Cool our road map begins with walmarts minimum wage hike. Raising starting wages to 11, handing out some onetime cash bonuses. Plus, bitcoin tumbles one of the worlds biggest cryptocurrency markets is considering a trading ban. And deltas tax boost the airline raising Earnings Guidance by 20 . First up, though, walmarts making moves in the wake of tax reform the Company Announcing it will increase its starting wage for hourly workers in the u. S. To 11 an hour beginning next month and pay a onetime cash bonus to eligible employees those with at least 20 years of service will qualify for a 1,000 bonus walmart also says it will expand maternity and paternal leave benefits not breaking down the numbers, but theres a good chance more than half of their million employees are going to benefit somehow in these bonuses this is unprecedented and i think its a lot to do with why the market keeps rallying i mean, largest private employer in the world thats doing this i mean, david, i know that yo
Rapid changes in american life. His generation was a new generation of americans unable to witness or permit the undoing of human rights. Todays guests are president kennedys nephew, Stephen Kennedy smith, and historian douglas brinkley, brought together some of president kennedys most important speeches and some that still resonate today. Throughout the centennial year, organizations and individuals across the country will observe this milestone anniversary and reflect on kennedys legacy. The john f. Kennedy president ial library in boston has taken the lead with a major exhibition on may 26. Pen there is installed a special display of stairs about president kennedys creation of the peace corps. Hanging outside my office is a letter i wrote to jfk asking for information about the proposed peace corps. I never got a response. To find out more about these jfk centennial activities, check the jfk centennial website, jfkcentennial. Org. Today we are privileged to hear from president kenne
Member of the Young Americans foundation where ive worked with them to bring conservative speakers to campus. Lorenzo to to introduce our speaker, Thomas Taylor renzo. Thomas delorenzo. Is the author of more than 10 books, including underground government, destroying democracy, how Government Funds partisan politics. Official lies, how washington how washington misleads us. The food and drug police, americas nannies, busybodies and petty tyrants, unhealthy charities, hazardous to your health and well. From technology to politics, Public Health in america, the real lincoln and how capitalism saved america. Positionsd faculty within the university of tennessee at chattanooga and the State University of new york. He is currently an active scholar. Thank you. [applause] thank you for coming. Is my book, how capitalism saved america with a picture of the mayflower on the cover and i will explain why that is on the cover. In the genesis of this book, was right after my previous book, the rea
Junior at the Georgia Institute of technology. Im also a member of the Young Americas Foundation and club 100 program for ive worked with them to bring conservative speakers to campus. Its my honor to introduce our speaker, thomas dilorenzo, the professor of economics. He holds a phd in economics from university and he is the author and coauthor of more than 10 books, including underground government, the off officialor, the diversion of federal cancer funds to politics, the student drug from pathology to and how capitalism saved america. Hes held faculty positions at the university of tennessee and the State University of new york. Hes currently an adjunct scholar. Thank you. [applause] mr. How capitalism saved america mr. Dilorenzo the topic of my book, how capitalism saved , i would explain why the mayflower is on the cover. In the genesis of this book was right after my previous book, we werel lincoln, talking about the enron accounting scandal. We agreed what was going to happen w
Functions as a ceremonial site, a public hall of the people, a vestibule leading to and a home of art and history. Before examining the indirection, review of the dome is in order. While modest domes were known in the middle east, the large domes that symbolized power, authority, unity, and permanence in the west originate from roman prototypes such as the pantheon. A temple to all the gods, constructed during the reign of the emperor hadrian. In the renaissance, there were different structural and engineering challenges. The cathedral of florence, which had a vertical structure, as opposed to the horizontal dome of the pantheon. The model proliferated in renaissance and baroque religious architecture. It was later adopted for civic structures as well, as seen here in this elevation drawing of the u. S. Capitol post 1863 dome. The first dome adhered to the pantheon model. Although never built as envisioned, George Washington and Thomas Jeffersons advocacy of the design was instrumental