Decline. And the characteristics that contributed to those declines were Massive National debt, United States has 23 trillion and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater then the Gross Domesticproduct of some nations. I like President Trumps state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He didnt talk about cutting a single Government Program or even the rate of increase in spending. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town is spending area you can always get agreement on more. The second contribution to the decline of great nations and superpowers is uncontrolled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion and then to the assimilated like the immigrants of the past and become fully american, not hyphenated americans as we have to often today and then theres the loss of a moral sense contributing to the decline of great nations. In America Today as cole port
2026. Really . The only thing we learn from history as we have heard the cliches that we learn nothing from history. Eight empires and great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire, but all followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that contributed to those declines were Massive National debt. United states 23 trillion and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I liked President Trumps state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single Government Program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happens in this town is spending. The second contribution to the decline of great nations and superpowers and empires is uncontrolled immigration without assimilation. We want people to come to america but we want them to come legally and in an orderly fashion. To be assimilated like immigrants of the past and become full
Mark also worked with ben cramer on joe dimaggio, published in 2000. Since 1989, he produced, directed, and has written many awardwinning programs for pbs spanning a rich friday of subjects such as battle of the bulge, the pilgrimage of jesse theon, mount rushmore, Transcontinental Railroad, and jesse james. He has received the dupont columbia award, the George Foster peabody award, the Writers Guild award, and the prize from the japan foundation. Was producer and writer for the four hour pbs history of the United States supreme court, which was awarded the International Documentary associations award for Outstanding Limited series. Also the American Bar Association and the Parents Choice gold award. Mark was also nominated for a primetime emmys in the category of Outstanding Achievement, in nonfiction filmmaking and Outstanding Achievement in writing for his pbs program on walt whitman. Hes also the author of will you miss me when im gone . , which came out in 2002. It was one of the
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A certain style alive, but just to learn what we do here, and then you can be creative and take it to the next part. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by collette. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the white house moved today to put to rest the controversy over President Trumps outreach to the families of servicemembers killed in action. Chief of staff john kelly, himself a gold star father, and former marin