Louisiana got lasted this past week via hurricane and i pray for everyone in lake charles and that whole area. We were speaking earlier saying they are probably going to have many weeks of not months of no power and trouble with their water system. And even people as far north as shreveport and monroe are still without power. Our thoughts go out to them. So anyway we are here today with jack davis in conversation with the author. Jack is a professor of history specializing in them for mental history and sustainability studies. Also the author of Pulitzer Prizewinning the gulf, the making of an american city. Nil in addition to the Pulitzer Prize the gulf was the news york times noted book of 2017 and made several other bestseller list that year including the Washington Post and pr in jack, welcome. Its great to have you here with us today. See my pleasure being here. Will turn to jack and eric and let them start the conversation. People have questions they can go to the chat room and w
But to make sure that folks from the outside didnt come in who were supposed to be there and that takes an amount of organizing that requiredplanning. I think it was garfield right who told me you had somehow gotten in your head the blueprint from the Administration Building. It was methodical. So looking at the time i just want to really get you all your views on or just your perspectives on those three days. Inside the building and how that experience shaped this moment. The idea of occupying a building and holding a building and the will that it took to really ensure that those demands wereaddressed by the administration. I want to share that were talking about organization and the division of labor such. Its important for people to know that you do talk about her of course in the book but Sherry Warren was absolutely instrumental for the logistics, the organization. She is embodied perseverance and the license of the moment as well and we really took two steps without each other. A
Why the bernie camp should read shakespeares julius caesar, act 3, scene 1. All that and much more on making money. Charles market back deep in the red after coronavirus fears sparked a major selloff yesterday retreating from early gains. This is about a housing boom i spoke about, a clear sign of the domestic economy doing very well, parts of it in fact surging. To break down what were dealing with today bellpointe chief Market Strategist david nelson and the gartman letter editor and publisher dennis gartman. Dennis, let me start with you. We were up almost 2 pun points out of the gate. I dont think anyone would take the bait if you will but it was driven by good earnings and some Economic Data and it feels like we have two forces at each other right now. Things have been happening with the economy and then what may happen because of the coronavirus. I think you have a number of things you have going on here, charles. Coronavirus circumstance is a major catalyst but you have geopolit
Nations history from 1783 to 1861, the political history of our nation. I guess i want to say if youre looking at american politics from the beginning strawing through, past the civil war, youre talking about par dockses and conflicts improv. The period i tend to focus on more at the early part of that arc, and its the improve vacational nature of that, that fascinated my more than anything else of. The nation was find founded in a world of monarchy and the United States was a republicful. What that means wasnt clear and people knew they were trying to do something that wasnt there. The president wont be a king but beyond that there was a lot of open ground. So theres a lot of improv in those early decades about what the nation is, how it functions, the tone of the government , and how this nations going to stand up amongst the nation of the world that are other kind of nations. What does it mean to be a republic in a world of monarchies and how is the new nation going to get any degre
[laughter] it is a little daunting. I guess if you are looking at american politics from the beginning past the civil war talking about a paradox and a conflict and the. I tend to focus on is the early part of that arc and the improvisational nature because the nation was founded and the United States was a republic and what that means at that moment so we are not creating a monarchy but beyond that there is a ton of open ground. So in the early decade how it functions the tone of the government, how the nations would stand up what does it mean to be a republican in the ngworld of monarchy how do they get respect and equally what kind of nation will it be . So there is the broad ideological level so how democratic of a nation will this be . How is that land literally going to be arrested from other people . What kind of life of others not have it all . To have questionsin we are grappling with now questions about equity and equality those go back to the beginning of the republic and be