regardless of the scale of production, an effective supervisor functions not only with passion but with a deep understanding of the complex and intricate filmmaking process.His first steps into the industry were as a trainee to costume designer Van Smith, subsequently immersing himself into the ‘filmmaking family’ of legendary auteur John Waters. There, he developed departmental job-skills that enable him to manage not only the costume design process, but liaise effectively with the many other filmmaking creative and administrative departments on and off-set. He’s now become the go-to supervisor for many of the most influential designers, directors and producers working today. By ensuring he’s always part of the wider production unit conversations, David very skilfully steers his costume teams - advising and protecting his designers to ensure the successful delivery of their artistic vision.www.angelsbehindtheseams.com
When Independence Day comes around, we mostly celebrate what we’re free from. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed our freedom from the King, from his abolishing our laws and taxing us without consent. But the other side of freedom is to ask what we are free for? What is it we want to do in a positive way with our freedoms? We are free, the same Declaration said, to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That same dilemma faces Americans now as we celebrate another Independence Day. America seeks to be free from the interference of other countries, from undue interference even from our own government. Of course we’d like to be free from viruses and face masks and racial injustice. But to accomplish that, we must accept the responsibilities of freedom. We must be free for living as responsible citizens every day. Happy Independence Day!
Over the next five years approximately 635,000 low-income multifamily housing units will reach Year 15. To date, this is the most in the history of the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) preservation program (Year 15). As you approach your 15-year compliance period, specialized disputes involve extremely complicated transactions, new and existing parties, and parties whose objectives have changed since inception of the partnership. Guest and trial lawyer David Davenport speaks with Don Bernards and Garrick Gibson on signs of dispute, where disputes may arise and language you should focus on when drafting buy-out sections.
One of the most special shows we have had. Two old friends with very similar backgrounds openly talk about their "war stories" as well as current law enforcement issues.As real as it gets.Join us.
This next Liberty Law Talk is with Gordon Lloyd of the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine on his new book, co-authored with David Davenport, The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism (Hoover Press, 2013). Much has been made, and rightly so, of the example set by Calvin Coolidge in his confrontation with the forces […]
David Davenport discusses how we lost "the cool, deliberate sense of the community" in making public policy and embraced the war metaphor.
FDR's New Deal is widely recognized as a turning point in American history, but David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd go even further, calling it “America's French Revolution.” Refashioning American government and public policy in ways that have grown to epic proportions today, Roosevelt's decisions reset the balance of power away from Congress and the states toward a strong executive branch. They also shifted the federal government away from the founders' vision of deliberation and moderation toward war and action. Having learned that a sense of crisis is helpful in moving forward a domestic agenda, post New Deal presidents have seized on the language of war to extend their power dramatically. They have declared war on everything from poverty and drugs to crime and terror. Exploring the consequences of these ill-defined (and never-ending) wars, Davenport calls for a reexamination of this destructive approach to governance and a return to more deliberative and moderate methods. MLF Organizer: George Hammond MLF: Humanities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recorded: Recorded on May 15, 2019 David Davenport, Hoover fellow and coauthor of How Public Policy Became War, analyzes how presidents have too readily declared war (on terror, drugs, poverty, you name it) and called the nation into crisis, partly to tackle the problem and partly to increase their own power. Davenport explains how policy options have been left behind because the war metaphor reduces the constraints and expands the power of what a president can do. Davenport discusses how Franklin Roosevelt used the declaration of war to expand government and shift the balance of power in the United States in a new direction, away from Congress and the states and toward a strong executive branch. Davenport notes that Roosevelt exchanged the founders’ vision of deliberation and moderation in the federal government for war and action. Davenport explains how, through the course of time, Congress has lost its ability to deliberate, negotiate, compromise, and draft bills, which results in giving more power to the executive branch. Davenport says that members of Congress are sent to Washington to represent us, and they need to be statesmen rather than party loyalists and step up to their proper constitutional role. Davenport also discusses executive orders that permit the president to issue an order on his own without any congressional legislation. He talks about the number of executive orders that have been used by presidents throughout history and how they have impacted the nation. As Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers, the cool and deliberate sense of the community ought, in all governments, and actually will, in all free governments, ultimately prevail over the views of its rulers. Finally, Davenport says he believes that President Trump is on the right track when he takes measures to limit the administrative state.
Townhall Review – June 22, 2019 The President launches his “Keep America Great” re-election campaign with an Orlando blockbuster. Hugh Hewitt and Robert Costa of the Washington Post offer their take on the rally. Mike Gallagher talks with Marc Lotter, Director of Strategic Communications for the Trump campaign, about the enthusiasm generated in preparation for the President’s re-election rally. Bob Frantz turns to Daniel Horowitz of the Conservative Review to look at the health crisis at our southern border. Sebastian Gorka asks Nigel Farage, Brexit Party founder, about the latest on the Brexit movement. Hugh Hewitt and South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham talk about foreign hot spots and the challenges faced by the Trump administration. Hugh Hewitt is joined by Alan Sears, founder of Alliance Defending Freedom, about his book on the personal faith of President Eisenhower, “The Soul of an American President.” Hugh Hewitt talks with Dr. Albert Mohler about his book, “The Apostle’s Creed – Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits.” Mark Davis talks with David Davenport, former president of Pepperdine University and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution about his book, “How Public Policy Became War.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How and when did the massive administrative state that we now know as The U.S. Federal Government come to exist? David Davenport (Hoover Institution) joined Armstrong and Getty for this episode of A&G's Extra Large podcast to discuss how one president managed to completely transform the way in which our government works, and how we can "Make Congress Great Again"
David joins me to talk about the GORUCK Constellation 12 event we completed together in 2019. It was interesting getting his points on the event because we were on different teams which means we had very different experiences. GORUCK Constellation is going to see a pretty major overhaul in 2020 so this interview may turn […] The post ADR 104: GORUCK Constellation 12 in 2019 with David Davenport appeared first on All Day Ruckoff.
In Episode 105, the boys are joined by Adam Walford of TDTips to take an early view on the betting for the 2019 NFL Season. We look at divisional odds, team total wins and to make the playoffs. and give a few recommendations. David Davenport tackles the BRAND SPANKING NEW season of the Full10Questions. It's not easy, folks! We round off with all the news around the NFL including Patriots cutting a Tight End and McCoy in Carolina. If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe/rate and review. Would help us a great deal.
In case you haven’t noticed there’s a war on . . . terror, drugs, poverty, you name it. David Davenport, a Hoover Institution research fellow specializing in constitutional federalism and American politics and law, and co-author of the newly released How Public Policy Became War, discusses how the over-use of the word war has contributed to America’s policy and cultural divides. Did you like the show? You can rate, review, subscribe, and download the podcast on the following platforms:Podbean | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic | Overcast |Google Play | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
Granting 16-years-old the right to vote, abolishing the Electoral College, reshaping the makeup of the Supreme Court, states entering a voting compact? All are proposals championed and floated by a left still smarting from the 2016 election. David Davenport, a Hoover Institution research fellow specializing in constitution federalism and Americans politics and law, discusses why one of these reforms is more feasible than the others – and the need for a renewed emphasis on civics education. Did you like the show? You can rate, review, subscribe, and download the podcast on the following platforms: Podbean | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic | Overcast | Google Play | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
We have a bad habit of not taking elections like 2018 seriously. We call them by the wrong names: It’s not just a “midterm” or “off-year” election. This election will decide the membership of the U.S. Congress, and scores of governorships, statehouses, ballot propositions and local officials. We also have a bad habit of not turning out to vote in these crucial elections. When a presidential race is on the ballot, the turnout is around 60 personality. With no presidential race, the voter turnout is a pitiful 40 personality. Finally, the 2018 election should not just be a referendum on the president. We have one more bad habit of thinking the president is our primary political representative, when in fact it should be our own member of Congress. We need to make Congress great again for our democracy to work. Whatever you do, vote in 2018.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
435 House and 33 Senate seats. 36 governorships. 6,665 state offices and tens of thousands of local ones. And you ask what’s at stake in the 2018 elections? There’s more: important ballot measures like the gas tax in California, carbon emissions in Washington, Medicaid expansion and voting rights. Beyond the direct effects of your vote lie other questions. If we split the House and Senate, will anything be passed in the next two years? Even though Donald Trump is not on the ballot, this election will largely be a referendum on his performance. It’s embarrassing but, according to the Pew Research Center, voter turnout in the U.S. is only 26th out of 32 democratic countries. Isn’t there enough at stake for you to vote? Believe me, this is not a year to be disengaged. Turn out and do your part.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Thanks for joining us! Week 1 is in the books and we have our first round table for the review of the week 1 games. Ben Rolfe and David Davenport join us to discuss the main takeaways from every game last week. We all give a waiver wire guy to pick up in fantasy, and we get podcast-bombed by a feline. Ben's work can be found through his social media handle @benrolfe15 and David is a founder and writer of Tidy NFL and can be seen through his social media handle of @Dav_TidyNFL We also hit 500 followers over the weekend too so keep an eye out on our social media (@full10yards) for details on how to win in our free giveaway! Hope you enjoy it!
The urgent need for civic education in our schools.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Below the surface of Senate hearings on whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court is a tug of war that should be brought to light. It is a battle between a judge’s commitment to follow judicial precedents versus faithfulness to the Constitution itself. Federal courts tack right and left, as Republican and Democratic presidents appoint their judges. More liberal judges increase federal power and conservative judges restrain it. But when liberal courts take the law to the left, they set precedents that conservative judges feel obligated to follow, even when the decisions were not constitutionally sound. There is value in precedent—without it the legal system would become unpredictable and unstable. But more important is following the Constitution itself. We need judges who will do both. But we don’t want slaves to precedent—whether or not that precedent is faithful to the Constitution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former President James Buchanan called the United States Senate “the greatest deliberative body in the world.” But Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, recently complained that he hasn’t even been able to get a vote on a single legislative amendment in his first 15 months on the job. The fact is that the U.S. Senate has largely quit deliberating. The Senate has voted on only 6 non-budgetary amendments so far this year and has taken only 25 roll call votes in the two-year Congress, compared with 154 at this point in the last Congress. Bills are held in secret until 51 votes are lined up and then sprung on the Senate. Largely gone are the committee deliberations, debates and amendments. Votes are taken largely to make statements for the next election, not to make great public policy. It’s high time Congress returned to “regular order.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While Mark Zuckerberg has been busy defending Facebook over data collection and privacy, a much more ominous threat is quietly coming from Europe. The European Union is implementing tough new standards on data privacy with stiff fines for violators. What many don’t realize is that these rules do not apply only to European companies, but to anyone who has data from Europeans. For example, American universities enroll students from abroad and they will now be subject to this law. Complying will cost millions and those who violate the new law could be subject to fines up to $23 million dollars. Europe’s view is that the individual controls his or her data, not companies that collect it. With an amazing overreach around the world, this now becomes a new global standard. On top of trade wars, brace yourself for a new—and costly—cold war over privacy and data.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
President Trump loves walls—besides a border wall with Mexico, he wants to erect trade walls to protect American steel and aluminum with tariffs of 25 and 10 percent, respectively. In his famous poem about walls, Robert Frost said, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” adding that before he built one, “I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out, and to whom I was likely to give offence.” Those are good questions for Mr. Trump’s policy. He wants to wall out foreign products that are cheaper than American products. But this will trouble not only nations that produce them, but also American consumers who like to save money. There’s also a question of constitutionality, since the president’s power to do this is based on national security. And the biggest question: will tariff walls even work in a global economy? Many important questions about walls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As if President Trump did not face enough legal challenges, there are now two threatened prosecutions of Americans at the International Criminal Court. First, the Palestinian territories have filed a complaint against both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu over relocating Israel’s capital to Jerusalem. While an important matter for Middle Eastern politics, it’s difficult to see how this could be a criminal matter for the court. Second, the prosecutor is seeking authority to investigate whether the U.S. military is guilty of torture and other war crimes in Afghanistan. Although the U.S. is not a member of the court, Afghanistan, on whose territory the alleged crimes occurred, is. If either of these moves ahead, it would be the first time the ICC has sought to prosecute Americans and would set up a major confrontation between the U.S. and the court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
By the 2020 election, America’s “millennial” class will replace Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest age-bloc of voters. David Davenport, a Hoover Institution research fellow specializing in constitution federalism and Americans politics and law, discusses what it will take to get a cynical under-35 crowd to the polls and, in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, whether the even younger “Generation Z” will emerge as a political force. Did you like the show? Please rate, review, and subscribe!
California is stepping closer to a civil war with the federal government over immigration. In the latest round, one day after President Trump visited the state to see prototypes of his border wall, the state senate appointed an illegal immigrant to serve on a state commission, a big step in California’s progressive history. Lizbeth Mateo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was appointed to the state’s Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Advisory Committee. Perhaps, as a lawyer who advocates for immigration rights, she would have a perspective to share as a witness before a state commission, but as a member? There’s no legal basis for that and it is a further effort by California to tweak the Trump administration. Unfortunately, the rule of law is rarely raised anymore in debates about immigration policy. Tweaking Trump is just a bad approach to public policy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A wave of change is coming in the 2018 and 2020 elections: the rise of millennial voters. In those elections, millennials, born between 1980-2000, will finally pass baby boomers as the largest voting generation. What we know is that millennials hold different political views than their boomer parents. They are more fearful, saying 4-1 that America is on the wrong track. They believe less in political institutions such as Congress and the President. They are more open to socialism, less committed to freedom. Seventy-one percent say we need a new political party. What we don’t know is how many millennials will actually show up to vote. So far, their voting percentage is low: only half or less of eligible voters in 2016. It seems likely that millennial concerns will change the conversation in future elections, but we’ll have to wait and see whether they actually vote and change the outcome.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Among many lost arts in Washington the most problematic is the lost art of compromise. The dictionary says compromise includes the root word “com” or together with the word promise: We make promises by coming together. America learned this early, with the Constitutional Convention full of compromises. But now members of Congress vote not to find the best solution for the country but the best platform for their next election. Democrats threatened to shut the entire government over dreamer immigrants, while Trump was willing to see a shutdown over his wall. And so it goes, politicians standing firm on one issue or another which they believe will get them reelected, and the whole of the federal government is held hostage. We need more politicians like Ronald Reagan, who told House Speaker Tip O’Neill, “I will take half a loaf today, but I will come back for the other half tomorrow.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One encouraging development is that power is leaving Washington, DC and heading to the states. Policy wonks call it devolution, I call it progress. After 15 years of federalizing K-12 education for example, Washington turned its back on No Child Left Behind and passed a bill returning power over schools to the states. There’s no need for Washington to act, as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says, as a national school board. There’s discussion in Congress that the states should not only manage the trees, plants and flowers in their territory, but wildlife as well, including endangered species. Welfare reform may be the next big issue and any solution is likely to create a larger role for states. Only the marijuana laws are moving the other way, toward Washington. It’s heartening that Washington may finally be reading the Tenth Amendment—that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution belong to the states or the people. Not everything needs to be a federal case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Social media blew up when it appeared that Oprah Winfrey might run for president. Think of it: two billionaire media stars who had never held political office running for president. Only in America. But the deeper question is why voters are turning in this direction? Besides their obvious frustration with politicians, voters seem more interested in making statements than actually governing. We don’t know what policies Oprah might follow and, even after a year, Trump’s policy approach is still taking shape. But they do make a statement. A related problem is that the presidency is becoming all bully pulpit and no real leadership, all hat and no cattle as they say in Texas. We want superheroes and action, not mature deliberation. What passes for action in Washington these days is party-line votes and executive orders, not working through complex issues. Citizens have duties, too, and we shouldn’t vote just to express frustration, but to guide the policy and governance of the nation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A president’s first state of the union message is an important occasion. But in our era of political theater, there is some danger that this year the sideshow will overshadow the main attraction. Several democratic members of Congress say they will boycott the event. One Congresswoman is encouraging females who do attend to dress in black. Despite the political challenges, “it’s the economy, stupid.” If Trump makes this primarily an economic address, he can succeed. Think about it: unemployment is down, jobs are up and the stock market is on fire. His big piece of legislation, the tax bill, is projected to lead to even more economic growth. The president has problems elsewhere, but so far so good on the economy and that should be his message. The Constitution does not actually require this kind of televised state of the union address, though tradition does. It’s always possible that a nontraditional president like Trump might surprise us and do something completely different.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There is a cancer growing on Congress. It is the curse of party-line voting. The biggest legislation of the Trump administration is the tax bill, passed with only Republican votes. And the biggest of the Obama administration: Obamacare, again passed on a party-line vote with only Democrats. Party-line voting has grown dramatically in the last 40 years. In the 1970s, party unity voting was around 60 percent but today it is 90 percent. Sadly it has become the new normal. Such partisanship is cancerous because it cuts out all the people and ideas of one political party. And it leads to rushed votes, without the expected give and take and amendments of a quality legislative process. It also leads to weak laws because what can be passed by one party’s vote can be undone later by the other party’s vote. This is no way to run a government. I vote for more collaboration and less hyper-partisanship in 2018.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Although a tax cut may have been a nice Christmas gift, it needs some follow-on spending cuts to work. At best, Republicans have eaten their dessert first, waiting to eat their spending cut vegetables later; at worst, they will have increased the federal deficit by another trillion dollars or more. By most estimates, even stimulating economic growth will not fully pay for the tax cut. Republicans will now have to undertake the politically courageous step of cutting federal spending. It will be difficult to make spending cuts without touching Medicare or Social Security, which President Trump has said are off limits. Meanwhile there is pressure to undo the sequester, automatic cuts on spending no one liked, but which have at least kept spending growth down. Ideally, Republicans would have disciplined themselves to do tax and spending cuts at the same time. Tax cuts may come and go, but the federal debt remains forever, it seems. And—without spending cuts—it grows. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
California governor Jerry Brown has been everywhere, preaching the gospel of blue-state California. California wildfires are the curse of climate change, he told 60 Minutes, while he whisks off to yet another climate conference in Paris, warning that the world is on the road to hell. He says the new federal tax cuts are a “monstrosity,” while he raises taxes at home.Brown has turned California into a blue-state model of governance, but all is not calm or bright. Even with higher taxes and Silicon Valley growth, the state budget has a deficit and its pension deficit has grown dramatically.Meanwhile jobs continue to flee the state in the face of high labor costs, high taxes and over-regulation. California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. The cost of housing is sky-high and the roads are old and gridlocked. Much has been made of Governor Sam Brownback's failing red-state experiment in Kansas, but Jerry Brown's blue state Christmas left lumps of coal in many stockings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One reason to be concerned about the future of America is the reduced commitment of its young people to freedom, starting with free speech. A recent survey from the Brookings Institution indicates that 44 percent of millennials do not believe hate speech is protected by the Constitution. Moreover, 51 percent believe it is appropriate to shout down a controversial speaker, with 19 percent saying it is ok to use violence for that purpose. Mistakenly, 62 percent say the First Amendment requires one controversial speaker to be balanced by another speaker.Today's college students are coddled by helicopter parents and seek safe spaces on campus, not freedom. And, with little or no civic education, students do not understand the First Amendment.Founder Benjamin Franklin said that “whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” Wake up, America, the message from our campuses is that free speech is on the decline and, ultimately, so is freedom itself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For nearly 50 years now, Freedom House has published its annual survey of the freest countries in the world. This year's report contains some troubling news.First, with an increase in authoritarian regimes and populism, overall freedom in the world declined in the past year. Second, the United States, after dropping a point in freedom last year, lost another point this year. Where would you rank the U.S. among the freest countries? Number one or two, certainly in the top 10? No, the U.S. is now tied for 45th.Though we are still rated as “free,” the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction. Burdened by over-regulation, with attacks on our political system from within and without, American democracy is seen as troubled. Abraham Lincoln wisely said, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” When it comes to freedom, we should never be content to say, “we're number 45.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Public policy is full of difficult dilemmas, tough cases where there are strong interests on both sides. Such dilemmas are not usually solved as much as they are managed. That's why two federal departments recently expanded the rights of religious employers. During the Obama years, the federal government had required religious employers to provide birth control coverage in their health insurance plans even when contrary to their religious beliefs. And the government had limited the rights of religious employers to hire or favor people who shared their beliefs. This action properly swings the pendulum back in favor of religious rights, which are protected by the First Amendment. Civil rights are also constitutionally protected, which is what creates the tension. In the end, both rights are powerful, but neither is absolute.A liberal president pushes too far in one direction and a conservative administration appropriately pushes back. Ultimately, the Supreme Court may well have to decide how to manage this difficult dilemma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A recent report reminds us that if the future of the American republic is in question, doing a better job with civic education is the answer.The report for the “Democracy at a Crossroads National Summit” provides plenty of reasons for pessimism: people don't trust their government, they don't vote, they don't take part in churches or other civic organizations like they used to. And young people lack civic knowledge, with only 23% of high school seniors scoring at a proficient level on tests.But some states are awakening to the solution: better civic education in our schools. Florida now requires a middle school course in civics and tests the students, with strong results. Illinois requires a high school civics course, and other states are looking at new requirements.The report is surely right when it says, “Civic learning, when done properly, is the best vehicle to train young people to sustain our democracy.” I hope it's coming soon to your state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NFL players kneeling to protest the national anthem isn't going away. Two owners say their players must stand; now the Commissioner wants a rule requiring all NFL players to stand. Vice President Pence famously walked out on the protest. But here's one thing you should know that many don't: Even though the phrase free speech is thrown around, the players have no constitutionally protected right to protest the anthem. The First Amendment prohibits the government from limiting free speech, not a football team. In fact, sports teams are businesses and their leagues may regulate all kinds of things, from tucking in your shirt to what patches you wear. If there is any legal angle here, it is a matter of labor negotiations between the players' union and management or the League. But it's not a matter of constitutional law under the First Amendment.Sadly our society knows so little about the Constitution, but this teachable moment is about free speech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This summer, Commentary magazine published a forum on the question: Is free speech under threat in the United States?Ironically, in a country where the Constitution and the courts carefully protect free speech, many people do not feel free to speak freely. Why? Because of a smothering blanket of political correctness that starts in our colleges and permeates our society.Speakers with points of view that differ from the liberal orthodoxy are not welcome on many campuses, and in some cases have been subject to threats and violence. Students are supposed to be protected from so-called trigger words and microaggressions in the classroom. So much for free speech and the open debate of competing ideas. The problem is that the First Amendment protects free speech from limitations by government, but the big challenges to free speech come from our culture and our campuses. It will take a strong fight to protect free speech, which is clearly under threat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
President Trump's approval numbers are low and controversies are high, nevertheless some good things are happening in our democratic system.Congress, for example, is stepping up to its responsibilities to debate and decide policy. With Trump less interested in policy particulars, Congress can become what the founders intended, the first of the branches of government. They are debating health care, tax reform and war powers instead of waiting for the president.Federalism is also flourishing, with states and cities becoming more proactive in policy affairs. I don't always agree with them, but California and other states have figured out that they can make decisions about immigration or the environment. Again, that's how the republic is supposed to work.There's even a new appreciation for checks and balances and separations of power as the Constitution established them.Call them unintended good consequences of Donald Trump's presidency, perhaps, but these are healthy signs for our democratic system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
California's travel ban, forbidding the expenditure of state money to travel to states that have policies they don't like, is what I call “bully federalism.”You may remember federalism, the idea that state and local governments retain considerable power in our federal system. Under the 10th Amendment, states can fight back and defend their powers against Washington.But California's federalism is not defending against federal power, it is offensive in nature, seeking to force its policies onto other states.California doesn't want state officials—or even university students—to travel to states that do not agree with its policies on LGBT issues. With the 6th largest economy in the world, California has the economic power to be a bully.Do we all have to be like California? Is California the only state that gets things right? Is there no respect for the laws of other states, as seems to be called for by the “full faith and credit” provision of the Constitution? No one likes bullies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This summer, Commentary magazine published a forum on the question: Is free speech under threat in the United States? Ironically, in a country where the Constitution and the courts carefully protect free speech, many people do not feel free to speak freely. Why? Because of a smothering blanket of political correctness that starts in our colleges and permeates our society. Speakers with points of view that differ from the liberal orthodoxy are not welcome on many campuses, and in some cases have been subject to threats and violence. Students are supposed to be protected from so-called trigger words and microaggressions in the classroom. So much for free speech and the open debate of competing ideas. The problem is that the First Amendment protects free speech from limitations by government, but the big challenges to free speech come from our culture and our campuses. It will take a strong fight to protect free speech, which is clearly under threat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The American dream rests on the notion on “rugged individualism”: freedom, liberty, and equality of opportunity and a tradition of conquering physical, economic, social, and political frontiers. David Davenport, coauthor of Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive?, looks at President Trump’s political philosophy, his record to date and suggests ways the new administration can restore this flickering American tradition. If you like the show, please rate, review, and subscribe!
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