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and richard nixon in the oval office. what did what were they thinking and how did you guys work with them and form an alliance? succeeded margaret well. tom was neither the the hot under the collar revolution ornery or or or very loud in any way he he was quite quiet. he was thoughtful he never confrontational. in fact seldom confrontational. and it was fascinating to watch his political his his policy career is filled with with potential horror, all conflicts and so much controversy among companies and large companies and potentially in the white. it was it was so interesting to me and i, i think the reason i emphasized so as two things in my remarks was there were two things at work here. one is this. we had this person who's from kansas, who's raised in kansas, who has who was a democrat, a little d from heart. so his brain worked on the cattle form. who who saw people in local the local community and had three sisters and friends and lovely parents. and then you kept off with this magnificent education on it and migh
and richard nixon in the oval office. what did what were they thinking and how did you guys work with them and form an alliance? succeeded margaret well. tom was neither the the hot under the collar revolution ornery or or or very loud in any way he he was quite quiet. he was thoughtful he never confrontational. in fact seldom confrontational. and it was fascinating to watch his political his his policy career is filled with with potential horror, all conflicts and so much controversy among...
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richard. didn't mention perhaps the the most notorious case of one of the most notorious cases, which is that of anthony burns in boston. in 1854, burns was working in a clothing store in brattle street when he was arrested by slave catchers in may 1854. and it was highly traumatic, highly traumatic for burns, first and foremost, that highly traumatic for the people of boston, including for people who are self conceptualized conservatives who had supported many of them, the fugitive slave act as pt the compromise of 1850, but now saw the brutal reality of the federal government coming in and capturing someone and marching them down to the harbor in chains. handbills were posted around the city. the city of boston urging, quote, the yeomen of new england as the chief conservative element of the republic to come to burns aid in defiance of federal authority, sons of liberty groups were formed to preserve the freedom of fugitive slaves, to resist the encroachment of the federal government on libe
richard. didn't mention perhaps the the most notorious case of one of the most notorious cases, which is that of anthony burns in boston. in 1854, burns was working in a clothing store in brattle street when he was arrested by slave catchers in may 1854. and it was highly traumatic, highly traumatic for burns, first and foremost, that highly traumatic for the people of boston, including for people who are self conceptualized conservatives who had supported many of them, the fugitive slave act...
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and by the end of this class, richard nixon will be the president. so we've been waiting a long time to get to that point since january so to recap from last time, 64 was a terrible year for republicans. one of the four great landslides of the 20th century where arizona senator barry goldwater lost was defeated. incumbent president lyndon johnson. so a terrible year for republicans. conservatives. however, call it a great year. 1964. and remember, we talked conservatives were democrats, conservatives were republicans. they were divided. it's different than it is. the parties are configured. and in 64, if you're a conservative and still are a few goldwater conservatives around and we asked them today kind of talk to about 64 they don't talk like that. they went over the cliff with goldwater. they get the sort of twinkle in their eye and the smile. and this was a wonderful year to be a conservative. it was really the year that conservatives exerted themselves. not only did they get a true conservative, but have nominated for the first time in modern u.
and by the end of this class, richard nixon will be the president. so we've been waiting a long time to get to that point since january so to recap from last time, 64 was a terrible year for republicans. one of the four great landslides of the 20th century where arizona senator barry goldwater lost was defeated. incumbent president lyndon johnson. so a terrible year for republicans. conservatives. however, call it a great year. 1964. and remember, we talked conservatives were democrats,...
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by people who were associated with president richard nixon's reelection campaign. it evolved into a battle between congress and the president over access to tape recordings that contained evidence about the crime and the cover up. and it concluded with the resignation of president nixon under threat of impeachment. so i wanted to point out several documents in this case. one is this security log right here from the watergate complex. and this security log, you can see the date of june 17th, 1972, which was the date, the break in at the watergate hotel. and the log has a note written by the security guard from the watergate frank wells, who made a note there in the log that he had seen a piece of tape on a door that prevented the door from latching and made the door accessible from outside. first, he removed the piece of tape, but later, the same night as he was continuing his rounds, he found another piece of tape on the door and that tipped him off that something was happening and there might be intruders in the building. he the police. and when the police arrived
by people who were associated with president richard nixon's reelection campaign. it evolved into a battle between congress and the president over access to tape recordings that contained evidence about the crime and the cover up. and it concluded with the resignation of president nixon under threat of impeachment. so i wanted to point out several documents in this case. one is this security log right here from the watergate complex. and this security log, you can see the date of june 17th,...
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richard blackett. thank you. okay. good to see so many people gathered in the morning on a saturday morning, of all things. uh, makes reminds me of my. 9:00 class as an undergraduate when people were forced to be. huh. okay. i wish to use to fuze fugitive slave incidences as to our discussion today. the first involve the failed attempt to escape on the pearl from washington, d.c. in april 1848. the second the successful freeing of daniel webster otherwise known as daniel danger. freed from philadelphia in april, 1859. they provide a useful symmetry. the on the eve of the discussion about the need for a more stringent fugitive slave law, the attempted escape from washington was just one of a series of dramatic escapes that, including henry, sprung from this city. william and ellen craft, macon, georgia. and a number of slaves from kentucky who settled in michigan. dangerfield came at the end of the decade racked by disputes over the return of this set of escaped slaves. late one evening in april, this the pole slipped i
richard blackett. thank you. okay. good to see so many people gathered in the morning on a saturday morning, of all things. uh, makes reminds me of my. 9:00 class as an undergraduate when people were forced to be. huh. okay. i wish to use to fuze fugitive slave incidences as to our discussion today. the first involve the failed attempt to escape on the pearl from washington, d.c. in april 1848. the second the successful freeing of daniel webster otherwise known as daniel danger. freed from...
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and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that mistress died, but her he owned her sister, too. and so he tried to make her his mistress. and that sister ran off. she didn't want anything to do with him. now now, stevens said, this is the man he's most like. i mean, what in the world is he thinking? well, he quickly said, yes, i a woman of color and i love her so much that i would never part with her, but i love a free woman of color who chose me. i chose her and makes all the difference. i didn't force myself on her in any way, but. all right. so the guests often, they were i
and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that...
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but it's did somebody mention richard reece? you and. so i think it's cool that up recently if you this was a left right issue then it shouldn't be i it should be that cares about boys it's time to have compassion on men and boys. they are falling behind. and i think it's great that richard reeves being you know clearly men are more on the left. it's now okay for him to say this it's it's become okay for a liberal person to say we need to care about boys and men. and just the fact that he wrote a book and, it is well-received. it's very recent book, i think is a very good mark because, yes, i remember the controversy over dr. summers book when she first wrote the war on boys and now that there's been a sea change, people are finally starting to say it's okay to acknowledge that men and boys are falling behind. and that's a good sign. so i am hopeful. of course, the reason is boys are falling behind so badly that you can't be ignored anymore. so that's sad. but at least it's no longer something that's just considered an issue. the right.
but it's did somebody mention richard reece? you and. so i think it's cool that up recently if you this was a left right issue then it shouldn't be i it should be that cares about boys it's time to have compassion on men and boys. they are falling behind. and i think it's great that richard reeves being you know clearly men are more on the left. it's now okay for him to say this it's it's become okay for a liberal person to say we need to care about boys and men. and just the fact that he wrote...
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and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that mistress died, but her he owned her sister, too. and so he tried to make her his mistress. and that sister ran off. she didn't want anything to do with him. now now, stevens said, this is the man he's most like. i mean, what in the world is he thinking? well, he quickly said, yes, i a woman of color and i love her so much that i would never part with her, but i love a free woman of color who chose me. i chose her and makes all the difference. i didn't force myself on her in any way, but. all right. so the guests often, they were i
and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i'd never heard of him till i read this. and and okay, now, why did he pick that guy? well, richard and johnson had enslaved women. and he took one of his enslaved women as, a mistress. and had two daughters with her. and he had the daughters introduced fine society, respectable and. then she died that that...
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but as historians we probably back to the presidencies of either richard nixon or ronald reagan. nixon famously war on drugs on april seven. in april 1971, and he said, i quote him in order fight and defeat this enemy, excuse me in order to fight and defeat enemy, it is necessary to wage an all out offensive and his war on drugs did dramatically increase funding for interdiction for activities overseas where drugs were grown and for prison sentences. but the nixon administration also increased funding for prevention and treatment and most notably, they provided the first federal funding for methadone clinics. so a somewhat of a mixed bag. ronald reagan ramped up the military language and tactics such as his 1982 speech suggests and i quote, as i've said before, we've taken down the surrender and run up the battle flag and we're going to win the war on drugs. and, quote, the reagan dedicated a greater percentage of the funding towards interdiction and surveillance. and, of course, famously passed mandatory minimum sentencing. i would note those were not the first mandatory minimum
but as historians we probably back to the presidencies of either richard nixon or ronald reagan. nixon famously war on drugs on april seven. in april 1971, and he said, i quote him in order fight and defeat this enemy, excuse me in order to fight and defeat enemy, it is necessary to wage an all out offensive and his war on drugs did dramatically increase funding for interdiction for activities overseas where drugs were grown and for prison sentences. but the nixon administration also increased...
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as a result, on december 2nd, 1970, president richard nixon consolidated 15 environmental programs from across the federal government to form the united states environmental protection agency. not only did the new epa inherit responsibilities from its parent programs, but it soon had a raft of new ones. the passage of the clean air act in 1970 meant that epa's management had to simultaneously lee organize dozens of different staffs and laboratories to develop the national air quality standards required by the act, while at the same time showing the american people that something was being done to stop air pollution. epa went to court. factories were shut down. the message got through. gross pollution would no longer be a part of business as usual in the united states. the clean water act, passed in 1972, also required enormous and unprecedented efforts on the part of the new agency. 60 million people were on sewage systems, discharging 2 million tons a year of raw organic waste into surface waters. the new law mandated a system of universal sewage treatment and gave epa the job of bring
as a result, on december 2nd, 1970, president richard nixon consolidated 15 environmental programs from across the federal government to form the united states environmental protection agency. not only did the new epa inherit responsibilities from its parent programs, but it soon had a raft of new ones. the passage of the clean air act in 1970 meant that epa's management had to simultaneously lee organize dozens of different staffs and laboratories to develop the national air quality standards...
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i mean, richard nixon would never have resigned. it wasn't just the post. i wish i could just say it was just washington post. it was congress. did their job. and if hadn't done its job, then nixon probably would not have resigned. so we need it's not it would be great. i favor such legislation just to and say give the truth that would be fantastic would make our job much easier. but that's just not going to happen. all right. so much right over here, marty, you said that the public was not trusting the media before donald trump. why? well, i think well, i mean, i think that they're variety. this is a complicated subject. i mean, i think that variety of reasons. one is that we've become increasingly partizan. i think the internet has accelerated that where people can pretty much find any anything that reinforces their point of view. you have a conspiracy theory guaranteed you can find it online. i mean, as soon as antonin scalia died, i said i telling somebody, i bet i can find a conspiracy theory like right now that moment i saw conspiracy theory on the in
i mean, richard nixon would never have resigned. it wasn't just the post. i wish i could just say it was just washington post. it was congress. did their job. and if hadn't done its job, then nixon probably would not have resigned. so we need it's not it would be great. i favor such legislation just to and say give the truth that would be fantastic would make our job much easier. but that's just not going to happen. all right. so much right over here, marty, you said that the public was not...
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in massachusetts and of course, during 1775 and 1776, he and richard henry lee are the prime motive force linking virginia and massachusetts, moving the politics of independence forward. so it's really adams and lee, who architect the politics of, the period from mid-april through july 4th in april. adams releases his essays and thoughts government. he makes the case that the the end or purpose of government is the same as the end or purpose man. and that's happiness. and the like. it's not just the word. it's a whole architecture, though. underneath it, the concept of constitutionalism that's attached to it, the structure of the grievances and the document also flows from adams is thought not jefferson's one can show that through comparisons of how their arguments about law unconstitutional wisdom were developing over the period the two years before 1776. so adams is, of course, on the committee. he's number two on the committee after jefferson. jefferson was young, not very busy in philadelphia, you know, generally reclusive. adams was basically on every committee that mattered. so as a
in massachusetts and of course, during 1775 and 1776, he and richard henry lee are the prime motive force linking virginia and massachusetts, moving the politics of independence forward. so it's really adams and lee, who architect the politics of, the period from mid-april through july 4th in april. adams releases his essays and thoughts government. he makes the case that the the end or purpose of government is the same as the end or purpose man. and that's happiness. and the like. it's not...
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richard nixon's failed president. so we had 70 horrible years where there was good news. it was all bad. and reagan reagan saw, this. and he said, look, i need to restore morale, because for the first time in history, in 1980, parents did not think they'd always thought every time, ever since been polled, parents always thought the future would be better for the children than had been for them until 1980, when that stopped. people not think that anymore. so the idea that joe biden is a great president is, just nonsense. it's poppycock. ridiculous. name one thing that he's been successful at other than spending money. and by way any more on can spend money. well, i also think that just you know reagan watched a few john travolta movies in the white house. i'm sorry. i think reagan. a few john travolta movies. yeah. he probably did. well, just to clear vulture, travolta was three. screen was no travolta. i really like him as an actor. i just said there's a joke. but travolta was a guest at, the reagan white house several times, and he actually danced with princess di there.
richard nixon's failed president. so we had 70 horrible years where there was good news. it was all bad. and reagan reagan saw, this. and he said, look, i need to restore morale, because for the first time in history, in 1980, parents did not think they'd always thought every time, ever since been polled, parents always thought the future would be better for the children than had been for them until 1980, when that stopped. people not think that anymore. so the idea that joe biden is a great...
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richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as well as writers who aren't really known, such as vincent carter, with this sort of sense of thoughtfulness about the impact of their work within this cold war binary. ralph ellison is not featured in the book, but he does. the specter of it kind of factors pretty heavily in the sort of idea of being underground for having not been seen and how that haunts. the book by the authors own admission, like the reason why these writers are their motivation for the book is this idea of not being seen by the society at large, and this is what's caused them to seek out these individual autonomous mode within the cold war framework. and that is jesse mccarthy's upcoming book, the blue period. black writing in the early cold war. why do you think he calls it the blue period? it's a reference to miles davis specifically to the sort of fifties work that's leading into kind of blue in this idea that you think it's one thing with miles davis where the brevity of his music is a theoretical music theoretical framework. what a reality, what he's doi
richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as well as writers who aren't really known, such as vincent carter, with this sort of sense of thoughtfulness about the impact of their work within this cold war binary. ralph ellison is not featured in the book, but he does. the specter of it kind of factors pretty heavily in the sort of idea of being underground for having not been seen and how that haunts. the book by the authors own admission, like the reason why these writers are their...
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richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as well as writers who aren't really known, such as vincent carter, with this sort of sense of thoughtfulness about the impact of their work within this cold war binary. ralph ellison is not featured in the book, but he does. the specter of it kind of factors pretty heavily in the sort of idea of being underground for having not been seen and how that haunts. the book by the authors own admission, like the reason why these writers are their motivation for the book is this idea of not being seen by the society at large, and this is what's caused them to seek out these individual autonomous mode within the cold war framework. and that is jesse mccarthy's upcoming book, the blue period. black writing in the early cold war. why do you think he calls it the blue period? it's a reference to miles davis specifically to the sort of fifties work that's leading into kind of blue in this idea that you think it's one thing with miles davis where the brevity of his music is a theoretical music theoretical framework. what a reality, what he's doi
richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as well as writers who aren't really known, such as vincent carter, with this sort of sense of thoughtfulness about the impact of their work within this cold war binary. ralph ellison is not featured in the book, but he does. the specter of it kind of factors pretty heavily in the sort of idea of being underground for having not been seen and how that haunts. the book by the authors own admission, like the reason why these writers are their...