gordon wood for this evening. he was not able to attend, but i think that we've hit a home run as a pinch hitter in this situation. so we're very pleased to welcome to the university of notre dame, dr. patrick deneen to my immediate left and then to my far left. dr. phillip munoz and june. of 2018, barack obama posted on his facebook page the ten books that he was reading at that time, and one of the books he mentioned, he set about the book in a time of growing inequality, accelerating change and increasing disillusionment with the liberal democratic order we've known for the past few centuries, iound this book thoroughly thought provoking. i don't agree with most of the authors conclusions, but the book offers cogent insights into the loss of meaning and community that many in the west feel issues that liberal democracy is ignore at their own peril. thatk was this book why liberalism failed by patrick deneen. one of our guests tonight. one lesson from that, by the way, is ifou ex-president tweet about it. so tha