Work. I wanted to start with something that is an introduction to the book at going to quote you. He said most of us have a personal connection to the work that we do. And a reset outcome you set out to discover your family. And that on our families but our Puerto Ricans. I think that is true for those of us who were born into as will those of us were born you. I would like to talk about the discovery of a family. Can you tell me about that . Guest well, mine was a Small Nuclear family. I was born here in new york. Living in washington heights. My mother was from puerto rico and my father was cuban. I was the only child. There was a small but hardworking you know, and my father was very procastro. We would have meetings, he would have like 10 or 15 people on saturday nights, my mother would make coffee and they would talk to don. It was exciting for me because i would hear all these exciting conversations about politics, latin America Castor which people havent heard about but was all
Book, inside job, how government insiders subvert the Public Interest. His book looks at the sources of national decline. Typically when people think about national decline, they often look outside government, add special Interest Groups that try to coop governments for their own benefit. However, mark takes a different approach and looks at the sources of national decline. Com from inside government, from government insiders. It may cause even more harm to countries and civilizations than the harms that come fro outside government. We are looking forward to hearing from him today. The way we will frame todays book form, first we will hear remarks from him and then we will have comments from Jonathan Rauch at the Brookings Institution and myself. First i would like to introduce doctor zupan. He began his tenure as the 14th resident of Alfred University on july 2016. He was at the Business School of rochester from january 1, 2004. He served as dean and professor of economics at the univ
Struck and killed by an a c transit bus. What we are learning about how this tragedy came to an oakland street whoosh he was supposed to take care of summer campers at San Franciscos ymca. Police say he took advantage of them instead. Now hes facing molestation charges, whoosh i mean its pretty bad students in marin county react to racist graffiti aimed at a high school administrator. Whoosh Colin Kapaernick took a stand by taking a knee. Now the 49er quarterback is getting Death Threats for failing to stand for the national anthem. His defiant response ahead, on kron four news in prime time. A community in mourning tonight after 2 year old jeremiah esera tragically he was hit and killed earlier by an ac transit bus. It happened in an oakland neighborhood this afternoon. This is video of the scene. From our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. Good evening im pam moore. And im steve aveson. Kron4s alecia reid is following this tragic accident tonight. Alecia you heard from the littl
Junior at the Georgia Institute of technology. Im also a member of the Young Americas Foundation and club 100 program for ive worked with them to bring conservative speakers to campus. Its my honor to introduce our speaker, thomas dilorenzo, the professor of economics. He holds a phd in economics from university and he is the author and coauthor of more than 10 books, including underground government, the off officialor, the diversion of federal cancer funds to politics, the student drug from pathology to and how capitalism saved america. Hes held faculty positions at the university of tennessee and the State University of new york. Hes currently an adjunct scholar. Thank you. [applause] mr. How capitalism saved america mr. Dilorenzo the topic of my book, how capitalism saved , i would explain why the mayflower is on the cover. In the genesis of this book was right after my previous book, we werel lincoln, talking about the enron accounting scandal. We agreed what was going to happen w
Democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is facing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the author of several