That was more important. When in the middle of that situation, the thenpublisher didnt want to give us an option to buy it. He had it was for sale for 150,000. But we needed 1 million in order to go into business because it was losing a certain amount of money every year. I had told ham, its useless if you dont have an option because who knows what will happen. So edgar came to a meeting with ralph nader, a man named ping ferry, who is a marvelous guy, and his wife, and ham and me, to get the option. They spoke eloquently, with edgar leading the way on why he ought to give the option and how, et cetera. So they had a funeral this morning for the family, and what i said there is i blame edgar for the next 20 years of my life, because he was as responsible as anyone else for my getting there. So i came to the nation when, finally, the funding was in place and we got the opportunity to go there. I, of course, had not finished naming names. I spent too much time raising money along with ha
Record of the nation during the andod of Victor Navasky from the current period when katrina vanden heuvel is the editor and leader of the nation. It is a great privilege, to have the records of a journal of opinion. The strength of our democracy believe rests on the survival of opinion, and the opportunity for the expression of those opinions. To be in a position, to protect forever this material is a great privilege. We now have the opportunity to learn some of the back story, magazine, so writing its 150th anniversary. I promised victor that i would start by asking how the heck he ended up coming to the nation. Victor thank you. Edgarscame from funeral. He played a role that is not publicly known. Was thedgar when he editorinchief and then publisher of dial press where he i see in the audience marvin, he would go to he wouldd say put his manuscript on the desk. Edgar was working on what became the book of daniel, a great novel. I knew edgar from those days. We collaborated on a numb
Cramer. And maybe the trump trade is all about not paying attention to donald trump. I have to tell you its shocking to me that the president can fire the fbi director. Out of left field, possibly for his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation something that possibly got trump elected. But more likely because of the russian probe, and the stock market was down points. Even if the s p actually is lower than 11 , not taking advantage of the 4 , have the investors simply stopped caring about the stuff or was comey so hated by both parties that no one was bothering to freak out . And look its not just the stock market, the precious melt barely budged today. Treasuries so often the flight to safety trade, one to avoid chaos, right, that is where they go . Barely budged. That is why safety never takes a vacation. The worries and fears i hear, okay from so many of the other professional managers and of course other rich people who have a lot to lose. Last night at the start of th
General public on. Members of the public address the commission for up to 3 min. On any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear in the agenda. Speakers shall just for most of the commissioner. The lack of response to the commission or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement or support of statements during made during Public Comments. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, [closed session] [gavel] mdm. Sec. Item number three approval of the minutes. Approval of minutes from regular meeting arcade 2017. So moved. Any Public Comment on the minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] commissioners . Second. All those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes. ] opposed, say nay. Item number four certificate and indulgent of appreciation. Public Information Officer Jonathan Baxter 2 certificate and acknowledgment of appreciation of herman duron or guerra, arun ran over, Jennifer Diego cervantes for the quick and Decisive Action they displayed o
Important to know the approach were taking here. Are there costs to be cut . Yes. Are the things we can do to become more effective . More efficient . Yes. But i also believe the Postal Service is a vital tool of commerce and a thriving vibrant, productive Postal Service is essential to our economy. We cannot ignore this. Think about the world of the internet, think about the way commerce is moving, the way we communicate, how we send bills and kmoocommunicate as a nation. You have to have a vibrant, thriving Postal Service to achieve that. Thats why i think so many people are here today and rithser one of the most important things our committee will be addressing and taking care of and thats the goal and what were trying to achieve and i thank you all for being here. We should have a good hearing today. With that, Ranking Member, mr. Comeings of maryland. I want to thank you for your hard wi hard work and staff on both sides working so hard for a long time to try to resolve the many c