and define their terms a little, to think hard about just what we mean when we approach the american founding and its era through an economic lens precisely because it is contested. maybe it will keep us from assuming too much and force us to really get to the bottom of things. the american revolution plainly had some inescapable economic dimensions, and the nation it launched has been identified with the commercial economy and the market economy more or less from the beginning. that gives us a lot to talk about and think about, and so we'll get started doing that. the first panel, as i said, will be moderated by my colleague, adam white. adam is a senior fellow here at aei, a leading scholar of the law and constitutionalism with a particular focus on administrative law on the supreme court, the separation of powers, the foundations, really, of american republicanism. he's co-directing this project to mark the 250th anniversary, the founding, along with our colleague john yoo and myself. and he will introduce the first session and get us going. so, adam floor is yours. thank you, yuval. thank

chris when you discussed the early american history as an of commerce, the founding generation were men of commerce, successful men of commerce. and if i remember correctly in the notes you shared with me ahead of time, you took care to point out that early american commerce, the transatlantic trade required required real capital, required businesses, real size and magnitude. so you touch on both commerce among sort of we call them maybe ordinary americans shop and farmers and so on, but also the kind of large enterprises that are george washington, other great statesmen founded and administered. i guess my point your remarks point to both the importance of commerce in shaping an all americans and also the role of commerce in shaping american statesmen. and i'd love to hear more about how you think that both of those dynamics into the american founding. you said something that stood out to me. you said the real effects of commerce for small in the founding but belief but the beliefs were enough causes of the founding. and is it fair to me to add maybe beliefs in the habits of or give ri

two americans among six found dead. tonight, police suspect they drank tea laced with cyanide. here's our foreign correspondent james longman now. >> reporter: two americans are among six dead tonight in a mysterious apparent cyanide poisoning in a luxury bangkok hotel suite. police say traces of the deadly chemical were found in the blood of two americans who traveled to thailand in the last week. the four others all vietnamese nationals. forensic investigators revealed traces of cyanide were found on teacups in room 502 of the five-star grand hyatt erawan hotel. when the bodies were found some 12 to 24 hours later after they failed to check out of their room, their lips and nails had turned blue, indicating a lack of oxygen. police say a waiter was the last to see one of the americans alive. he delivered food and tea to the room. surveillance video shows the others enter one by one. authorities believe that one among them must have administered the poison to the drinks. police say the motivations may be financial. four of the six victims invested money together. and that two o

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money and power of the american founding, the hamilton scheme's author william hogeland.lton story, this is incredible. so what we find throughout this book, is that our founding story has way more mythology in it than we want it to. historians have been highly in that way. they kind of wanted to glorify the founders. what you find is this stuff in that advertising pamphlet in effect that the declaration wasn't really in the heart of the people that were pushing it. >> yeah there's an, you just discussed the fact that there was an odd ball tension between the elite people who wanted independence from britain but did not want a social revolution in america. they wanted things to stay more or less the same in terms of class structure. and some other people who are so much less well known than the founding fathers and yet, weird, cool you know exciting colorful people who really did want democracy at that moment. kind of a radical form of democracy and this is like there was a clash between them and they also worked together. and that just creates a kind of different kind of

why is the white house getting into bed with the american founding fathers?e sacred land, the new chersonese, what will the largest museum of antiquity in the south be like? this is the big sunday news and we continue. an hour ago, joe biden announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy. us presidential elections. many senior members of biden's team learned of his decision not to seek re-election shortly before the official release of the letter, abc reports. more news: biden has endorsed vice president kamala haris as the new democratic nominee. after the debate failure, prominent party members called on biden to voluntarily withdraw. participation in elections. 3 days ago, eighty-one-year-old biden came down with coronavirus and was unable to take part in a campaign rally. first reaction from the republican candidate to today's news: donald trump called biden the worst president in us history. let's quote. fraudster joe biden was unfit to run for president, certainly not fit to serve, and never was fit to serve. he achieved the presidency only through lie

. >>> new details in the international investigation into the six people, including two americans, found dead in a luxury hotel room in bangkok. thai authorities now saying the victims were poisoned. a preliminary autopsy revealed traces of cyanide in their blood and in used teacups in the room. they also say the suspected poisoner is among the dead. police interviews discovered four of the six victims invested money together to build a hospital in japan and there may have been a dispute over debt relating to the investment. >>> san dietaying overseas, eva gershkovich is currently in another court hearing in russia. he has been charged with espionage on behalf of the cia. gershkovich, the journal and the cia deny this and the state department has designated him as wrongfully detained in russia. for the latest, let's go to daniele hamamdjian. what's the hearing about? >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. the hearing was scheduled for next month in mid august. but, according to the russian court hearing the case, it was gershkovich's defense team that requested that the date be brough

presidential candidate, he is not only approved, his party members put him on a par with the american foundingcan spirit is alive, and we again advanced to presidents of the father of the founder of the movement america first, donald trump, and god knows, he will finally give us the country that we... europe and the usa have an incentive to sit down at the table, which will ultimately happen. then he cited statistics: ukraine shoots as many shells in a month as america produces in one year. vance is against writing endless checks for kiev. he is for traditional values, family, children, a candidate for vice president, and a father of many children himself. he is also not satisfied with biden’s hospitality for migrants. what do you think about choosing jaydee vance as vice president? he's a trump clone on every issue, so i don't see the difference between them. it is noteworthy that several years ago wen couldn’t stand trump; he called him the american hitler , the opium of the people, but after seeing how the forty-fifth president of the united states ruled the country, he changed his opinion

thank you. >>> new details in the international investigation into the six people including two americans found dead in a luxury hotel room in bangkok. thai authorities saying the victims were poisoned. a preliminary autopsy revealed traces of cyanide in their blood and in used teacups in the room. four of the six victims invested money together to help build a hospital in japan, and there may have been a dispute over debt relating to the investment. >>> storms rumbled up the east coast wednesday evening bringing heavy rain after tearing across the south and midwest. an elderly couple died in illinois on tuesday after their car got stuck in floodwaters. in the arkansas ozarks, a flash flooding emergency forced more tha than 80 seniors to evacuate from an assisted living facility. some were forced to hold onto mattresses as the waters rose. meanwhile, residents are reeling in upstate new york after a system tore through, leaving widespread destruction there. there was at least one confirmed tornado in rome and one man died after being swept away by floodwatering. let's bring in violeta yas for w

was being prepared, so i'm actually about whether there is any reinforcement, because here the americans foundwhich means the german security service proclaimed it. it looks like this , and as i said, it's all very shameful, well , in general, i think germany, it just has such a tradition, after the second world war, that all these military issues, security issues, if they were not at the center attention, and well germany has positioned itself as such a force for peace, there is a balance, and that it... in this way also cannot be the target of such operations, which russia is currently conducting against germany, and therefore our bodies, they are simply not prepared for this situation, this is also a consequence of the fact that since the 14th year in germany they have misunderstood this war, which began in the 14th year and that this war, or... earlier there it began with the russian-georgian war, and that is why , unfortunately, we , not yet ready for it, mr. andres, thank you for being with the audience spressa, andres umlan, an analyst at the stockholm center for the study of eastern eu

i guarantee that's not what the american founding fathers or any country signing fathers would want. so the people that lived in their country, and it's a sad state that we're living in. but i digress. i actually went to go to you on this one misty because you followed the assigned case. but there's obviously some crossovers to dealing with edward snowden. so i'm wondering if this could actually signal a deal for edward snowden, which would allow him to come back to the united states. what do you think? i mean, it's possible, certainly. i think that now the, the, the balloon has been talked. and so i think frankly, i think that the support for as those been growing much more quickly then joined us on. so i think the snowdon has a lot of support here in the united states. i think it's difficult to get that kind of support for julianna's ponds. i think a lot of that is in fact that snowden has in fact, american enjoying this on just not for different reasons. but i do think that there is a significant amount of support for the like, like edward snowden here in the united states. and so

should dislodge let's say plato and aristotle, augustine and aquinas, the principles of the american founding, the american constitutional tradition, modern literature, the study of war and religion, from the center of the curricula. have women been neglected? yes. and you should not be neglected. have the histories have -- of historically discriminated against minorities be neglected? they have been neglected. they should not be neglected. but we are talking about core curriculum. and all of these neglected subjects, they are subjects about human beings. and the study, i still think the best we can do in the study of human beings and all of their amazing variety and continuity is what in the 19th century in his great statement on liberal education, [indiscernible] began with the classics and revolved around the governing principles of his own society and stepped through the great ideas and great books of western civilization. >> thank you for hosting this conversation. i want to ask about postmodernism as peter presented and related to an observation about the indictment of tension on campus

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i guarantee that's not what the american founding fathers or any country sounding fathers would want for the people that lived in their country. and it's a sad state that we're living in. but i digress. i actually went to go to you on this one misty because you follow the assigned case, but there's obviously some crossovers to dealing with edward snowden summer. wondering if this could actually signal a deal for edward snowden, which would allow him to come back tonight is states, what do you think? i mean as possible? certainly, i think that now the, the, the balloon has been talked. and so i think frankly, i think that the support for eds dos the been growing much more quickly then joined us on. so i think the snowdon has a lot of support here in the united states. i think it's difficult to get that kind of support for joining us ponds. i think a lot of that is in fact that snowden is in fact, american enjoying this on just not for different reasons. but i do think that there is a significant amount of support for the lives like edward snowden here in the united states. and so i th

traces of cyanide found in a thai hotel. vietnamese and american nationals found dead.e on an emerging investigation tonight. >> plus, google's got mail. the letter from us lawmakers over its role with ai and the stones in santa clara. >> we take you to levi's stadium for a little satisfaction. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! with guest host anthony anderson. right after abc seven news at 11. >> anthony thanks dan and ama i'm anthony anderson. stay up and i'll give you jimmy's phone number. toronto compton, drake or kendrick one is canadian. yeah >> and one is amazing. so yeah grand hyatt hotel from suspected cyanide poisoning. the dead include two americans and four vietnamese nationals. traces of cyanide were found in teacups delivered by room service at this five star hotel. police are investigating whether a financial dispute may have motivated this terrible incident. these deaths. they may also be a murder suicide. but the investigation just getting underway. >> we have covered gun buybacks in the past, but what's taking place in

americans and who will implement that he even. it's very interesting because on this label we found even we included a reference where he compared the ships, the us ships going around the island of puerto rico to his experience in the plains in the indian plains, persecuting native americans. who is this gentleman? and so we have here senator henry cabot lodge, who was a very prestigious political figure from the end of the 19th century, towards 1890. he became he started becoming very prominent as a politician. and really pushing a new vision for the united states as a country that at the dawn of the new century had the possibility of positioning itself as a world power. it was time for a new stage in the history of the country where we had to stop looking inwards and sort of take, you know, the united states had to take its rightful stage in the world. and so he thought that in order to accomplish that sea power was crucial. well, let's talk about sea power in the u.s.. so at this time, the united states was deciding it wanted to be a naval power. tell us why naval power was important at that time. well, operating in my hand, the

political system, because america is built on tradition, you know this very well, eugene, one of the american foundinga realist, wrote, warned that one day people who are in the party may forget that their loyalty, their interest should be the interest of the country, not the party, which we see after joe biden’s disastrous debate, a debate that everyone, both democrats and republicans, recognized as a failure, obama says, i’m for biden, jill comes out and tells him: “you answered all the questions, you knew all the facts, but it turns out gavin newson, a man who, it would seem, the governor of california is popular, young, handsome, could become a candidate, says, no, no, at such moments they do not turn away from the candidate, that is, we are literally talking about the party, we mean biden, and we see that now, in essence, the party should be about politics, the party should be about making people’s lives better, so that some..." ideas can be realized, now the party is simply promoting literally, someone who feels bad person to the presidency, and in this very thing, of course, there is no differe

americans found ways to come together and unite. that is the lesson of our founders that gathered 2.5 centuries ago and the lesson the party must learn from now. i have known her for two decades. we have both been prosecutors and both stood up for the rule of law and fought for the people will. kamala harris is a patriot worthy of some port and she will continue the work of americans that came before us to perfect the union, protect democracy and advance real freedom. she has served honorably as vice president and she is ready to be president. the best path forward is to quickly unite behind vice president harris and focus on winning the presidency. the contrast could not be clearer and the road to victory runs through pennsylvania where the collective work began. i will do everything i can to help elect kamala harris is the 47th president of the united states. reverend sharpton, that is an impressive statement. he has spoken to the president and vice president harris. he is supporting her. and talking about that open process, it is

americans thinks the justices put ideology over impartiality. they are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority . it says the survey found seven in 10 americans think the high court justices are more influenced by ideology but only about three in 10 u.s. adults think justices are more likely to provide an independent check

and here are also links to the ukrainian media that the american was found in a hotel room in a kievharm. i just want to ask, where is the evidence, where is the video or at least a photo. do you really know what they found in the hotel? in kiev, god only knows, they picked it up in mirgorod, they calmly put it in a plastic box, well, a plastic bag, they packed it, transported it somewhere to a military base in the usa, there they placed it in a coffin, covered it with the american star-striped flag, and then presented it to the public , and it’s natural not to open anything in the coffin, that is , not to show anyone anything further, here is the obituary on the american memorial website under... photographs of kirlin, all his merits. he served in the us air force for many years and then retired. and in ukraine the american what was the officer doing? well, except that according to his documents he worked as a military attache of the us embassy in kiev. kirlin could well have been directly related to the supply of f-16s to the independent. former military man, now diplomat. it just

found dead in a hotel room in bangkok. that's according to police in thailand. the bodies, including two americans tuesday in the grand hyatt hotel. they were last seen alive the day before when food was delivered to the room. traces of cyanide were also found in teacups. officials say the motive may be an investment deal gone bad. >>> and the "los angeles times" says the navy exonerated more than 250 black sailors who were unjustly punished after a deadly port explosion in 1944. they were court-martialed for refusing to return to work loading bombs at california's port chicago after a powerful explosion killed more than 300 service members during world war ii. the black sailors were concerned about their safety and refused to return without proper training. yesterday's exoneration came on the 80th anniversary of the disaster. >>> still ahead, fossil fortune. the billionaire who paid a record amount at auction for the nearly complete fossilized remains of a dinosaur. the nearly complete fossilized remains of a dinosaur. have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off? same. discover t

founded in 1681. they were looking to american freedom from britain to cement their new power.d for a resolution in the congress declaring independence from the british crown. in "the hamilton scheme" william hogeland writes, drafted by thomas jefferson, a virginia delegate, a declaration would become famous for invoking equality. the word meant different things to different people. neither jefferson nor the other signers, by any means, believed that centralized government policy should regulate commerce to foster equality socially and economically throughout the united states, but the declaration was issued by the congress that july 4th only because people who believed in exactly that kind of equality pulled off a coup in pennsylvania. the critical part played by the radical populists in bringing about the country's independence would be expunged, ironically enough, from the most popular renderings of the fourth of july story. at the time, the democracy thought it had good republic for placing itself at the center of the american revolution. in september, with independence dec

signs in this story. speech, and here are also links to the ukrainian media, they write that an american was foundn a kiev hotel, without signs of bodily harm, i just want to ask, where is the evidence, where is the video or at least a photo? you know, in fact, what they found there in a hotel in kiev, only god knows, they picked it up in mirgorod, and they calmly put it in in a plastic box, well, a plastic bag, they packed it, transported it somewhere to a military base in... the usa, they placed it in a coffin, covered it with the american star-striped flag, and then presented it to the public, of course the coffin was not opened, that is, nothing beyond that not to show it to anyone, here is the obituary on the american memorial website under kirlin’s photograph, all his achievements, he served in the us air force for many years, then retired, in ukraine , what did an american officer do, well, except that according to documents, he worked as a military man... at the us embassy in kiev. kirlin could well be directly related to the supply of f-16s to the independent. former military man, now dip

philippines had to purchase vaccines from american pharmaceutical giants, which, as independent american journalists foundwith biden and his entourage. their investigation involves secretary of state antony blinken, us ambassador prion linda thomas greenfield, and biden senior advisor anita dan. this is very reminiscent of the corruption proceedings involving the head of the procurement of almost 2 billion doses of vaccines. european commission ursula fondeen in the title role. by the way, a similar trial is currently underway in the united states regarding possible bonuses from pharmaceutical giants received by the country’s chief infectious disease specialist, anthony fauci. and coincidentally, joe biden pulled out of the election race while he was sick with covid-19. so why does the pentagon still apologized to the philippines? if you refer to the document, a year ago the united states created four new military bases on the territory of this republic. once again emphasizing that the philippines is one of the main us allies in the indo-pacific region. it’s not difficult to guess who the main opponent is

traces of cyanide found in a thai hotel. vietnamese and american nationals found dead. more on an emerging investigation tonight. >> plus, google's got mail. the letter from us lawmakers over its role with ai and the stones in santa clara. >> we take you to levi's stadium for a little satisfaction. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! with guest host anthony anderson. right after abc seven news at 11. >> anthony thanks dan and ama i'm anthony anderson. stay up and i'll give you jimmy's phone number. toronto compton, drake or kendrick one is canadian. yeah yeah >> and one is amazing. so yeah if you're frustrated with occasional bloating or gas... your body's giving you signs, it's time to try align. align probiotic was specifically designed by gastroenterologists to help relieve your occasional bloating and gas. when you feel the signs, it's time to try align. you've got a pepto predicament, ace. you overdid it on the loaded fries and now your gut is in the gutter. undo it with pepto fast melts. so you can keep on rolling. [bowling pins knoc

i think that she should be cherished and celebrated really in the american founding story because shepaid an incredibly important role. she she was very skeptical about monarchy. she was a great advocate for republican government. she thought that power should be split because she didn't believe anyone could be trusted with any power. so her concerns were the concerns the american patriots and through the late 1760s into the 1770s, her writings were hugely, hugely popular in the american colonies. she wrote and corresponded with abigail adams and and and lots of the others. i mean, there's a whole list if you go and have a look at her published letters, which recently have been put out by oxford university press. i think you'll find all of her correspondence with these great founding characters and there's a bit of a topsy turvy feel to these letters as well. but she's in a way, the more the more prominent of the figures in 1775, probably one of the most perilous moments of the whole foundation story. macaulay wrote a pamphlet in support of the the first continental congress. so she's

that is a betrayal what the american founding was baset alse our constitutional republic, that creater cramer, will there be investigations in the senate of what happened last saturday with respect to the secret service and the fbi? we are for the secret service. they're very brave men and women. obviously big mistakes were made. investigations are coming. >> democrats have the gavel. even though could not see what happened in pennsylvania not insist on a investigation. president insisted he would go along with independent visions investigations. speaking appropriatedtores, speaking of money, if the fbi and secret service and doj comes out says you know what? we don't have resources because we don't have financial resources national security, border security, safety of elected officials people of america is paramount number one. one legitimate larry: i mean, the sek secret service, i don't want to blast them, i've been around two administrations of the secret service but obviously a huge mistake was made but the point is they should triple the resources for the donald trump campaign.

an american was found in a hotel room in a kiev hotel, with no signs of bodily harm, and i just wantthe evidence, where is the video or at least a photo? you know, in fact, what was found there in a hotel in kiev, only god knows, they picked it up in mirgorod, calmly put it in a plastic box, well, a plastic bag, packed it up, transported it somewhere to a military base in the usa, there they placed him in a coffin, covered him with the american star-striped flag, and so ... presented him further to the public, and of course the coffin was not opened, that is, nothing was shown to anyone. and here is the obituary on the american memorial website, under kirlin’s photograph all his achievements. he served in the us air force for many years and then retired. what was the american officer doing in ukraine? well, except that, according to documents, he worked as a military tache of the us embassy in kiev. kirlin could very well be directly related to the supply of f-16s to... diplomatic status in order to supply military specialists, that is , a person who seems to have been working in the

in the states, but we must keep in mind that this was precisely the vision of the american founding fatherset involved in long-term alliances, that the united states should not divide the world. on the good and the bad, that the united states should not create favorites for itself, because if you create favorites for yourself in the international arena, then by definition you come into conflict with those to whom these the favorites are opposed, and this does not lead to the creation of some kind of international harmony, on the contrary, rivalries, and confrontation that no one needs. moreover, george washington warned that if such a situation arose in the united states, a situation where the united states became involved in dangerous and unnecessary alliances, then there would be no harm from these alliances. it's so easy to get off, that's what washington said in his farewell message to his compatriots: he said: excessive affection for one foreign state and excessive dislike for another leads to the fact that those in relation to whom these feelings are manifested see danger only on one

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philippines had to purchase vaccines from american pharmaceutical giants, which, as independent american journalists foundiously close ties to biden and his circle. their investigation includes secretary of state antony blinken, us ambassador prion linda thomas greenfield and biden senior adviser anita dan. looks a lot like corruption proceedings on the procurement of almost 2 billion doses of vaccines with the head of the european commission ursula fondeyan in the leading role. by the way, a similar investigation is currently underway in the united states regarding possible bonuses from pharmaceutical giants received by the main one. then a year ago, the united states created four new military bases on the territory of this republic, once again emphasizing that the philippines is one of the main allies of the united states in the indo-pacific region. it is not difficult to guess who the main opponent is. olga ponomareva, lead. in the kaliningrad region, employees of the ministry of emergency situations share valuable experience with volunteers who are searching for missing children. exercises have starte

many americans have found it says dishes button bright and as yet this is what address to the nation that has been delayed to an ongoing day off to this week. no. later this week, now he's rid of the memo coordinate quits. that just came 3 short hours off this campaign tow chapman said with which one showed the country by them is in it too, and it has job. i lost control of the democratic party now he's not and he's hurt those concerns. and i want to be crystal clear, he's made a decision and that decision is to accept the nomination and run for re election winning re election. and i think that there are those out there that need to hear it again. that he made a decision. he's going to be the candidate, he's going to be the next president. and that was time to focus on the threat that donald trump pauses. and what the extreme agenda is on the other side. it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president. and while it has been my intention to seek re election, i believe it is in the best interest of my party in the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on

and particularly with an eye to the era of the american founding since some very work on the limits of executive power and emergency power, which i know has lot of fans here at aei, but most relevant to our discussion today he's explored the place of economic inequality in the life of the early american republic is the author of a book called america's founding and the struggle over economic inequality, published by kansas in 2015 and many and articles on these subjects. he has a ph.d. from cornell jay cost is our colleague here at aei he has a wonderfully a title. he's the nonresident fellow at aei. it really speaks of our in so many ways jay and his work focuses really on political theory and political history. he's done a lot of work in the last years on what you might call civic republicanism. and we'll actually talk a little bit about what exactly that means because it has a lot to do with the subject taking up in this sessions among books may be the one most relevant to that subject is the price of greatness. alexander, james madison and the creation of american oligarchy, publis