Veterans reflecting on their experience, sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan3s American History tv. Coming up next, exploring former senator Barry Goldwaters commitment to environmental preservation and look at how his commitment evolved over time. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening and welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. I am henry fortunato, director of public affairs. I want to thank you all for participating in my ongoing Stealth Campaign to provide speaking opportunities for all of my buds from graduate school. All the guys i went to graduate school with at the university of kansas. Tonights interest in that category is Brian Allen Drake an upandcoming environmental historian who studied under the incomparable donald wurster, and now, he is a lecturer in history at the university of georgia but before i tell you anymore any more about him, let me introduce the topic of his talk adapting an opening line that another of our fel
Incomparable donald wurster. In history lecturer at the university of georgia. Before i tell you about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our students usede every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say , all of you will be dead. Hows that for a wake up at 8 00 in the morning for sleepy undergraduates . 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish something extraordinary or perpetuate some evil, the odds are that no one alive will remember you. He went on to say, even if you do get into rarefied zone where your name lives on, the odds are it will be as a torture as a caricature. You will be remembered alright, but possibly for the wrong thing. Which brings us to Barry Goldwater. 50 years ago today, the then senator from arizona known as mr. Conservative accepted the republican nomination for president in san francisco. Only two things
I mean, think about where we are right now, right labor day just happened. The political common wisdom, which is pretty accurate in this case the country starts thinking of the president ial election seriously only once labor day is over and the School Year Begins well, this year the school year beginning is a rolling coasttocoast catastropheny because of the mishandling of the covid19 epidemic. This week as we get past labor day and the school year is supposed to begin, we are waking up to the horror right now of what it means over the course of this summer that is wrapping up right now, over the course of this summer, covid infections in our country nearly quadrupled, just during the summer nearly quadrupled. Today we passed 190,000 americans dead from covid. And today with that bearing down on us as an american and moral catastrophe, today he admits it. He admits it this is not an accusation about him from observers who believe it must be true given his behavior this is reporting ab
The political common wisdom which is pretty accurate in this case the country starts thinking of the president ial election seriously. Only once labor day is over and the School Year Begins well, this year the school year beginning is a rolling coast to coast catastrophe because of the mishandling of the covid19 epidemic this week as we get past labor day and the school year is supposed to begin, we are waking up to the horror right now of what it means over the course of this summer thats wrapping up right now, covid infections in this country nearly quadruple just during this summer. Nearly quadruple today we pass 190,000 americans dead from covid. Today with that baring down on us as an american catastrophe, today he admits it this is not an accusation about him from observers who believe it must be true given his behavior this is reporting about him from witnesses who tell reporters that they heard him and they admit it this isnt a president admitting it to the reporter and we have
Because of whats going on in the news right now this is heavy stuff for our country. I kept on thinking over and over again as each unbelievable news story broke the past 24 hours. If this were a tv series of whats going on in american politics right now tonight would be the episode of the tv series where the president of the United States resigns. I mean think of where we are right now, right labor day just happened. The political common wisdom which is pretty accurate in this case the country starts thinking of the president ial election seriously. Only once labor day is over and the School Year Begins well, this year the school year beginning is a rolling coast to coast catastrophe because of the mishandling of the covid19 epidemic this week as we get past labor day and the school year is supposed to begin, we are waking up to the horror right now of what it means over the course of this summer thats wrapping up riep right now, covid infections in this country nearly quadruple just