Sitting alone in my apartment gesticulating on my laptop, its really wonderful too i guess be able to articulate a person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate, even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to thank rachel and bart who unfortunately cant be here today but who was really the one responsible for bringing us all together today. She originally conceived as a roundtable as one thatd would be focused on the civil war in the west but ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republican Party succeeded in passing some of its original campaign promises, abolishing slavery in the district of columbia, the western territories as well as passing the homestead act. It achieved legislative victories that would help
Are you thinking its just a Community Center . No. It is much more than tha creating wifi enabled list so students from low income families can get the tools that they need to be ready for anything. Comcast along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. I am an assistant professor at the history university of southern california. This is my first inperson Conference Since the pandemic. After two years we are giving a conference paper with basically sitting alone in my part apartmentss. Its wonderful to stipulate a person to you guys today. I wanted to say thank you for putting together this conference and for accommodating all the different varieties. Even though that i know that it came with some great logistical challenges. I want to thank Ray Lynn Barnes who unfortunately cannot be here today what is really the one responsible for bringinggi us al together today. Ultimatelyas last year around february deciding to focus on 1852. He this is the year when the
Im alice baumgartner. Im an assistant professor of history at the university of southern california. And this is my first inperson conference in since the pandemic and after two years where giving a conference paper was basically sitting alone in my apartment justiculating at my laptop. Its really wonderful to i guess be able to justiculate in person to you guys today. So just wanted to give a big thank you to the organization of american historians for putting together this conference and for accommodating all of the different varieties in which people chose to participate even though i know that came at some great logistical challenges. I also want to think Raylan Barnes who unfortunately cant be here today. But who is really the one responsible for bringing us all together today . She originally conceived of the round table as one that would be focused on the civil war in the west. But ultimately last year around february decided to focus it on 1862. This is the year when the Republ
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holiday. we hear the president and democrats could be cooking up. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jacqui heinrich at the white house. hi, jacqui. yeah, with gas prices where they are, the white house is considering an idea that they tabled. that s sending out rebate cards to americans. they re eyeing a decision by the end of the week on whether to extend a gas tax holiday. it is a short term solution as one industry ceo puts it that they say runs counter to the administration s broader strategy. the first year of this administration, they were focused on demand destruction. this could be an exercise in demand construction. the real focus here should not be on short term solutions like cutting the federal gas tax but long-term solutions to provide american energy security from american producers here in the united states. whether the fed can cool inflation without trigger ago recession, the white house is getting creative. yesterday morning larry summers w