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Colorado Springs, “Olympic City USA,” will be Ground Central for the next year in a conflict that pits a boycott-the-Chinese-Olympics movement against those who demand society separate politics and sports.
And now, presenting Andrew Yang (with annotations referring to our prior coverage): The Open and Restaurant Streets programs repurposed curbside space for public use instead of the free storage of privately owned cars. Would you make such programs permanent — and do you have other ideas for repurposing street space for public benefit? Andrew Yang YANG: I would make the Open and Restaurants Streets programs permanent. We saw how integral these programs were during the pandemic and how much more use these spaces get when public land is not used for free car storage. We’ll also pursue land s...
Interestingly enough. so donna, you were a campus radical some time ago in berkeley. a part of an earlier generation. correct me if i am wrong, but the generation you belonged to had strong political views, ones i disagree with you about at its core there was a belief in free speech. wasn't there? >> absolutely. that's berkeley. that's free speech. >> tucker: well, that's gone. i don't hear anybody mourning its passing. presumably a lot of mainstream media liberals still believe in free speech. it was one of the pillars of their movement, of what they believe. but i don't hear them standing up...
So donna, you were a campus radical some time ago in berkeley. a part of an earlier generation. correct me if i am wrong, but the generation you belonged to had strong political views, ones i disagree with you about at its core there was a belief in free speech. wasn't there? >> absolutely. that's berkeley. that's free speech. >> tucker: well, that's gone. i don't hear anybody mourning its passing. presumably a lot of mainstream media liberals still believe in free speech. it was one of the pillars of their movement, of what they believe. but i don't hear them standing up to demand the right o...
Pope as he is coming by. people that want to shake his hand but he is in a moving car. they stop. you can see them jostling with the pope. look, he wants to be touched by the people, he wants to touch the people. a lot of his speeches, he wants to knock on the door of brazil -- of all brazilians. look, i would love to have a glass of water and a coffee with every one of you but i just can't. but he's certainly making every attempt to touch every brazilian that he can. he's kissed more babies than i have seen a politician ever kiss in a single day certainly. he's getting very, very close. right...