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Betty boop, winnie the pooh. alan jacobs wrote a book called "how to think" he teaches us how to think well. this book is a revelation and a pleasure. one, don't walk to get it. now for a last look. santa claus sis enjoying some balmy weather this month. it is warmer than expected despite some dark days earlier this month. the red line is 2018, the blue is average temperatures for the arctic region. you can see how far it is above normal. why do we care about wacky weather where no one lives? because what happens up there affects us down here, as we've

I've seen other -- i want to read you a quote from alan jacobs, about your credentials which has now become a topic of discussion among conservatives. there's a fair question of what new are you adding to the literature, who kind of value to framework are you operating out of? as you talk about the historical jesus and the context? he says "reza aslan is not a new testament scholar. his book is educated amateur summary and synthesis of a particularly skeptical but quite long-established line of new testament scholarship presented to us as simple fact." what do you say to that? >> i think the o...

The importance that this man plays in the lives of billions of people. and i've said this before, but i just want to say it again, i have nothing but compassion for lauren green. i totally get where she is coming from. if i were 15 -- if i were my 15-year-old evangelical christian self, i'd probably be a little bit afraid and feeling a little bit attacked, too, but, again, that's not my intention at all. >> well, here's the question about the book. i've seen other -- i want to read you a quote from alan jacobs, about your credentials which has now become a topic of discussion among conservativ...

0 economy. >> the revenue increase would be a very short-term spike in the revenue that would be based on how the base was broadened. it would be revenue neutral, my understanding, in terms of the way details are worked out. it would be revenue neutral over the life of the reform. would you be interested in something like that? >> i get very concerned about a tax increase. that's the way i perceive it. now, even gene sperling, head of the white house national economic council said there were no details released in the president's plan today, so i want to see the meat on the bones. democrats ar...

0 done. plus, shocking video of white youths rye rotting and running rampant through the streets of huntington beach, california. do we need to have a national dialogue about the violent destructive white youth culture in this country? i think we do, and it's a conversation you won't want to miss. we begin tonight with president obama who took his campaign-style jobs push to chattanooga, tennessee, today, where he presented himself as a principled idealistic fighter for the middle class who maybe also happens to have the most remarkably poor short-term memory in all of washington. the pres...