Different colors. All woven and held together by a single precious thread of democracy. Paul has taught us so much and as students who followed him, worked with him, believed with him, loved him and now miss him, we could never, ever be more thankful. With that, mr. Trone and mr. Speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Trone i recognize mr. Levin. Mr. Levin thank you very much for recognizing me, mr. Trone and i thank the majority leader for organizing this. Mr. Speaker, i rise to speak for mr. Sarbanes, senator sarbanes employees. And especially for my sisterinlaw milley freeman, who worked for Paul Sarbanes from december of 1989 to january of 2007. And im not going to talk about all the Amazing Things about senator sarbanes that his maryland colleagues have eloquently mentioned and john, im not going to talk about fathers and sons, but my dad who served in this house and my uncle carl levin who served in the senate, both loved him very much. Andlet me talk about nellie his
Imeather Cox Richardson is festive history im thrilled to be at the National Book festival this year course im not in washington im here on the coast of maine, sitting in front of all the books i used to write the books i write. And in the space where i produce things. So i am thrilled to be here, talking about my new book how the south won the civil war. Democracy and the continuing fight for the soul of america. These are names i did not come up with but somewhat listen to it i was trained to write about it said this is the only possible title you can have. The reasonhe said that was because the book is really started really as an attempt to understand why Todays Republican Party is so clearly tied to the image of the american confederacy. How d the Confederate States of america, which lost in the civil war, become such a powerful symbol for todays e at todays Major Political parts. Its kind of funny question if you think aboutt. The more i got into think about wt that was the case w
I a a professor at Boston College and i thrilled to be re at the National Book festival this year although of course im n in washington im here on the coast of maine sitting in front of all the books i used to write the books i write in the space where i produce things. I am thrilled to be here talking about how the south won the civil war, democracy and the continuing fight for the soul of america, i did n come up with but somebody listen tohat i was trying to worry about and sa this is only possible title you can have, theeason she said that was because the book has really started as an attempt tonderstand the Republican Party is so clearly tied to the image of the american confederacy, how did Confederate States of america which lost in the civil war become such a powerful symbol for todays Major Political parties, it is a funny questn if you think about it. The more i got into figuring out y that was the case, why republicans were interested in waiving confederate flags and protect
The most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. And when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be, he cant be that good in that field, its just not possible. And then well find something else. And youre going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. And the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before. And he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. Its i dont know how you test Something Like that. Its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short. I mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president. Thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison, lincoln. Garfie
Market we have a great lineup of guests coming your way well speak exclusively with Morgan Stanley ceo james gorman. His take on the markets come back the read on the economy and the strength of the banks. Plus, you will hear from the ceos of macys, Signet Jewelers and brown foreman. Theyre joining us to discuss their path forward for their respective irz stroo respective industries. But lets begin with the Broader Market the rally, take the pause today following the rapid surge that pushed the s p 500 back into territory for the year if we close higher well get another record close for the tech hefin dechl. What you are watching . It does look that way, sarah. A recoil from the recent trends. The headline index is pulling back outside of the index. The majority of volume is to the down side. This is one day where the indices are understating the weakness they want to take a look at the one year really all the pullback meant is a little dip below 3200. It held there and bounced modestl