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To. A book i am rereading. I am also reading a book at the National Gallery a week or so ago called the accidental masterpiece. It is about how you see art and to me i am a great lover of art, every day objects, everywhere you look. An interesting book i picked up. You see by my office, i do my own art. And keep my day job here. Reading, i want to mention, is foundational. I was not born in this country. English is not my first language. I credit a library and in Elementary School who awakened my love of reading and i remember the book, those who sit at her feet at the library and she read is ...

Jewish community. Up to 1924, Ultra Orthodox Jews generally chose not to come to the United States. There were even rabinic rulings in europe discouraging jewish immigration to america. It was very simple. If you come to america, it will be better for your body. It will be worse for your soul. And your grandchildren will be gentiles. And they said dont come to america. And as a result, the ultra communities did not. After world war ii, though, the surviving ultra communities did. In part, they came here because they were either nonzionist or antizionist and didnt want to go to israel. So they ...

Congress, 150 years ago in 1866, when congress is debating what becomes the 14th amendment, the 14th amendment begins by saying all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to their jurisdiction, ie, not the children of diplomats, are citizens of the United States. And there was a strong attempt by the delegation from california and oregon to amend that to say all persons except chinese would be citizens of the United States. And to the great credit of the United States congress, then in the hands of the antislavery Republican Party that had just led the nation to both savi...

Black members of the jury. We want to talk about your confidence level in the criminal Justice System. If you are in the mountain , andic, 202 7488001 experience with criminal justice, we want to hear your story this morning, 202 join us onu can also twitter or facebook. We will get your calls in just a minute but lets kick off the conversation with president recent weekly address he made about the criminal Justice System. Some 2. 2 Million Peoples behind bars in america and millions more are on parole or probation. Papernd 80 billion tax doll taxpayer dollars every year to keep people locked ...

The utility pole over there, this would have been much worse. Its certainly not something you see every day. A witness shared this cell phone video with nbc 10 of a blimp crash landing near his fishtown neighborhood. He was up close and personal as the blimp went down in a construction yard near i95. Blimp straight ahead about to crash. Reporter other witness also shared video with us. The sight made for an interesting drive for people in the neighborhood. And on the interstate around 5 30 this afternoon. This is definitely a first. Reporter Philadelphia Police say the pilot and passenger were...