My name is kevin butter fooerfi. Im t it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mt. Vernon Ladies Association and the Ford Motor Company which each month sponsors a free monthly book talk just like this one, an opportunity for people to the community to come and learn from some of the greatest historians in the field. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the program, just shortly, well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident , chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s which will be discussed tonight. Shell be joined by brian lann, founder and executive chairman of cspan, in moderating an esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. And the american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article 1 is quite long. Article 2 much shorter. And the ke
We need fed chief jay powell to listen to last nights big, bad Conference Call from csx thats a railroad. Or this mornings report from aerospace texron that showed a weakness in almost always Robust Aerospace sector or tonight, surprisingly not so hot guidance from united rentals, the Equipment Rental company at the same time, we need to innor ti ignore the bank Conference Calls from bank of america on the heels of the major bank stocks that have been good. Certainly happen we got lets hope he stays away from any Conference Call in the red hot airlines sector. Why . Because we have two economies and right now out of scn krrks nrks krrcn sync if you believe bank of america, j. P. Morgan, citi group, why not, consumers are spending but were taking down a little debt. Paying it off. Based on what is happening in the consumer economy, you could easily make the case for more rate hikes here but the Business Economy is a totally different story. That Conference Call, i have to describe it as
Im mackenzie. Welcome again to the university of chicago where a distinguished group of guests met together to watch a film and to discuss a film by Milton Friedman in series free to choose. In it, he examines the consumer movement, the whole development of high powered government agencies. In recent recent decades in this country, which have set out to protect the interest of the consumer. Now, does this consumerism really work. Or are there better ways of protecting the interest of the consumer . Thats the question, Milton Friedman asks in this film. The 1960s corvair condemned ralph nader as unsafe at any speed speed. Since naders attack, its being increasingly that we need government in the marketplace today. There are agencies all over washington where bureaucrats decide whats good for us. Agencies to control the prices we pay, the quality goods we can buy, the choice of products available. Its costing us more than 5 billion a year. Since the attack. The corvair. Government has be
Counsel jack smith. The 45page indictment accuses the former e president of three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Culminating in the january 6th attacks on the u. S. Capitol. Heres the Special Counsel tuesday after the charges were handed up. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 20211, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. If lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of clerking, counting and certifying collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Paul lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnists dan Dan Henninger kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, its interesting, he cited the riots at capitol, but thats not really in the indictment, per se, nothing that links to the rioters in par
Im mackenzie. Welcome again to the university of chicago where a distinguished group of guests met together to watch a film and to discuss a film by Milton Friedman in series free to choose. In it, he examines the consumer movement, the whole development of high powered government agencies. In recent recent decades in this country, which have set out to protect the interest of the consumer. Now, does this consumerism really work. Or are there better ways of protecting the interest of the consumer . Thats the question, Milton Friedman asks in this film. The 1960s corvair condemned ralph nader as unsafe at any speed speed. Since naders attack, its being increasingly that we need government in the marketplace today. There are agencies all over washington where bureaucrats decide whats good for us. Agencies to control the prices we pay, the quality goods we can buy, the choice of products available. Its costing us more than 5 billion a year. Since the attack. The corvair. Government has be