Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Midmorning takes a closer look at the meaning of liberty, and how it has changed since the U.S. Constitution was framed.9:06 a.m.
Guests
Pauline Maier: Professor of history at MIT and author of "American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence."
Randy Barnett: Professor of legal theory at Georgetown University Law Center. He is also the author of "Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty" (Princeton 2004) and "The Structure of Liberty (oxford 1998).
Revisiting the painful legacy of the Vietnam war A rebroadcast of the first Midmorning Book Club on the novel, "The Things They Carried." Author Tim O'Brien's classic delves into the impact of the Vietnam War on veterans and families and was named as one of the 25 best works of fiction over the last quarter century by the New York Times Book Review.10:06 a.m.
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