At the Georgia Historical Society as senior historian, his duty is to serve as managing of our scholarly publication. He is also bestknown around the state of georgia as the host of today in georgia history. Program reduced by the Georgia Historical Society and georgia public broadcasting. Ofhas been an integral part the success of our society and is one of the key players, one of the stars of our team. It is a pleasure to introduce him. Tonight, he speaks on the theme of this years history festival. Is howe of this talk the real mad men changed world. His welcome dr. Stan deaton. [applause] dr. Deaton good evening to all of you. Had other of you things you could be doing, so your attendance is much appreciated. I hope you find this informative, and lightning, entertaining. We will take a Little Journey back in the postworld war ii america. I hope everybody catches the mading of the real men. It is of course a Television Series about the advertising world of the 1960s. We will talk abo
Public broadcasting. He has been an integral part. Key players and stars on our team. Tonight, he is speaking on the theme of the Georgia History of festival. This is the birth of the American Dream, how the real mad men changed the world. [applause] aton we are going to take a little journey. I hope everyone catches the meaning of when i say the real mad and. Thats a play on the television series. It was about the advertising world in the 1960s. We will talk about it. A scenario. A family wakes up in a home that it owns. Kids go off to school. There are probably two cars in the garage in the house is full of appliances, every conceivable electronic gadget. Multiple smartphones, video games, central heating and air. Mostly bought on one kind of credit. The kids will be wearing national named brand clothes and shoes. Music squarelyto aimed at their demographic. They will be expected to attend college. The commute will take mom and dad to work. They might stop by a supermarket or fast fo
Fireworks to welcome in 2016. Rebel factions in syria are fighting back to regain control of areas lost in a government offensive. The army backed by russian fighter jets have launched a Major Campaign to recapture the city. It is on an important route that connects the south and capital damascus. We have this report. These rebel fighters are on the counter offensive. They are launching an attack to repel Government Troops in an opposition stronghold in southern syria. They say that many that were part of the government offensive were either destroyed or forced to retreat. The army backed by russian fighter jets say the fight is almost over, and that the city will soon be under its control. The russian arrival is like a gamechanger. It added more military assets, more air power, more intelligence. Since we know earlier when president assad in his speech said we are, i dont have enough personnel in order to fight, so accordingly, the russians are here trying to limit the spillover, spil
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. During his public career, jack kemp was celebrated as a different kind of republican, comfortable with minority americans, concerned with the challenges of the poor, interested in the health of cities. This past weekend in south carolina, the policy forum that bares the former nfl quarterback, new york congressman, and housing and urban development secretarys name was convened by his pro tocch tocchet. Yes, some progress has been made, but when you take a look at the war on poverty, i think there is a problem, and the problem has been our strategy. Most of the thinking has been its about people just dont have enough money. So the government has created 80 different programs. We have treated poverty like like they are potholes that need to be filled up. Unlike the recent debates which crowd the stage with the big republican field. The kemp forum featured small groups at a time. And a call to values, their own, their parties, and those of poor peop
R quarterback, new york congressman, and housing and urban development secretarys name was convened by his pro tocchet tocchet. Yes, some progress has been made, but when you take a look at the war on poverty, i think there is a problem, and the problem has been our strategy. Most of the thinking has been its about people just dont have enough money. So the government has created 80 different programs. We have treated poverty like like they are potholes that need to be filled up. Unlike the recent debates which crowd the stage with the big republican field. The kemp forum featured small groups at a time. And a call to values, their own, their parties, and those of poor people themselves. If you were born into a poor family in a school that is failing in your community, where the people on the street corners are drug dealers, you have six strikes against you. Unless something shakes that up, statistics say you are going to struggle to get ahead. Its not allowing yourself to be defined a