In this installment of Books of Our Time, host Lawrence R. Velvel discusses with author Elizabeth Warren her new book "The Two Income Trap."  The book is a revealing look at how overall wages have decreased for family earners despite women entering the workforce.
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Dean Lawrence R. Velvel sits down with author Dan Oren to discuss his  book "Joining the Club."  The book details the extensive religiously based discrimination that took place at Yale University and other Ivy League institutions throughout the 21st century.

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William Chafe from Duke University sits down with Dean Lawrence R. Velvel from the Massachsuetts School of Law to discuss Chafe's new book "PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC CONSQUENCES: PERSONALITY AND POLITICS IN MODERN AMERICA."  This is the second part of their two hour discussion on BOOKS OF OUR TIME. They discuss the personal lives of FDR, MLK, JFK and many more prominent public figures of the 20th century.
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Massachusetts School of Law Dean Lawrence R. Velvel sits down with James McPherson to discuss McPherson's new book "THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE".  McPherson is an awarding winning civil war historian.  This is the first of four hours of their discussion.
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Dean Lawrence R. Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law sits down with James McPherson to discuss his new book "THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE". McPherson is a leading historian of the American Civil War. This is the first of four hours of that conversation.
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Listen to this installment of “Books of Our Time� (watch Part 1 or Part 2) as Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charlie Savage. Savage is a national reporter for the Boston Globe and recently won a Pulitzer prize for his articles about signing statements that were used by George W. Bush to negate legislation and extend presidential power.

In this interview Savage will be discussing his new work, “Take Over – The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American Democracy�. This interview is the first of two parts.

Savage describes in extraordinary detail Vice President Dick Cheney’s actions on 9-11, the expansion of presidential war authority and war powers, and the high levels of executive involvement in illegal wiretaps and torture.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

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Noted Civil War historian James McPheson joins Dean Lawrence R. Velvel for a day long discussion on his lifelong study of the war.
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Dean Larry Velvel interviewes Tufts University Professor Sol Gittleman about his new book "Reynolds, Raschi, and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953". The interview orginally aired on Comcast CN8 television. Visit www.mslaw.edu for more information.
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The Death Penalty

MSL Educational Forum host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the changing role of the death penalty in criminal justice.  It may be observed that there are growing movements to abolish the death penalty completely.  Is this helpful?  What are the forces on both sides of this debate?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

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Aftermath from 9/11

Question of Law host Michael Coyne and guests discuss the effects the tragedy of 9/11 has had on the nation in the ensueing 6 years.  They focus on issues such as immigration and civil rights.  How do we protect ourselves and remain the beacon of liberty our forefathers envisioned?  Can we have both security and freedom?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

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