C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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History Bookshelf: "Lincoln's Sense of Humor"
1 hour, 14 minutesRichard Carwardine, former president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, examines Abraham Lincoln's sense of humor and his ability to invoke it throughout his life and presidential tenure. He speaks at the National Churchill Library and Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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"The Original Black Elite"
1 hour, 14 minutesElizabeth Dowling Taylor recalls the rise and fall of America's black elite, from Emancipation to the Jim Crow Era, through the life of Daniel Murray, an Assistant Librarian at the Library of Congress. Ms. Taylor speaks at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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George W. Bush, "Portraits of Courage"'
1 hour, 3 minutesFormer President George W. Bush discusses his paintings of American veterans and why he chose them as his subjects. He's joined in conversation by Frederick Ryan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
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After Words: Reclaiming Our Founders
59 minutesJournalist Sophia Nelson discusses her book, "E Pluribus ONE" in which she provides steps to move the country beyond recent political divisions and towards the united vision the founders had for the country. She is interviewed by Michael Steele, former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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The Communicators: "Watching TV"
30 minutesWally Podrazik, television curator at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, provides a history of television.
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After Words: Richard Haass
1 hour, 0 minuteCouncil on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass examines the challenges to foreign policy in his book , "A World in Disarray" and argues for what he calls world order 2.0 - a more modern global operating system. Mr. Haass says that the U.S. maintains a leadership role in providing stability in the world but that America will also have to examine its own political issues and offers recommendations for a way forward. Mr. Haass is interviewed by Paula Dobriansky Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs for the Bush Administration, 2001-09 and Senior Fellow for Harvard University's Future of Diplomacy Project.
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"Stand Your Ground"
1 hour, 15 minutesCaroline Light, director of undergraduate studies in the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Harvard University, offers a critical examination of stand-your-ground laws, now adopted in thirty-three states, and how the gun rights movement has emboldened DIY self-defense. She speaks at New York University Book Store in New York City.
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"Bottleneckers"
46 minutesInstitute for Justice Strategic Research Director Dick Carpenter discusses his book, "Bottleneckers" which looks at how special interest groups advocate for government regulations to benefit their businesses. Mr. Carpenter says the right refers to the special interest groups as "crony capitalists" while the left labels them "fat cats." He says the name to best describe these groups is bottlenecker - a person who advocates for the creation or perpetuation of government regulation, particularly an occupational license, to restrict entry into his or her occupation, thereby accruing an economic advantage without providing a benefit to consumers.
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After Words: Richard Haass
58 minutesCouncil on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass examines the challenges to foreign policy in his book , "A World in Disarray" and argues for what he calls world order 2.0 - a more modern global operating system. Mr. Haass says that the U.S. maintains a leadership role in providing stability in the world but that America will also have to examine its own political issues and offers recommendations for a way forward. Mr. Haass is interviewed by Paula Dobriansky Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs for the Bush Administration, 2001-09 and Senior Fellow for Harvard University's Future of Diplomacy Project.
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Book TV
7 hours, 1 minuteNon-fiction books and authors.