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Or 60 or 70 years ago. I mean, having running water, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, a television set, microwave and a computer, would have looked very, very good to my parents when they were young. Thats quite a long time ago. But relative poverty is a very deeply ingrained belief in american society, and i think in western society generally, and as long as there are people who are conspicuously more poor than most people, i think that the concern will continue to exist, even thoug...

You see, not everybody in america is white. And the Civil Rights Movement, the most important domestic movement of the second half of the 20th century, thats the topic for the next lecture. And the baby boomers of the 1950s, those folks grow up to be the flower children of the 1960s. [ inaudible ] yes, ill share some stories. Not everybodys happy, and not everybodys content in the 1950s. But those are all lectures for another day. Questions that you have . Who were some of the names on the holly...

Wilfred owen, written as it was ongoing. Wilfred himself was a junior officer in the british army in the First World War. They are often reprinted words and they show us something about the brutality of war and the experience of war on the western front. They also show us something political. In an argument here, especially in the last part where he talks about men dying for nations, for national causes. The stakes of this one mans death from gas become very high indeed in Wilfred Owens eyes. Th...

The original barnes and nobel superstores were modelled on this. Juan thompson talks about living with his father and his book stories i tell myself. You know, he was born in 1936. He didnt grow up in an era where fathers were typically heavily involved in raising kids, so that was part of it. Second, writing was an important thing, family was secondary, for sure. Also this weekend as part of our cities tour, some history of denver, colorado, on American History tv. National fish and Wildlife Se...

A fishing boat with dozens on board crashing into rocks, taking on water. Passengers scrambling for life rafts, waiting desperately to be rescued. We were in the right place at the right time for those people. How Good Samaritans got there in the nick of time. And good morning, america. Happy labor day. Great to have paula faris here. Oh, its great to be here. Thanks for the invite, george. We hope youre having a safe and enjoyable Holiday Weekend so far. But this morning all eyes are on hermine...

To steamed up, he tends shout, as opposed to those of us who get a handle on things before we spout off. Hillary clinton path team and they are day trying to swat down questions about her familys foundation after the ap or worded half of clintons nongovernment meetings were with donors. Over the last 24 hours, her team has pointed out those 150 meetings were culled for more than 1700 sit downs. Clinton help with others and officials in her tenure and many on the list like a Nobel Peace Prize win...

A fishing boat with dozens on board crashing into rocks, taking on water. Passengers scrambling for life rafts, waiting desperately to be rescued. We were in the right place at the right time for those people. How Good Samaritans got there in the nick of time. And good morning, america. Happy labor day. Great to have paula faris here. Oh, its great to be here. Thanks for the invite, george. We hope youre having a safe and enjoyable Holiday Weekend so far. But this morning all eyes are on hermine...

Then connect the economic policies of president kenneth c and reagan in jfk at the reagan revolution. Look for the titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the future of book tv, on cspan2. Ible c [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]thank y thank you for coming out tonight. Another humidity is inching up. T thank you for coming in. Im glad we have the air conditioner going. Welcome. Make yourself comfortable. Before before i get started just a few housekeeping no...

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A fishing boat with dozens on board crashing into rocks, taking on water. Passengers scrambling for life rafts, waiting desperately to be rescued. We were in the right place at the right time for those people. How Good Samaritans got there in the nick of time. And good morning, america. Happy labor day. Great to have paula faris here. Oh, thanks for the invite, george. We hope youre having a safe and enjoyable Holiday Weekend so far. But this morning all eyes are on hermine, a posttropical cyclo...