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Is that an urban legend, or is well, thethe thumping is after youveyouve picked the watermelon in the store. Lets say you assume all the watermelons are ripe in the store. Mmhmm. Every one in th bin or on the shelf are ripe. Then you wanna start feeling them. If they have a good sound to em, it means that theyre not overripe, when they have a a flat sound, uh, doesnt have a good ring to it. This has got a nice ring to it. If its got a flat sound, its either overripe, or maybe it has a hollow hea...

It was all we dont talk about this. It was shocking and sad. And you had a tenyear period of successful books before the censorship kicked in. Wasnt it the 80s that you began to see 1980 waswas yes, yes. But there had been some. I mean, there was a woman who called me after are you there god . Its me margaret. Was published. She just looked me up in the phone book, and she said, are you the one who wrote that book . And i was really excited, and i said, yes. And she called me a communist, and sh...

And it would depend on what the person said that i might not teach that book again. But they would have to be awfully convincing if id thought which we would hope ahead of time teachers had about appropriateness before they selected the book. I find my bigger problem with teachers is not taking risks, but, you know, its that theyre not taking risks. Not that they are and getting in trouble. Its that theyre censoring before the book ever reaches the child. Im getting teachers saying, well, now, i...

Earthquake weather. Is this earthquake weather . No. Not that i have heard of. No such thing. There is no such thing. We are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. There is no relationship. I have heard its hot or cold weather or rain. Im not sure which is the myth. How about time of day . Yes. It happens when its least convenient. When it happens people say we were lucky and when they dont. Its terrible timing. Its never a good time for an earthquake. But we are going to have one...

Throughout his presidency, has amply demonstrated he will not hesitate to defend our nation, our citizens, and our allies against threats to our security. The limited strikes that the president plans are necessary, and appropriate. Which is why they have garnered support on both sides of the political aisle. Leaders haveate declared their full support. For and policy expert from the left right and center have strongly endorsed the action. There are many nonpartisan issues left in washington. Thi...

One of the things the Libya Working Group has been thinking about or other means, what would that advice be . I would go back to the remarks i made at the very beginning. Requires a Real Investment shifting away from working project to project and finding a way to couple when we are doing these projects, spending a lot of time mentoring and providing Technical Support to build the institution. I would say two things. The first is to take it easy on libya. Everybody, considering the history of li...

Three are all the top story and each reflect a particularly corrosive tension of the Trump Administration. Travel ban, its growth showing how much the Trump Administration is doing on policy while the tweets and feuds grab attention. Old ban was temporary threemonth experiment and this revised ban is slated at permanent. This today is more farreaching policy than the first travel ban. And its revealing for Many Americans and leaders, this ban is getting less attention than the shock of the first...

Following two weeks of student protests, a divide is growing on Vanderbilt's campus over what free speech rights students really have.

There are many religious holidays in the spring, but not all are given the same public acknowledgment – from government-sponsored events to time off from school and work. Amanda Tyler and Holly Hollman discuss how Christian privilege shows up in how our country recognizes and accommodates certain holidays, as well as how holidays help us understand and celebrate the religious pluralism in our country.

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeyer's decision to have a reporter arrested amid student protests is a disgrace.