And then to become Prime Minister in the forties of the german invasion weather is like in nazi germany when the they were in the war and the United States is in the war. It is an extraordinary book and it is a wonderful read and then ive also been reading the greatest stories Jean Edward Smith a great biographer with about the freeze the grant and eisenhower but he died in 2019 when fdr with american stories chooses the best book of the year back in 2007. And those that have been sitting on my bookshelf it is a six or 700 page read but we lost smith last year and we have to think about that and then the last book which i have not read yet that was published 2019 so i have been doing that in earlier this summer by accident i got on the bench and then the American Ambassador in the 1930s and then that eclectic and eccentric group and being and not see germany everyone is consolidating power with that truly dark. World history and then also reading a paper called in the cauldron with the
Worth. Thank you for joining us for our conversation this evening with pete bloody judge, also known as a mayor pete. A short and examination about the forces both domestic and foreign that are systematically degrading trust in our institutions and in each other. Before we get started, me remind all of you that you can purchase an additional copy of first copy of trust by going to ask. Com and they always offer 10 discount for our viewers and all you need to do is type in the 10 discount is only good at the online store. I want to thank bouncers and partners including vice chairman, david jacobs and his wife, sherry. Additional support provided by michael holmes, janice, diane and don reynolds. You can look at the list of sponsors, it makes a difference. If you would like to support our program, 500 or 1000 level, give me a call or contact the world appears count. I want to recognize and think the Dallas County Democratic Party for being our co presenter. Additional thanks to the Resou
And especially with whats going on in the United States, no one was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass. Way ahead of his time. He was not only an abolitionist and and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave, but he insisted from the earliest times, in the 1840s right through his death almost toward the end of the 19th century, that equality was the goal. And he was, he would take no deviation from that. He was very clear about what the goal was. And so many of his words ring true today, and i really recommend the biography for everybody. Its a long read but its really powerful. Host one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass this year was thatalso a very active suffragist. Guest yes, yes, absolutely. He was very consistent. And, you know, had a distinguished career and, you know, was able to talk to mixed race audiences at a time where that was unusual, to say the least. And, you know, was willing
Affected our National Politics for decades. Campbell spent 20 or centralism before becoming a professor in the Communications Studies program at American University in washington, d. C. He is also a writer, historian, be the clinic and blogger. He has solo authored seven books including getting it wrong, defunct in the greatest myths in american journalism, and 1995, the year the future began. Tonight campbell will talk about is brenda book from university of California Press, lost in a gallup. Following his opening remarks i will moderate a q a session. Those watching us live on crowd cast can submit a question by clicking ask the question at the bottom of the screen at any time during appropriate. Now i would like to welcome w. Joseph campbell to let talks. John, thank you. Great to be a period great to be back in i was a, if virtually. I spent productive period of time but two and half years ago in i was city going through the Gallup Organization papers university of iowa city speci
Successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week. The democrats say there is no rush and any decision to wait for the election. Scott larson says he expects a jobs bounceback in australia has covid19 infection start to ease. We will expect the likelihood that victoria reports lower new cases. U. S. Futures under pressure now, down. 2 at the open. This after recite u. S. Stocks falling to a sixweek low last week, the tech selloff intensifies. The s p 500 lost ground for a third consecutive session. Nasdaq flat at the moment after the nasdaq 100 closed below its 50 day moving average. Pressure,crude under after oil has its best week since june. Warningsaudi arabias to opecplus cheaters and shortsellers which helped opec crisis stage a rally last week. Now under a little bit of pressure above the 40 per barrel level as we continue to see the Dollar Strength and in the last session. We do know the dollar has been under a lot of pressure and it is headed for the weakest quarter in a decade. Lets