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[applause] a number of you know me from previous years. Its hi pleasure to be here to welcome its my pleasure to be here to welcome you and on behalf of Miamidade College, the college that really puts forth maximum effort in terms of solen b tiers volunteers from all its constituents, students, faculty and staff to make this book fair happen as it does every single year. And for the past 30 years. Id like to thank our sponsors, there are many of them, but in particular o. H. Aryan know and Ameri...

Potential voter. A columnist i usually only agree with about movies put it this way. Romney didnt say that the election had come out as it did because obamas team had outplayed and outfoxed his. He should have because thats the truth. Rather, he said that obama had won the second term essentially through bribery. Well, look, i have three rules for both parties as they converge now to do their squoobs. Respect the voter, respect each others offices, and search hard for common ground. Those are wh...

Skepticism is unwarranted, consider the debt crisis denyieys. Debt skeptics say we can grow our way out of debt with more tax revenue. Not so says Harvard Universitys nile ferguson. In a recent column citing forecasts from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the cbo, last month, the cbo published its 2013 longterm budget outlook, forecasting u. S. Debt 25 years from now and beyond. Like Climate Change projections, the cbo uses models, based on Current Trends and likely future scenarios ...

The title is taken from a quote from ulysses s. Grant. He looked back on his career, and mountain memoirs, he writes frankly about the experiences he had, the good and the bad making for good reading. What he talk about late in life was his role in the u. S. Mexico war in 1846, and grant said, you know, at the time, i do not think there was ever a more wicked war than that waged on the United States by mexico so i thought at the time as a youngster only i had not moral courage enough to resign. ...

Theres something wrong inside the American Economic and political system, and thats what this book is about. Host Hedrick Smith is the author. Thank you for being on booktv. From the Fourth Annual boston book festival, a Panel Featuring author edward glaeser. Its about an hour, 15. Good afternoon and thank you very much for coming to this auditorium today. Let me introduce myself, im bob oakes from morning edition on wbur, bostons npr news station. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Im sure some o...

So my story about Strom Thurmond begins, its late july, 1992, and im on a flight from washington, d. C. To charlotte, North Carolina. I had been an intern that summer up on capitol hill, and one of my regrets of the summer was that id never seen Strom Thurmond. Because all my fellow interns said youve got to see Strom Thurmond. He such an unusual appearance about him. I did know what they meant really your but i had my suspicions. So im on the flight and a look ahead in front of me and i see a m...

Over the past year our original first ladies series has look at the lives of the nations first ladies. Well show you highlights from our Second Season focusing on the 20th century. Starting with Edith Roosevelt and finishing with rosalynn carter. That is at 9 p. M. Eastern. A reminder, we will have new first ladys programs in the new year. Starting with nancy reagan on monday, january 13 at nine eastern. Followed by barbara bush, hillary clinton, laura bush, and michelle obama. Each monday after...

Having someone who has strong leadership and particularly private sector experience is not such a bad thing. Click yes. I think generally all the senators calling for somebody to head this, were happy with last week. Roanoke, virginia. Good morning. Good morning. Ask, i have not done anything about the Affordable Health care act yet. As i go through the process, are to haveired identification . Guest yes. Generally, when you go through the process, you are required to have a number of things, pr...

Morning. Our top stories for 2013. 26 said it was the 2010 implementation and overhaul of health care in general, eight percent said it was the death of Nelson Mandela and another eight percent was the federal governments budget troubles. Six or sent that it was a National Debate over gun laws and Mass Shootings and four was the Boston Marathon bombing. That the the top five Associated Press found as a top stories of 2013. What is your pick for the top story . Could be president obamas presidenc...

Nominations i dont have my line in here but you only have a few that are not competitive. Versus incumbent renominations that rarely are these things competitive. Betweennd difference these indicators, democrats versus republicans. There is a distinct party difference for this timeframe. Campaigns contents are bit more competitive overall. Republican campaigns typically are not as competitive. Intraparty trends. This is perhaps the most fascinating thing as far as looking ahead toward 2016 and b...