Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
Here all three of them in the red today. As you just saw the dow finishing down 130. The s p down 28, the nasdaq down 140. We were concerned it was going to slip further into correction territory. Did not do that but not by a lot, my friends. What was going on there . Big tech, momentum stocks having the most trouble here today as we start to think about the recovery, is it real, whats going on with the concerns that the improvement in the economy may not be what we need . The momentum stocks, apple, amazon, youre seeing them here on your screen, microsoft, google, facebook, all down more than 2 . There are big concerns about valuation. Are the stocks too rich. They led the downturn today. They are extending declines from yesterday. I should mention here tesla snapping a five day winning streak. That is not nothing. What was at the roots of concerns . Concerns about the recovery. Weekly jobless claims coming in. 860,000 workers filing unemployment claims. That is below one million for
Historic reservation and an ma in Early American History from the college of william and mary. She has can treated to the developing of permanence galleries at the new revolutionary war museum in yorktown. A special exhibition curator for yorktown and jamestown, including tenacity, early jamestown in virginia. Also the forgotten soldier, africanamericans and the revolution. Kate will present her topic. Please welcome my good friend kate gruber. applause good afternoon. You have to get through me before we get to happy hour. I promise ill make that happen with as much alacrity as possible. Mark twain said it best, clothes make the man, naked people have little to no influence on society. Mark twain also said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog, so maybe we shouldnt exactly take his word or it. Also he dressed like this. Why dont we go to the british author robert campbell, who wrote that no man is ignorant, the taelor is the one who makes our clothes. In some measure h
Home in alexandria. Speciale gruber is a exhibition curator for the foundation. She earned her bachelor of arts in Historic Preservation from the university of mary and washington. She contributes to the development of permanent galleries at the museum in yorktown including the signature film liberty fever. Whichveloped exhibitions i highly encourage you to go see. Soldier forgotten africanamericans in the revolution. Ate will present please welcome my good friend, kate gruber. Katherine good afternoon. You have to get through me before you can get to happy hour. I promise that will happen with as much alacrity as possible. All right. Mark twain said it best, as he usually does, clothing makes a man. Little people have little naked people have little to no influence on society. He said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog. Maybe we should not exactly take his word for it. Also, he dressed like this. [applause] [laughter] katherine why dont we go to the british author r
Including tenacity, early jamestown in virginia. Also the forgotten soldier, africanamericans and the revolution. Ate will present her topic please welcome my good friend kate gruber. Good afternoon. You have to get through me before we get to happy hour. I promise ill make that happen with as much alacrity as possible. Mark twain said it best, clothes make the man, naked people have little to no influence on society. Mark twain also said the more i learn about people, the more i like my dog, so maybe we shouldnt exactly take his word or it. Also he dressed like this. Why dont we go to the british author robert campbell, who wrote that no man is ignorant, the taelor is the one who makes our clothes. In some measure he makes himself. In short, the clothes make the man. In 18thcentury people had a relationship with their clothing. Role inrs who had a producing clothing, imprudent importing or selling. This is true for alexandria virginia on the eve of the revolution. They define themselv