Afterwords is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. The book is americas expiration date. You say, based on the findings that great empires only last about 250 years which means americas time could be up on july 4, 2026. Really . Im not the profit, or the sound of one, but the only thing we have heard is we learn nothing from history. This book of eight empires of great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire. All followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that can attributed to those were Massive National debt. 23 million and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I like president 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 happ
We hear about local tribes commercial interactions with Spanish Missions and fur traders and the items these groups exchanged, including livestock fabric and fur. This is an hour and 15 minutes. All right, todays lecture is going to pull together some of the topics that weve been exploring throughout the semester. The spanish colonization of north america, contributions of native american societies to development of the various colonies, manifest destiny and the american conquest of northern mexico. And the american wests role in the sectional crisis over slavery. Were going to examine them from a slightly different perspective. A few weeks ago we read about indian removal in the 19th century. And how it shaped and was shaped by the expansion of american democracy as well as the United States expanding cotton economy. In your readings, indian nations like the cherokees, for example, were clearly victimized by the United States government in the state of georgia as well as landhungry se
Security out there we need to get started because things are still moving fast and furious. As a wrap up business for the break they are about to take. This is a unique opportunity because for this afternoon has accumulated quite a reputation and resume on the issues of the house of representatives. But Marsha Blackburn has immediately become a stalled board in the senate on all these issues. With a new legislative session given an important position on the Senate Judiciary committee to not only see all the legislative work but significant voices when the time comes that only the Circuit Court judges that may come about. So as we work through so welcome to the stage senator blackburn from tennessee. [applause] greetings to meet off campus is usually where vr when i have joined you. Each year i want to say thank you to you for your interest and your willingness to pay your own way here to attend a conference that will really sure you up to give you the information that you need to your
Hello again. Welcome to the town hall portion of our afternoon and weekend. Were excited to be able to be joined by a handful of folks who are truly making a difference right here in this very building on the values that animate all of us, faith and Freedom Coalition and all of our members. Thank you so much. As folks are kind of working their way through security out there, were going to go ahead and get started. Obviously things are still moving fast and furious here in the building as theyre kind of wrapping up business for the legislative break that theyre about to take. You know, this is a really neat opportunity because our first visitor for this afternoon has quite a reputation and a resume, if you will, on these issues in the u. S. House of representatives. Senator Marsha Blackburn has immediately become a stalwart in the senate on all of these issues. In this legislative session she was given an important position on the Senate Judiciary committee, which we were thrilled with
Manifest destiny and the american conquest of northern mexico, and the american wests role in the crisis over slavery, but were going to examine them from a slightly different perspective. A few weeks ago we read about indian removal, wrote about indian removal in the 19th century and how it was shaped by expansion of american democracy, as well as the expanding cotton economy and in your readings, indian nations like the cherokees were victimized in the state of georgia, as well as land hungry settlers, but the cher key nations willingness to press advantages in resisting removal illustrate how indians throughout north america continued to change in creative and dynamic ways to make colonialism work in their favor. With that in mind i want to revisit california today, because when dont i want to revisit california, and consider the ways california indian societies continued this practice beyond the mission era, which youre familiar with, and helped to build californias economy, attrac