CNBC Needs a Historian

Dennis Kneale and CNBC need a historian. (Well, both Mr. Kneale and CNBC need a lot more than than a historian, but I'll stick to my knitting.) 

First, it's Pax Romana not Pax Roma, and what Pax Romana has to do with your construct, Pax Americana, I am at a loss to understand. If you are going to make such comparisons, you really should get the analogies straight. The Pax Romana was notable for its military restraint, and I'm quite certain that our nation is not identified with military restraint at the moment.

Second, while you could make an argument that de Toqueville may have hinted at American exceptionalism, I would argue that it was Frederick Jackson Turner who made the most comprehensive, persuasive argument for American exceptionalism, thereby challenging the "germ theory" of national development. And no historian is really persuaded by Turner anymore, anyway.

Finally, historians are adept at leading discussions and debate in which there is no yelling at, interrupting of, or disparaging of one's fellows. If you need some help in this regard, there would be any number folks who would be delighted to give you a few pointers. You and your network advertise your program is a financial news venue, but I'm beginning to think that the Dennis Kneale's "Real Deal" is really television journalism's version of mud wrestling.