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In December 2004, during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, I spent a night in one of the many tents that had been pitched in Kiev’s central square. There were five of us inside, and it smelled like cig

Print this article Piano players have an expression: “When in doubt, go Gershwin”.  George and Ira have written some song to fit every mood, and it’s almost always excellent. Tocqueville performs a similar function for writers on American democracy.  James Poulos quotes the man on the development of religion under conditions of democracy.  It reads as if it were written this morning on an Apple MacBook: Not content with the discovery that there is nothing in the world by one re...

Ultracool dwarf. dont confuse that with a hipster midget stark. >> tom: i dont think the panel realize that that is a real thing. >> andy: james, you said there should be people at all these planets. >> not alien persons, but human beings. >> andy: i completely agree with you. >> dont call me james. >> andy: hitha, you said we dont have to worry about using paper plates, we can go to another planet. i think you were joking, but this is a reason for space effluent expiration, so we can go somewhe...

>> tom: thank you, andy. lets welcome our guests. im in the 4h club. which stands for hooray, hooray, its hitha herzog. hitha herzog. his book is called "the art of being free." contributing editor for "american affairs." and author of his new book, james poulos. he puts the "borrow" in broadcasting. radio host mike gunzelman. and sitting right next to me, comedian jimmy failla. okay, lets start the show. ♪ >> tom: protesters at congressional town halls this week question the legitimacy of pre...

>> andy: isons president doesnt like pineapple pizza. tom, you said it is okay to put pineapple on pizza but it has to be at the right place. and that places the garbage can. hitha, you had an issue with vegan cheese but somehow you think its okay to put garbage pineapple on a pizza. >> pizza is pizza. >> andy: thats why pineapple shouldnt be on it. >> if we were in hawaii right now they would really disagree. im sure all of our hawaiian viewers are really offended. >> andy: im popular in hawaii...

Because i went to community college in the dorms were our cars. no more neon around the license plates. where training people to get offended, were creating a society that no one can stand. no ones ever been to a party and been like "oh, wow, i cant wait for the guy who gets offended every thing to show up." youve never had that experience, and thats why i think they need to take the power back from the administrators. >> by the way, i look like the ghost of christmas future trying to scare you....

one man is fearless enough to take on the bankers. ♪ >> cenk: look at that. something good coming out of germany. well tell you why that is and why hes doing it. >> cenk: all right, we have an incredibly important recall race in wisconsin tomorrow. but do you know a year ago when they did polling on hypothetical match up between tom barrett who is now the mayor of milwaukee, and scott walker who is the union-breaking govern of wisconsin, barrett had a significant lead. he had 550% to...

fundamental legal question remains who was the aggressor? >> cenk: were going to analyze that through evidence. that is really important. plus bubba on the attack. >> the moderate republican who is going to vote said gosh, they ought to give him a promotion. he told the truth. >> cenk: thats bill clinton! also here comes "the young turks," go time! >> cenk: all right welcome to "the young turks," everybody. the peter g peterson foundation fiscal summit in 2012 where they try to figure ...

remains who was the aggressor? >> cenk: were going to analyze that through evidence. that is really important. plus bubba on the attack. >> the moderate republican who is going to vote said gosh, they ought to give him a promotion. he told the truth. >> cenk: thats bill clinton! also here comes "the young turks," go time! >> cenk: all right, welcome to "the young turks," everybody. the peter g peterson foundation fiscal summit in 2012 where they try to figure out how to rob the middle ...