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The families, the rooz veez roo roosevelts. Ken, why have you decided to deal with a very important part of that era . People ask me how do i choose my projects and this one chose me. I live in a tiny town in rural New Hampshire, putney, vermont, greenwood school, they asked me to be a judge at this gettysburg recitation event. I literally wept. I thought, somebody should make a film on this but that would be cinema verite. Finally, with the 150th approaching, i just said, we got to do this, i got to put my money where my mouth is. We had to make a film about this heroic struggle of these boys...

[ rock music plays on radio ] this is jim ladd of klos. We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special bulletin. Rock music fans all over the world are in mourning today. Jim morrison, lead singer of the doors, was found dead in his paris apartment this morning. French authorities attribute the cause of death to a heart attack. Morrison was 27 years old. Goodbye, jim. Well miss you. [ engine races ] jim morrison was buried today in Pere Lachaise cemetery in paris. The coffin was sealed, and only his girlfriend, pamela courson, and the doors manager were in attendance. With his passing, the...

Wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. The mystery of infinity has intrigued mathematicians for thousands of years. Still, many of the greatest thinkers, from pythagoras to galileo, even the great gauss refused to tackle it, deeming infinity to be unthinkable. But believe it or not, the idea of infinity begins with something as simple as counting and the way in which we measure the world. As humans, we find hints of infinity as soon as we learn to count. Once we run out of fingers, we realize there might be a neverending number of things, from the grains o...

Though unlike your first two novels, this is less as youve described it, less afghancentric. Right. Part of that is because as i wrote the novel, i saw the characters struggles playing out on a more personal, intimate level, it was more of a human drama and not necessarily playing out on the big kind of political arena. But there are, certainly, characters in this book whose lives are seriously impacted by the events in afghanistan, by the taliban, by the infighting in afghanistan and so on and so forth. Its just not quite as forceful of an impact. Part of it is because i, its sort of my small...

22nd of january. Thats the day the United States senate could decide whether to return from the dead by reforming the filibuster and allowing democracy to work. Once upon a time, the filibuster enabled a clique of senators, or even just one, to prolong things by speaking. You had to hold the floor continuously by not shutting up until you drop. Thats what happened when mr. Smith went to washington. Mr. Smith is here to see democracys finest show of filibuster. Free speech in its most dramatic form. Well, im going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if this room gets filled w...