Liberty University

May 12, 2012

Liberty University in Lynchberg Virginia has been a forum for many conservative speeches. Mitt Romney is the latest to speak to the students there when he delivered the 2012 Spring commencement address. Moderate presidential candidates often appear to burnish their conservative credentials. President George H. W. Bush spoke in 1990, John McCain in 2006, and Rick Perry in 2011 all spoke. Other conservative speakers over the years include Oliver North, Justice Thomas, Michele Bachmann, and Karl Rove. See all the speeches here

Dick Clark on C-SPAN

April 27, 2012

No, Dick Clark never appeared on C-SPAN. There is no American Bandstand or New Year’s at Times Square in the Video Library. However, Rep. David Dreier (R-CA), a personal friend of Dick Clark, gave a tribute to the late entertainer on the House floor.

It is not unusual for Members of Congress to give tributes to famous personalities. One personality, Bob Hope, had a premature tribute when his death was mistakenly announced on the House floor, June 5, 1998. Hope did not die until July 27, 2003. You can watch this premature announcement here.

You can search the Video Library for many other tributes to personalities, sports teams, outstanding students, and fallen soldiers that members deliver on the House and Senate floor.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Tune in to C-SPAN to watch the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Obama and entertainer Jimmy Kimmel will speak. If you miss it, you can always view it in the C-SPAN Video Library where you will find previous years dinners. They are always entertaining although some jokes do get groans. It is an annual Spring Washington event. C-SPAN also shows the arrivals, the glitterati, and scenes outside some associated parties. The C-SPAN Video Library is your source for political entertainment.

The Killing of Osama Bin Laden

April 20, 2012

During a recent speech at the U.S. Naval Academy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked about events in the White House Situation Room on the night that Osama Bin Laden was killed. Hear her answer here:

Robert Caro on C-SPAN

April 13, 2012

With the release of the fourth volume in Robert Caro’s life work on President Lyndon Johnson, you can review twenty-eight programs featuring Robert Caro in the C-SPAN Video Library. Just check out his bio page You will find a Q&A with a tour of the office where he writes. You will find a Booknotes interview with on his second volume, Means of Ascent. Mr Caro sat down with C-SPAN for a three-hour BookTV In Depth interview about all his works. In many other forums and interviews found on his bio page, you will find Caro discussing how he painstakingly researches and writes, what he has learned about Johnson, and his collaboration with his wife.

Look for upcoming programs on this newest volume of the LBJ history, including a forthcoming Q&A. This program will air May 6.