HELLO AMERICA, THIS IS LIFE,
LIBERTY AND LEVIN.
HOW ARE YOU.
>> OKAY.
GOOD SEEING YOU.
>> I CONSIDER YOU ONE OF THE
WISE MEN OUT THERE.
A CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE
REAGAN ERA, THIS IS WHERE WE
FIRST MET.
YOU WERE AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL
DAM OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION.
YOU MADE A A DIFFERENCE IN
THESE SPOTS.
YOU WERE THE FIRST DRUGS ARE,
WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
LONG AGO, YOU WERE A DEMOCRAT
WHEN THE DEMOCRAT WAS A
MODERATE.
NOW WE SEE THIS RADICAL LEFT
AND THEY SEEM TO BE THE
LEADERS OF THE PARTY.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE SOCIALIST,
A CRAZY FROM MANHATTAN, HOW
THEY WERE PUSHED TO THE SIDE
AND YET THE MEDIA PROMOTES
THEM.
WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING ON.
I GREW UP IN NEW YORK WITH AN
IRISH CATHOLIC FAMILY.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANY
REPUBLICANS.
THERE GOES THE REPUBLICANS.
I JOINED THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION.
RONALD REAGAN HAD BEEN --DASH
MY WIFE AND I HAD SWITCHED.
THE SPECIFIC THING WAS VOTING
DOWN.
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I REMEMBER THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE
DEMOCRAT PARTY I LIKE GROWING
UP.
THE DEFENSIVE AMERICA AND
HUMAN RIGHTS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A HUGE
FAILURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
DOING NOW THE MIDTERM SHOWED
US THAT, I WAS READING IN THE
BACKGROUND FOR A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO GOT ELECTED AS
DEMOCRATS AND EX- MARINE,
HELICOPTER PILOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MODERATES BUT
IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE ENERGY
IS ON THE LEFT AND THEY ARE
AFRAID OF THE ENERGY AND THE
EMBARRASSMENT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED
ANYTHING.
WHEN I SAY THEY I MEAN
LEADERSHIP, PELOSI AND THE
LIKE.
WE BEEN HERE BEFORE, REMEMBER
1972, GEORGE MCGOVERN WAS
CHECKING AND 520 - 17
ELECTORAL VOTES.
THIS PARTY HAS DONE THIS
BEFORE.
IT'S YIELDED TO THIS
TEMPTATION BEFORE.
THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS
ARE DOING NOT BOTHERS ME BUT
DOESN'T WORRY ME?
NOT AS DEEPLY AS THE FACT THAT
THERE SEEMS TO BE APPEAL TO
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
PARTICULARLY ABOUT YOUNG
PEOPLE, MILLENNIAL'S IN THE DJ.
>> HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL,
THEY WERE MOVING LEFT PRETTY
HARD LEFT AND THEY.
MUCH CONTROL THE SCHOOL
SYSTEMS, EVEN MORE THAN THIS
WILL BOARD I FELT.
HAS THAT GOTTEN WORSE?
HAS THE DOCTOR NATION GOTTEN
WORSE?
>> IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE, THEY
ARE AS POWERFUL AS THEY HAVE
EVER BEEN.
I REMEMBER DURING THE REAGAN
ADMINISTRATION, YOU ARE
LOOKING AT FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT AND I
WAS LOOKING FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION.
HERE AS I SEE AND OTHER
PLACES, REPUBLICANS WERE
MODERATES AND BECOME A FAINT
IMITATION OF THE LEFT WING.
THEY YIELD ON A LOT OF
THINGS.
BATHROOMS, ONE OF THE MOST
RIDICULOUS THINGS THAT HAVE
EVER HAPPENED IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA THAT YOU CAN GO
TO THE BATHROOM OF YOUR
CHOICE, BASED ON THE CHOICE OF
YOUR GENDER.
IT SHOULD'VE BEEN LAUGHED OUT
OF TOWN BUT WASN'T.
THIS WAS PUSHED OBVIOUSLY BY
THE LEFT BY LGBTQ COMMUNITY,
BUT IT WAS ASSENTED TO BY THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
I THINK THAT CO-OPTATION OF
THE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT
HAS FIGURED VERY PROMINENTLY
AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS WE ARE NOT TEACHING
THESE KIDS.
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH
SCHOOL, ABOUT AMERICA AND WHAT
IS AMERICA.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
COLLEGES, BUT IT'S THE
JESUITS, I WENT TO THE JESUIT
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SHOOL
HIGH SCHOL
HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE EARLIER
YEARS IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LATEST
SURVEY ON FREE HEALTHCARE,
FREE COLLEGE FOR EVERYBODY,
GLOBAL WARMING NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY, YOU WILL SEE
MAJORITIES OF MILLENNIAL'S AND
BIGGER MAJORITIES, GENERATION
Z WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE
MILLENNIAL'S, AND THAT IS
WORRISOME, VERY WORRISOME.
A CAUTIONARY TALE AND
SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS
AND WILL GET INTO THIS, WE
DON'T JUST ADDRESS IT BY
SAYING SOCIALIST, SOCIALIST,
WE HAVE TO SAY WHAT'S WRONG
WITH THAT VIEW.
>> WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT AND
HOW DO WE, WE ARE THE REAL
OUTSIDERS, HOW DO WE GET INTO
THE EDUCATIONAL
ESTABLISHMENT.
WE NEED TO BREAK IT UP,
FORMALLY BREAK IT UP?
DO WE NEED TO APPLY ANTITRUST
LAWS TO WHAT'S GOING ON?
DO WE NEED ALTERNATIVES, HOME
SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HOW
DO WE ADDRESS THIS BEHEMOTH.
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING, I HATE
TO SAY FOR HOW MANY YEARS,
IT'S GENEROUS TO ME, IT'S
ENTIRELY MY FAULT.
I WAS LECTURING ON CHOICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHARTER
SCHOOLS, SOCIALISM IS WHAT
SOCIALISM DOES.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE
HISTORY.
IF YOU GO INTO A COLLEGE
FRESHMAN AND TALK TO KIDS.
IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT BUT IT IS
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM FAULT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
ANTITRUST DEAL.
I WOULD YIELD TO YOU ON THAT
BUT I DO KNOW WORKING INSIDE
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL
CHOICE, MORE CRITICISM OF
WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT RIGHT NOW
THE DEBATE, COMING BACK TO
YOUR QUESTION AS I'M THINKING
ABOUT YOUR QUESTION, IT MAY BE
IS WORSE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
LEFT NOW AND THE NEA LISTENS
TO THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION IS NOW SUGGESTING
THAT SCHOOL FIRST AND FOREMOST
IS NOT ABOUT READING AND
WRITING AND MATH HISTORY.
IT'S ABOUT SOCIAL EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
WE CAN'T TEACH THESE OTHER
THINGS UNTIL WE HAVE SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
THAT'S OF COURSE SOMETHING IN
THEIR MIND WHICH IS YET EVER
TO BE ACHIEVED BY HUMAN
SOCIETY.
IT IS A QUESTION NOW AS TO
WHETHER THE SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT
THEIR BUSINESS IN ANY
MEANINGFUL SENSE, AND BY THE
WAY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TESTS,
WE DON'T DO VERY WELLIN MATH
AND READING.
WE HAVEN'T FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS
BUT OUR WORST SUBJECT IS
AMERICAN HISTORY.
YOU CANNOT LOVE A COUNTRY AND
HOW DO YOU ASK SOMEONE TO
DEFEND A COUNTRY IF THEY DON'T
KNOW.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE STORY, OR
IF THEY DO KNOW THE STORY THEY
KNOW THE STORY ACCORDING TO
WIDELY USED LEFT WING
TEXTBOOK.
>> YOUR FIRST REALLY BIG BOOK
IS ABOUT MORALITY.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT WAS A SUPERDUPER BIG
BOOK.
>> IT SOLD MOST AS MUCH AS THE
LIVE-IN BOOK.
>> IT WAS HUGE.
DO YOU THINK THAT BOOK WOULD
SELL AS MANY COPIES TODAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I TALKED TO MY PUBLISHER AND
THEY SAID WE'D LIKE TO GET THE
BOOK OF VIRTUES OUT AGAIN, THE 2
BOOK OF VIRTUES OUT AGAIN, THE t
BOOK OF VIRTUES OUT AGAIN, THE h
ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
HOWEVER WE THINK YOU NEED TO
HAVE A CO-AUTHOR OF A
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
YOU HAVE TO FILL IN THE REST?
AND WE NEED TO HAVE STORIES
ABOUT MORAL ADDICT IMMENSE AND
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOU CAN
IMAGINE, WHAT THE AGENDA IS.
THEY WANT TO TURN THE BOOK OF
VIRTUES INTO A 21st CENTURY
MANUAL THAT'S POLITICALLY
CORRECT.
I SAID NO.
THE BOX ON THE TABLE BUT WE
CAN'T DO IT.
IT'S CRAZY.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
WORLD.
I WOULD LOVE TO UPDATE THE
BOOK OF VIRTUES WITH STORIES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME THAT
FIT WITH THE OVERALL THEME AND
IT'S NOT ABOUT A PARTICULAR
TIME.
CS LEWIS SAYS YOU CAN NO MORE
INVENT A NEW MORAL CODE THEN
YOU CAN IN COLOR.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT, I GIVE YOU A WORLD IN
WHICH WE LIVE.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> AND THAT'S PROBLEMATIC
BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY 25 YEARS
AGO.
YOU CAN SEE BIG CHANGES IN THE
LAST TEN YEARS.
WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS?
HAS PROGRESSIVE LEFT DEVOURED
THE CULTURE SO THOROUGHLY THAT
WHEN YOU LOOK AT
ENTERTAINMENT, HOLLYWOOD TV,
THE MEDIA, POLITICIANS, THE
CLASSROOM, THERE'S ALMOST NO
ROOM, NO ROOM FOR PEOPLE WHO
SAY TIMEOUT, CAN WE TALK ABOUT
LIBERTY AND INDIVIDUALISM AND
NATURAL LAW?
AND WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THESE THINGS IN THESE GREAT
SOCIETY?
>> THE ANSWER IS YES.
I WAS CORRESPONDING YESTERDAY
WITH MY FRIEND DENNIS, YOU
KNOW DENNIS, DENNIS HAS A
LIST, 40 THINGS THAT THE LEFT
HAS DESTROYED AND YOU JUST GO
DOWN THE LIST.
IF THEY HAVEN'T DESTROYED IT,
THEY HAVE TRIED TO.
MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE
TENDED TO TAKE IT OVER.
THE SCHOOLS, MANY OF THE
CHURCHES, THE MEDIA, POLITICS,
THEY GO RIGHT DOWN THE LIST OF
CHARACTER FORMING INSTITUTIONS
AND THE LEFT IS THERE.
OUR GUYS, OUR TEAM EVER SINCE
THE FOUNDERS, OUR GUYS, THEY
WANT TO GO TO PHILADELPHIA,
DRAFT CONSTITUTION AND GET
BACK TO THEIR FARMS AND GET
BACK TO THEIR WORK.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE IN
WASHINGTON, THE LEFT LOVES TO
BE IN WASHINGTON, THEY LOVE TO
BE IN CONTROL AND EMPOWER.
THIS OF COURSE IS WHAT NOW
BECAME SO REAL AND APPARENT
WITH THE CANDIDACY OF DONALD
TRUMP.
WHEN HE SAID THIS TO US IN
EVERYBODY OR A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALIZE WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS
TRUE THE GOVERNMENT WAS IN THE
GRIP OF AN ELITE WHICH NEEDED
TO BE CHALLENGED, AND IT DID.
>> YOU ARE HIS HISTORIAN.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I WANT TO
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
PRESIDENCY.
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