Henry I. Miller, MD, the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, discusses James Holmes, the Aurora killings, and mental illness on the John Batchelor Show.

Jack Goldsmith, a member of Hoover’s Task Force on National Security and Law, discusses his recent book Power and Constraint and the threats, decisions, and pressures that are part of being commander in chief. Goldsmith notes that the powers our post-9/11 commanders in chief assumed have been met with thousands of barely visible legal and political constraints—enforced by congressional committees, government lawyers, courts, and the media—that have transformed our unprecedentedly powerful presidency into one that is also unprecedentedly accountable.

This week on Uncommon Knowledge President George W. Bush discusses postpresidential life and his work at the Bush Institute. (1:03:21)
“I believe we are a blessed nation; that is, therefore, we have a sense of responsibility to the extent we can to help others. In this case there was a pandemic destroying an entire generation of people. And I didn’t see how I could be president of a powerful, the most powerful, and the richest nation and not lend our support to saving lives. It would have been unconscionable not to act. So I thought it was in our moral interest to act. I also knew it was in our national security interest to act.”