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We welcome every one of you to our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the result...

Growing up in pasadena was great. Its a city known for beauty and for recreation. But we, during the summers especially, would get pummeled by air pollution. In the 1970s, none of us kids realized our parents had been dealing with this for a generation. But we felt it in our lungs. If you were outside for a couple hours playing sam on baseball, whether you had asthma or not, your lungs got constricted, your eyes would tear up, you would get bad headaches. I remember this so clearly. You know, wed be playing baseball or skateboarding, which is a really popular thing. And we come in and it would...

So were going to get started with our second panel. We spent the first hour talking about the of war and something about the military issues and strategies associated with it. In this hour, were going to talk about writing about war. What it means to be on the ground in the place, sort of study it and reflect on it from. A historical or literary point of view. And id like to start with we have panelists. Ill introduce them very briefly, although i suspect known to all of you, robert brigham, the shirley ecker. Barsky professor of history and International Relations at vassar and author of nume...

By air pollution. In the 1970s, none of us kids realized our parents had been dealing with this for a generation. But we felt it in our lungs. If you were outside for a couple hours playing sam on baseball, whether you had asthma or not, your lungs got constricted, your eyes would tear up, you would get bad headaches. I remember this so clearly. You know, wed be playing baseball or skateboarding, which is a really popular thing. And we come in and it wouldnt be because we fell. Wed come in because we felt so, so ghastly. And my mom, the scientist, would just say, oh, its smog, go lie down. Her...

Today is december 7th, a most appropriate day to welcome the authors of surprised again, the covid crisis and the new market bubble. Ive read this book cover to cover twice, once in its early stage before it was in print and again in the past week. Its not only an excellent account of the financial crisis that gripped the country as it recognized the severity of the covid crisis. But a very interesting discussion of the Government Policies enacted to counter the economic consequences of the pandemic. After the authors discuss their new book, chris demuth, distinguished fellow at the Hudson Ins...