Presidential Speeches
Claremont McKenna professor John Pitney taught a class about presidential speeches and public opinion, focusing on the 1970s through the 1990s. He examines how presidential communication shi…
658 viewsClaremont McKenna professor John Pitney taught a class about presidential speeches and public opinion, focusing on the 1970s through the 1990s. He examines how presidential communication shi…
658 viewsProfessor Ralph Rossum talked about his book, Understanding Clarence Thomas: The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part …
1,229 viewsRoderic Ai Camp talked about his book, Politics in Mexico: Democratic Consolidation or Decline?. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part of Book TV’s College Series.
781 viewsProfessor George Thomas talked about his book, The Founders and the Idea of a National University: Constituting the American Mind. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is …
937 viewsProfessor Jon Shields talked about his book, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part of B…
1,347 viewsProfessor Charles Kesler talked about the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly review published by the Claremont Institute. Charles Kesler is a professor at Claremont McKenna College, a se…
1,108 viewsProfessor Jonathan Petropoulos talked about his book, Artists Under Hitler: Collaboration and Survival in Nazi Germany. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part of Boo…
1,062 viewsJohn Pitney talked about his book, The Politics of Autism: Navigating The Contested Spectrum. This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part of Book TV’s College Series.
521 viewsPulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith discussed his book, Who Stole the American Dream?, in which he argues that over the past four decades the American Dream had been dismantled and the U.S. …
5,228 viewsProfessor Rossum talked about his book Antonin Scalia’s Jurisprudence: Text And Tradition, published by University Press of Kansas. He examined the U.S. Supreme Court Justice’s decisions on …
425 viewsJean Lipman-Blumen and Barbara Kellerman are the authors of two different books on leadership and the harmful and helpful ways followers are affected. They also talked about the role that fo…
859 viewsProfessor Cornel West talked about his book Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism. Professor West spoke about the current state of democracy in America, citing that lawma…
744 viewsPatrick Guerriero, the Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, talked about his personal and political journey as a gay conservative. He is a former mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts …
188 viewsPhilip Klinkner talked about his book The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America, published by the University of Chicago Press. The author argues that racial prog…
290 viewsSidney Poitier gave the Spring 2002, Claremont McKenna College Commencement speech.
253 viewsDavid McCullough, author and historian, told students about his presidential biography, titled “Truman", and about the writing of history and research techniques. He spoke on the importance …
561 viewsDavid Eisenhower, Author, Eisenhower at War, speaks about his grandfather’s career in World War II and as President of the United States. After his prepared remarks, he takes questions from …
349 viewsAuthor Francis Fukuyama talked about his book The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order, published by the Free Press. The book examines the importance of ‘so…
317 viewsParticipants talked about the origins of the conservative movement in America, the goals of the movement and how to keep the movement alive in the future. After their comments they answered …
151 viewsHistorian and Author Stephen Ambrose addressed the graduating class of 1999 about the importance of friendship. He talked about his relationships with college friends and discussed the frien…
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