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good reminded her of the south because it was just amazing to her. she went around to the teachers and she was calling them by the first name and they were wearing jeans. [laughter] she said, you know, maybe i made a horrible mistake. maybe my mother was right. maybe this will be full of crazy beatniks like she said last nigh--[laughter] >> did the three maintain contact with the school or whether classmates? >> absolutely. >> did they have continual involvement with the school? >> ang...

Days, one is reminded of eric hoffers remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservatism have become such a racket, that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary. frank rich joins us in just a moment.

Behold! rachel maddow approvingly quotes bill kristol, without sna are k. read about some conservative organizations and campaigns these days, one is reminded of eric hoffers remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservative have become such a racket that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary. joining us tonight for the interview is frank rich. he is "new york" ma...

In deep disarray, reading about some conservative organizations and republican campaigns these days, one is reminded of eric hoffers remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservatism have become such a racket, that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary. frank rich joins us in just a moment. capella university understands rough economic times have led to an increa...

Behold! rachel maddow approvingly quotes bill kristol, without snarky comments. "read about some conservative organizations and campaigns these days, one is reminded of eric hoffers remark, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket. it may be that major parts of american conservativism have become such a racket that a kind of refounding of the movement as a cause is necessary." joining us tonight for the interview is frank rich. he is "ne...

might be. be careful with voting. you might go to jail if you try to vote. in the weeks before the election this year, an anonymous someone paid for dozens of these billboards in largely poor, largely minority neighborhoods in ohio and in milwaukee, wisconsin. across the bottom of the billboard, and in kind of small print, the sign said, quote, paid for by a private family foundation. excuse me. and for a while, that was all that we knew about who was behind these be afraid to vote bil...

so you see, you viscerally feel how scary this voting thing might be. be careful with voting. you might go to jail if you try to vote. in the weeks before the election this year, an anonymous someone paid for dozens of these billboards in largely poor, largely minority neighborhoods in ohio and in milwaukee, wisconsin. across the bottom of the billboard, and in kind of small print, the sign said, quote, paid for by a private family foundation. excuse me. and for a while, that was all t...

so you see, you viscerally feel how scary this voting thing might be. be careful with voting. you might go to jail if you try to vote. in the weeks before the election this year, an anonymous someone paid for dozens of these billboards in largely poor, largely minority neighborhoods in ohio and in milwaukee, wisconsin. across the bottom of the billboard, and in kind of small print, the sign said, quote, paid for by a private family foundation. excuse me. and for a while, that was all t...

>> questioning whether students should go to college. whether college can be seen as a salutary endeavor of the and regeneration of. and a question whether in some ways a disk denied has occurred in to what takes place at the highest level of academia and who the sense of a distance growing of everyman america up. deeper in the backdrop lies arguments in another recent book called coming apart that describes those upwardly mobile citizens and those that tend not to be a part of what yo...

if you listen to the radio, a great song by this woman at dell. the first time i heard it, i thought why didnt i hear this song from the 1960s? how does this escape meir? its a real retro deal and i think there is a real lack of creativity and as far as giving these guys their due i think they deserve that in one of the reasons i wrote the book, when you think about iran he taught us so much about history and the story of civilization but historians have been you know not interested in...