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Young adulthood, adolescence, all kinds of social issues. why is this show so insanely popular? and more apparently why do groups like d.a.r.e. and some conservative writers hate it? whats happening here? >> the show is an interesting look at youth culture. it is an exaggeration of youth culture, i want to really stress this. even zendaya herself has said this show touches on difficult topics and you do have to have viewer discretion which watching this show. and also told from zendayas characte...

When Rutgers fans took over MSG — Former coach remembers tourney Coaching college basketball is all about character and former Rutgers basketball coach Gary Waters, who coached the Scarlet Knights from 2001-2006, has written a book called Ten Principals of A Character Coach. Waters took his teams to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) three times. His greatest memory of Rutgers came when they went to the NIT Finals playing Michigan at Madison Square Garden in 2004. "It was a great run ...

Cnn, who asked what i thought of sarah palin as a potential nominee for the presidency in 2012. i answered it in one word. i said it would be catastrophic. there were many, many people long after the hour that it was clear she was unfit temperamentally, intellectually, from every conceivable character perspective, from a veracity perspective, were still suspending disbelief and saying, oh, yes, this person, because shes on fox, because she has a rabid fan base, im going to say that, yes, shed be...

Talking about what a bleep show it was. >> no, they dont. in my case, in 2009 i was asked at a conference, john king much cnn, who asked what i thought of sarah palin as a potential nominee for the presidency in 2012. i answered it in one word. i said it would be catastrophic. there were many, many people long after the hour that it was clear she was unfit temperamentally, intellectually, from every conceivable character perspective, from a veracity perspective, were still suspending disbelief a...

Amazing that someone who is the president-elect would feel like his victory is undermined in any sense but he does take things very personally so i think thats really whats driving this conversation for him. there might be an element of deflection, as well. and certainly there is always strategy when it comes to campaign or government messaging that we need to consider. but this is the donald trump we have seen throughout this process. this is not inconsistent at all for him from a character per...

Stereotypes that got reinforced and the gates book. you were talking about this earlier. you think this is a big negative and yet that politics entered her boat on the iraq surge. do you think what bob gates says will have an impact on her when she is running in the primary in iowa? >> its a damning indictment. in 2008 was calling back the last place to be the republican nominee. it was advocating for the surge which was necessary and an important thing to get done. i would rather lose an electi...

Do an awful lot the good for a lot of people. and we ought not to have a religion test -- >> it takes the issue away from the opponents and say im not ashamed of this. addressed the broadway show book of mormons. i think its a good strategy and takes attention away from his vast fortune and makes him seem more like a normal american. >> in a culture thats filled with octomoms and kardashians and dumbs down by the hour as you watch this. the fact that donald trump is a figure at any level in the ...