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that was new york. publishing, that was new york. media, the newspapers, that was new york. and so pulitzer was waiting and biting his time to get to new york. he did the same. he came to new york, bought a bankrupt newspaper, brought his western style, and became an instant success there with a newspaper that none of us now anymore because it's gone, "the new york world." he replicated what he had in st. louis, but added something very important. as an immigrant he looked to the lower east side of new york and saw the vast waves of new americans. he didn't see them as a threat. he saw them as strength. like himself. they were going to contribute. he admonished his reporters to go and write about their lives. so his reporters dissented on the lower east side and wrote stories about their lives. not just about their lives, they were using dickens about their model. tell stories about their lives. so the world would come out with a headline, tiny tot falls to his death as mother looks on. and on the upper reaches of 5th avenue where people drink the tea with the finger up. loo
that was new york. publishing, that was new york. media, the newspapers, that was new york. and so pulitzer was waiting and biting his time to get to new york. he did the same. he came to new york, bought a bankrupt newspaper, brought his western style, and became an instant success there with a newspaper that none of us now anymore because it's gone, "the new york world." he replicated what he had in st. louis, but added something very important. as an immigrant he looked to the...
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it's all around us here in new york city and new york state. new york city and its agencies have more than 362000 full-time employees. according to the citizens budget commission, of the $63 billion operating budget, more than 57%, or 36 billion, is directly spent on employee compensation. in 2002, the city-based $1.3 billion of pension costs. this year, 7.4 billion. if you remembered nothing else, remember that. i will repeat it. in 2002, $1.3 billion in pension costs. this year, 7.4 billion. altogether, the city will spend $6.1 billion more on employee benefits this year than it did eight years ago. and still the advocates complain, it's not enough. it never is. it can't be. we didn't get here by accident. that's the context of "shakedown." steve shows how, state-by-state, union by janine, politician by politicians, the new new left gain power over public finances. there so many choice nuggets in the book that our restrained myself to a few favorites. one involves the california nurses union, kind and caring people, right? no. you will see nu
it's all around us here in new york city and new york state. new york city and its agencies have more than 362000 full-time employees. according to the citizens budget commission, of the $63 billion operating budget, more than 57%, or 36 billion, is directly spent on employee compensation. in 2002, the city-based $1.3 billion of pension costs. this year, 7.4 billion. if you remembered nothing else, remember that. i will repeat it. in 2002, $1.3 billion in pension costs. this year, 7.4 billion....
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thank you. >> well, firstly, new york city is -- new york city is is so far ahead of any other city in america as it relates to coming out of recessions and being, ultimately, able to resume where it was when it was at the peak of its career in a very positive way. when you look at the city today and you read that 10% of all the jobs created in the united states in the last quarter were created in new york city, that's incredible. just incredible. i think new york city's population is about 3% of the united states, and so we're way ahead in terms of prosperity current and yet to come. but the most important thing that mayor bloomberg has done which he gets very little credit for is he's changed the whole tone of race relations in this city. there, to the best of my knowledge, there simply is no racial problem in this city. there was not just that which we referred to under my administration for the reasons i've given you, but under giuliani, under david dinkens. it was there. mike bloomberg changed it, and the question always will exist, how did he do it? it's his personality. he's not
thank you. >> well, firstly, new york city is -- new york city is is so far ahead of any other city in america as it relates to coming out of recessions and being, ultimately, able to resume where it was when it was at the peak of its career in a very positive way. when you look at the city today and you read that 10% of all the jobs created in the united states in the last quarter were created in new york city, that's incredible. just incredible. i think new york city's population is...
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i guess maybe it was governor of new york at that time. the lesson that he concluded from 1924, dedicated to the democrats as he said, never again should we -- i think his words were never again should we wear the liberty of the conservatives -- basically we've got to go in the other direction. and that's one lesson that the democrats have certainly learned. history would show that they haven't gone back on that. and the two parties have stayed pretty much in that mode since 1924. but it's interesting to think that it really wasn't all ordained that the republican party would be the conservative party of the democratic party would be the liberal party. if our 1924, each of the two parties had very large progressive and conservative wings. and that was basically the civil war going on in both parties as to who would control each of the parties. while the democrats nominated the progressive for president, that was o'bryan in 1998. that was teddy roosevelt in 1984. and it's interesting to think that teddy roosevelt was the leading candidate f
i guess maybe it was governor of new york at that time. the lesson that he concluded from 1924, dedicated to the democrats as he said, never again should we -- i think his words were never again should we wear the liberty of the conservatives -- basically we've got to go in the other direction. and that's one lesson that the democrats have certainly learned. history would show that they haven't gone back on that. and the two parties have stayed pretty much in that mode since 1924. but it's...
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he was staying at edwin booth's mansion in new york. he'd been injured on the battlefield in louisiana and he came to the actor's house to recuperate. john wilkes was there, too. he had no home of his own and he stayed with his brother whenever he wasn't working. and he had to follow one the while he was staying with edwin, never taught confederates under the roof of edwin's house. in july, the three men, john wilkes booth, edwin booth and captain atom but go were staying together. riots broke out across the city to protest the new federal draft. african-americans and union officers were targets of violence. john at this point was forced to help hide the injured captain dido and his african american medic the basement of his house, protect them from lynch mobs, arsonists and gains. eventually the right side down and order was restored. and adam bedell left the city safely to join the staff of general ulysses s. grant for whom you would work for the rest of the war and would be standing at greenside at appomattox would lay surrendered. b
he was staying at edwin booth's mansion in new york. he'd been injured on the battlefield in louisiana and he came to the actor's house to recuperate. john wilkes was there, too. he had no home of his own and he stayed with his brother whenever he wasn't working. and he had to follow one the while he was staying with edwin, never taught confederates under the roof of edwin's house. in july, the three men, john wilkes booth, edwin booth and captain atom but go were staying together. riots broke...
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tester professor of you new york university polytechnic institute assesses the mayor of new york city from 1978 to 1989. he recalls that determine the year political career and the redevelopment plans that the former mayor put forward throughout his time in office. jonathan soffer is joined by ed koch at an event held by the museum in new york city. the program is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for joining us a dislike for the national park service in new york and one of the great treasures of new york city. let me first introduce jonathan soffer. he grew up in albany and had the wisdom to mention manhattan to attend columbia. he joined the broadway democrats, which endorsed ballan in 1977. [laughter] certain things may be forgiven. he got his doctorate from columbia and now teaches history at nyu polytechnic institute. i realize not long ago that if we start with henry hudson's foliage nearly 400 years ago, i've been covering the york city for more than 10% of its record of history. [laughter] they say that journalism is the first draft of history. welcome some jour
tester professor of you new york university polytechnic institute assesses the mayor of new york city from 1978 to 1989. he recalls that determine the year political career and the redevelopment plans that the former mayor put forward throughout his time in office. jonathan soffer is joined by ed koch at an event held by the museum in new york city. the program is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for joining us a dislike for the national park service in new york and one of...
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new york, washington d.c., l.a. and san francisco. and that's the publishing capital of america and the finance capital in the political capital in the entertainment capital and we're not there. and we need to be there. and i think if we work together, we can get there. thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information, visit dinesh d'souza.com. >> a new book out by bloomsbury publishing, "blur: how to know what's true in the age of information overload." the co-author is bill kovach and decide to. mr. kovach, in your book, what of the quotes as we've been there before. what is acting quite >> abbeys we've been through this dislocation, created by ed expansion created time and again at history. in fact, newspapers are born at such a time when printing press became into being and distributed information to people who had never had information about the people and institutions that controlled their lives. and it took decades for the public in and the industry of information of sharing, develop what we call newsm
new york, washington d.c., l.a. and san francisco. and that's the publishing capital of america and the finance capital in the political capital in the entertainment capital and we're not there. and we need to be there. and i think if we work together, we can get there. thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information, visit dinesh d'souza.com. >> a new book out by bloomsbury publishing, "blur: how to know what's true in the age of information overload." the...
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i had my dream of new york, of my coming to new york. eugene in paragorio, by balzak. this young man has come to paris. raises his fist towards paris itself. i'll defeat you yet, paris. i'll defeat you yet. i said that's me. i'm going to defeat new york. i was this totally balzak frame of mind. i got up in hotel. mostly single. two out of the three for single occupancy. there was me, i was there, the overnight tenant. i went across to street to the automat. i don't know how many people remember, all of the food was yellow. eggs, coffee was yellow, the bread was yellow. the orange juice was yellow. everybody was yellow. i said this is it. that's where eugene comes from, the automat. so i'm really feeling romantic. i'm going to take you on, new york. and i'm all alone. you don't know who i am. you don't care who i am. but i'm going to get you. i'm walking down the street to go to my job at 11 and i'm walking out of 5th avenue. i'll be darned, here's an old girlfriend of mine. she said, tom, we go on and on. would you like to come to a party tonight? i said, sure. i'm bra
i had my dream of new york, of my coming to new york. eugene in paragorio, by balzak. this young man has come to paris. raises his fist towards paris itself. i'll defeat you yet, paris. i'll defeat you yet. i said that's me. i'm going to defeat new york. i was this totally balzak frame of mind. i got up in hotel. mostly single. two out of the three for single occupancy. there was me, i was there, the overnight tenant. i went across to street to the automat. i don't know how many people...
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they weren't like "the new york times." sometimes it were pages to tell one day at the convention would take more than he had. so it took a lot of time and he skipped around a little bit. he was still publishing these after the convention honda turned. and unfortunately, some of the speeches by what the federalists called anti-federalist seem to be a little too persuasive. so the federalists canceled their subscriptions. dallas was fired and that was it. what this means is that i had to piece together what critics of the constitution sat in the late part of the pennsylvania convention from the notes of those who took notes so they could refuse them. it's not ideal at all. they were trying to rewrite history. i think i would laugh at their consideration that they were trying to win a very hard fight. and we have to remember that. what they did was done in the course of combat. now other states weren't that that, but i do recall one point in the notes on the massachusetts convention where the notetakers said essentially the f
they weren't like "the new york times." sometimes it were pages to tell one day at the convention would take more than he had. so it took a lot of time and he skipped around a little bit. he was still publishing these after the convention honda turned. and unfortunately, some of the speeches by what the federalists called anti-federalist seem to be a little too persuasive. so the federalists canceled their subscriptions. dallas was fired and that was it. what this means is that i had...
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he endorsed landon, it was a front page new york times article. they reprinted his whole speech. and, again, it was a classic defense of conservativism. i wish i had time to read you some of the quotes. he also was involved in forming the liberty league which was a major counterbalance for the new deal during the 1930s and '40s. and probably most importantly he argued a lot of cases before the supreme court, many be of which were is successful -- many of which were successful in striking down new deal legislation. by the time davis ended his career in, shortly before he died -- he died in 1955, but i think his last case was 1954. he had argued 142 cases before the supreme court, more than any other lawyer except daniel webster. and he was universeally hailed as what was, the term was lawyer's lawyer. he was, without question, the premier advocate before the supreme court is and won some amazing victories. i think the most interesting and significant one was the steel seizure case which davis argued at age 79 before the court, and the court ruled in his favor through harry truman
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those guards were mostly young americans from new york, and i mean new york city. but also from minneapolis, where the trotskyist had put down roots among the teamster organizations. it was the only place in the country where the trotskyists had a following among what trotsky called the proletarian. some of those teamsters' came to serve as guards and some less successfully than others. the teamsters it turns out were not all come out to be guards of trotsky or anybody else. despite diego's generosity at this time, the shortage of funds in the trotsky household, just to run the household but also for his protection, is really quite shocking. one of the things i discovered in researching the book there are always running out of money. biggar the fund runs out of money. they are asking natalia for funds, please don't tell trotsky and back and forth and all around. all so you sort of get what you pay for. what you see is the poor quality of some of the guards, and that's quite scandalous as well. you can barely believe reading the documents or reading the book that th
those guards were mostly young americans from new york, and i mean new york city. but also from minneapolis, where the trotskyist had put down roots among the teamster organizations. it was the only place in the country where the trotskyists had a following among what trotsky called the proletarian. some of those teamsters' came to serve as guards and some less successfully than others. the teamsters it turns out were not all come out to be guards of trotsky or anybody else. despite diego's...
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button reason is king's college is in an new york city is we don't protect you but we prepare you. our goal is to take young students, mostly christian and the quips them to extend their faith in a secular society and also to go on to successful and transforming careers at goldman sachs, and cbs news, capitol hill we want them to flourish in secular society. you can find out more information at tkc.edu. i have 1 foot in the world of the debates of god and religion. just last night i had a debate in which i was at the university of wisconsin but i also have 1 foot in the debate of culture and politics. as christians we are called not to be of the world but in the world and understanding the world to be a positive influence. i want to talk about leadership and the 80 is the end of the mission of the man who is leading not only america but the world. the president of the united states. president obama is in some ways, perhaps the most unknown guy to come into the white house. of any president. has said too very unusual circumstances including the economic nosedive to put him in there.
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york public library in new york city. the program is just under two hours. >> the >> evening. >> hi angela. [laughter] i'm sorry about that entrance to but i wasn't doing it for theatrics but i do have a brand new spanking hip. [laughter] i love it, i love it, i love it. but the rest of the body hasn't caught up yet. [laughter] so nobody's moderating? >> we are just talking. we are talking about douglas, libraries, literacy and liberation and when yes, absolutely. let me start with literacy because i have to stop what on the davis i want other people to know about will read it. and obviously interested in literacy. i am impressed with -- well, if only recently discovered that this country is unique in the world in terms of the distribution of libraries throughout the country to read you cannot go in rural areas in europe or in africa or asia, rural areas and find libraries the way you can hear and middletown's, not to speak of the huge university libraries that just jump out of nowhere in indiana and or some place where a
york public library in new york city. the program is just under two hours. >> the >> evening. >> hi angela. [laughter] i'm sorry about that entrance to but i wasn't doing it for theatrics but i do have a brand new spanking hip. [laughter] i love it, i love it, i love it. but the rest of the body hasn't caught up yet. [laughter] so nobody's moderating? >> we are just talking. we are talking about douglas, libraries, literacy and liberation and when yes, absolutely. let me...
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i am having all of these new york memories, you know. [laughter] and, i was in jail in new york. did you mention that i was in jail? okay. some people don't know. and, one of the first places i went, i was able to go in the jail, was the library. and i didn't see very many interesting books they are. i had just finished my studies in philosophy and i went to the library expecting something. so what i did was, i had people send books to me while i was there and i wanted to share those folks with all of the other women. there were something like a thousand women there. and i was not allowed to do that. as a matter of fact, in the library there was a big cardboard box. >> you could receive the book's. >> i could read the books myself and it was okay for me to read them. >> but don't share than. >> but don't share them and one of them was george jackson's book. that was not allowed at all, although a one of the things i learned when i was in jail there was how to secrete certain kinds of things. so we had these clandestine rating groups with books that were smuggled out of that box i
i am having all of these new york memories, you know. [laughter] and, i was in jail in new york. did you mention that i was in jail? okay. some people don't know. and, one of the first places i went, i was able to go in the jail, was the library. and i didn't see very many interesting books they are. i had just finished my studies in philosophy and i went to the library expecting something. so what i did was, i had people send books to me while i was there and i wanted to share those folks with...
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and the visit to new york on friday. the iconic moment of the bush presidency which was an accident. i tell the story of the accident in the book. when the president flies in marine one, there are two or three other identical helicopters that fly with them. they engage in an aerial ballet, slowing down or speeding up according to an elaborate chorography. the aim is to make it impossible to know which is the real marine one. it's a shell game operated by the street corner or corny, you lose track. i was in night hawk two. our flight path took us in and out from ground zero. we were nearly 40 miles south of the city when the odor of destruction first filled. though the trade center had come down three days earlier, the stench lingered. it went into new jersey behind it. staten island was on our left, and we circled around the north side before landing at the wall street heliport at 3:50. little was said during the tour. the television footage had been sharp and clear. but it did not do justice to the enormity of the disas
and the visit to new york on friday. the iconic moment of the bush presidency which was an accident. i tell the story of the accident in the book. when the president flies in marine one, there are two or three other identical helicopters that fly with them. they engage in an aerial ballet, slowing down or speeding up according to an elaborate chorography. the aim is to make it impossible to know which is the real marine one. it's a shell game operated by the street corner or corny, you lose...
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important constituency in the new york primary is. there were many other factors at work because this reflected a general a anger among democrats toward the administration. the primary reflect a broad problem that by 1980 carter had alienated himself from much of his own party. the washington post columnist david broder noticed the longer kennedy campaigned the more he seldom like the authentic voice of 1960 liberalism. a passion for what he called economic democracy and social justice that found expression in intervention activist government programs. carter does defeat kennedy in the end and shows he remains a formidable campaigner but the primary took a toll on many democrats as they were less comfortable with this president. in the final jab at carter kennedy delivered a rousing speech at the democratic convention in 1980 that called on the party to review its commitment to the founding principle of economic justice and reminded his audience that our cause has been since the days of thomas jefferson, the cause of the common man an
important constituency in the new york primary is. there were many other factors at work because this reflected a general a anger among democrats toward the administration. the primary reflect a broad problem that by 1980 carter had alienated himself from much of his own party. the washington post columnist david broder noticed the longer kennedy campaigned the more he seldom like the authentic voice of 1960 liberalism. a passion for what he called economic democracy and social justice that...
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life, also a notable book of the "new york times". he's a graduate of princeton and columbia university, and taught at the university of toronto for 35 years. before joining the faculty at marshall university in huntington, west virginia where appropriately enough he is the john marshall professor of political science. it is with great science to welcome gene edward -- jean edward smith. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to speak at the frankly d. roosevelt library and as cynthia mentioned, i think this is my 25th visit back to the library. my first time here as a speaker, and i'm honored. my remarks today might be entitled, franklin d. roosevelt, liberalism without apology. if there's a subtitle, it would be a nuance look add fdr60 years afterward. i intend to be provocative. for more than a generation, americans have been told that government is the problem, not the solution. on college campuses and think tanks across the country, libertarian scholars got the urge to remove government from our lives. this thinking h
life, also a notable book of the "new york times". he's a graduate of princeton and columbia university, and taught at the university of toronto for 35 years. before joining the faculty at marshall university in huntington, west virginia where appropriately enough he is the john marshall professor of political science. it is with great science to welcome gene edward -- jean edward smith. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to speak at the frankly d. roosevelt...
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in 2001 when we were working as reporters new to afghanistan after the attacks in new york and washington, i was traveling through the countryside and seeing the weapon everywhere. that's, obviously, intriguing, but not really a new observation. as the taliban was sort of pulling back and as the northern alliance, the forces that were allied with the united states were moving through the territory they occupied, we came a number of times to various houses and bunkers and fighting positions where they'd left behind their documents. and i started to gather those documents up and fill my backpack with them. and they were in many different languages, they were from many different years -- can you hear me now? and they had one thing in common. i started looking at the curriculum that the new students of the jihad, if you can call them that, what were they receiving for their instruction when they went to their classes, when they joined and went to a training camp? it didn't matter where the camp was, what language the training was in, it didn't matter which year the notebooks were often dated.
in 2001 when we were working as reporters new to afghanistan after the attacks in new york and washington, i was traveling through the countryside and seeing the weapon everywhere. that's, obviously, intriguing, but not really a new observation. as the taliban was sort of pulling back and as the northern alliance, the forces that were allied with the united states were moving through the territory they occupied, we came a number of times to various houses and bunkers and fighting positions...
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i am having all these new york memories. i was in jail in new york. did you mention i was in jail? okay. some people don't know. one of the first-places i was able to go in the jail was the library. i didn't see very many interesting books there. i had just finished my studies in philosophy and i went to the library expecting something very cute. what i did was i had people send books to me. i wanted to share those books with all the other women. something like a thousand women. i was not allowed to do that. in the library there was a big cardboard box. i could receive the books and read the books myself. it was ok for me to read them. >> but don't share them. >> ted share them. and one of them was not a lot of all. also one of the things i learned when i was in jail was how to secrete a certain kind of thing. so we were able -- so we had these clandestine reading groups with books that were smuggled out of that box in the library. it kind of reminded me of frederick douglass. frederick douglass's effort to get an education to learn how to read and and his ideas that education real
i am having all these new york memories. i was in jail in new york. did you mention i was in jail? okay. some people don't know. one of the first-places i was able to go in the jail was the library. i didn't see very many interesting books there. i had just finished my studies in philosophy and i went to the library expecting something very cute. what i did was i had people send books to me. i wanted to share those books with all the other women. something like a thousand women. i was not...
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and be later led new york state's environmental prosecution unit. long before he became one of the nation's top environmental litigators, peter was inspired by his own early work striking out against imprudent development in the gulf of mexico in barrier islands off the coast of alabama. fresh out of college, peter challenged this imprudent development, and it was that experience that led him back to law school and eventually where he stands today, as executive directer of the most effective environmental advocacy program in the country. and yet for all his courtroom experience, his legal acumen, his prosecutorial zeal, peter never forgot that protecting our environment is, ultimately, about protecting our home. it is, ultimately, about protecting our future. it is, ultimately, about protecting our people. and so in his book peter wanted to be sure that we connected the dots between the problems in the gulf, the people who were being affected by those problems and the policies we need to find a better way forward. when you read peter's book, you wil
and be later led new york state's environmental prosecution unit. long before he became one of the nation's top environmental litigators, peter was inspired by his own early work striking out against imprudent development in the gulf of mexico in barrier islands off the coast of alabama. fresh out of college, peter challenged this imprudent development, and it was that experience that led him back to law school and eventually where he stands today, as executive directer of the most effective...
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the "new york times" was interested in what was going on in the early 70s. there was unrest in the shops. it was not just about wages, but working conditions. it was concerned with the quality of life in the shop as much as how much people were being paid, and so they sent a reporter out to this ford plant, and they stumbled across this worker, duey burrton who was about to vote for george wallace in 1972. he is a segregationist governor from alabama who got a lot of attention in 1970. find out what's going on with all this blue collar discontent, and they find duey and interview him in 1970, 1972, 74, 76 race and 1980 race. eventually after wallace is crippled by an assassins bullet, he bolts from a conservative populist over to george mcgovern, the most left leaning political figure to get a place on the mainstream ticket probably in the 20th century. by the end of the decade, he votes for ronald reagan and is a reagan democrat. i use him as my hook, around what i weave the story of the introduction. as i mentioned, the first half of the 70s is different t
the "new york times" was interested in what was going on in the early 70s. there was unrest in the shops. it was not just about wages, but working conditions. it was concerned with the quality of life in the shop as much as how much people were being paid, and so they sent a reporter out to this ford plant, and they stumbled across this worker, duey burrton who was about to vote for george wallace in 1972. he is a segregationist governor from alabama who got a lot of attention in...
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of that migration also from north carolina to new york. so i think it takes time for people to recognize the connection. and that's the reason why we want to record history because maybe people are not ready for it now but when -- when they will be. a four or five-year-old ones to sign it she can't read it now will one day she will be able to and i think that is beautiful. .. >> in other words, it showed that first of all, the lower cast of in cash system, the people who were being under paid or not paid at all because they were working for the right to live on the land they were farming had options and were willing to take them. that caused the powers that be in the south what are we going to do? editorials all over the place what are we going to do? work them harder? ease up on them? there would be a lot of african-americans on the platform when there was large groups try to leave. people would board and arrest them in the seats. there was a great deal that attempted the -- the early attempts of people to leave. also, it led to the openi
of that migration also from north carolina to new york. so i think it takes time for people to recognize the connection. and that's the reason why we want to record history because maybe people are not ready for it now but when -- when they will be. a four or five-year-old ones to sign it she can't read it now will one day she will be able to and i think that is beautiful. .. >> in other words, it showed that first of all, the lower cast of in cash system, the people who were being under...
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he had planned that for the american museum of natural history in new york city. he'd already collected a couple of females and a young calf shot by his friend, teddy roosevelt, who had come to africa at carl's urging. but carl had yet to find the really big bull he sought. he had scoured half of africa by the point trying to find his perfect specimen, and he had failed over and over and over again. he had grown so frustrated, some might say obsessed, no, let's go all the way and just say obsessed, that his hunt had begun to resemble ahab's pursuit of moby dick. finally, he decided to go up mount kenya, the second highest peak in africa, where he'd heard legends of tusks so old that saplings grew from their back sides, and where, in fact, his wife and partner in crime had previously bagged the biggest elephant bull only five years earlier which is now on display in the lobby of the chicago field museum. but by now carl and nicky's marriage was somewhat strained, and carl had left mickey behind at base camp with the rest of their safari party. this is mickey having
he had planned that for the american museum of natural history in new york city. he'd already collected a couple of females and a young calf shot by his friend, teddy roosevelt, who had come to africa at carl's urging. but carl had yet to find the really big bull he sought. he had scoured half of africa by the point trying to find his perfect specimen, and he had failed over and over and over again. he had grown so frustrated, some might say obsessed, no, let's go all the way and just say...
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and they were an important constituency in the new york primaries. of course, there were many other factors at work. because this just reflected the general anger among democrats towards the administration. the primary also reflected a broader problem that by 1980, carter had alienated himself from much of his own party. as "washington post" columnist david brodeur noted, he sounds like the 1960s voice for liberalism. he called economic democracy and social justice that found expression in ambitious, interventionist, actist, government programs. in the end, carter does defeat kennedy and shows he remains a formidable campaigner. they took a toll on many democrats as they were less comfortable or enthused with this president. in a final jab, he delivered a rousing speech that called on them to renew to the founding principals of economic justice. he reminded the audience that our cause has been since the days of thomas jefferson. the cause of the common man and the common woman. the crowds gave him a standing occasion. madison square garden in new yor
and they were an important constituency in the new york primaries. of course, there were many other factors at work. because this just reflected the general anger among democrats towards the administration. the primary also reflected a broader problem that by 1980, carter had alienated himself from much of his own party. as "washington post" columnist david brodeur noted, he sounds like the 1960s voice for liberalism. he called economic democracy and social justice that found...
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and i finally after five years point to get a job in new york on the "new york herald" tribune. and i'll never forget the last night there. my friend, anita font color who is with the france presse, if i've got that right, gave a going away party for me. and it was a great, great party. and finally i realized i had exactly 30 minutes to get the last bus out of washington that would issue to new york in time for my job at 11:00 a.m. the next day. so i just made it. and i can tell you the last bus from anywhere in the bus for all the misfits, all the people who just can't get it together. and that was the bus i was on with her a good reason. and so are going up about a four hour trip up to new york. and on the way, the turnout there was a country singer in the back of the bus. and he had a guitar. and he started singing. and i remember one of the songs was -- was dropkick me jesus through the goalposts of life. last last night in other words, that ain't my truck in her driveway. what is the middle of night and you're with a bunch of misfits, anything that organizes your sensibilit
and i finally after five years point to get a job in new york on the "new york herald" tribune. and i'll never forget the last night there. my friend, anita font color who is with the france presse, if i've got that right, gave a going away party for me. and it was a great, great party. and finally i realized i had exactly 30 minutes to get the last bus out of washington that would issue to new york in time for my job at 11:00 a.m. the next day. so i just made it. and i can tell you...
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my family made sure i was brought up to be a new york yankees fan and new york giants fan. the political views never got far into the equation. i guess at some level it probably republican leaning. politics was something of a distrust -- discuss. >> host: i refer bloomberg news and you write for mayor bloomberg. but your mother is benevolent about -- >> guest: an interesting question. she waxes and wanes. i think she feels he has been unbalanced a very good mayor for the city but someone who franks and fairly straightforward terms about politics, frequently has trouble with somebody like mayor bloomberg who is pragmatic calling it as he sees it, and i think one of the problems we find in politics today is the left and right have become sufficiently distinct and it's hard for politicians in the center to build a kind of avoiding and endorsing coalition that would demonstrate to people of the current arrangement of the left and right talk about is not real but is illusory. >> host: what is the relationship between the politics? are they the same thing? are they similar? to th
my family made sure i was brought up to be a new york yankees fan and new york giants fan. the political views never got far into the equation. i guess at some level it probably republican leaning. politics was something of a distrust -- discuss. >> host: i refer bloomberg news and you write for mayor bloomberg. but your mother is benevolent about -- >> guest: an interesting question. she waxes and wanes. i think she feels he has been unbalanced a very good mayor for the city but...
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my family made sure i was brought up to be a new york yankees fan and a giant fan. the political view never got too far into the equation. i guess some levels probably republican leanings, the politics was something never discussed growing up. >> host: i should mention since i write for blue bird news and you have worked for the year bloomberg maybe your mother is ambivalent -- >> guest: she waxes and wanes feeling he's been on balanced become a good mayor for the city but somebody who thinks in on the balanced forms of politics and somebody who is like mayor bloomberg more pragmatic calling it as inviting one of the problems we find in politics today is the left and the right have become sufficiently distinct and it's hard for politicians in the center to build the kind of a biting and enduring coalitions that would demonstrate to people that the current arrangement the left and right talked about is not real but is illusory. >> host: is the relationship between sports and politics? are they similar? to the evin equals with a wavy line, or the almost the same thing
my family made sure i was brought up to be a new york yankees fan and a giant fan. the political view never got too far into the equation. i guess some levels probably republican leanings, the politics was something never discussed growing up. >> host: i should mention since i write for blue bird news and you have worked for the year bloomberg maybe your mother is ambivalent -- >> guest: she waxes and wanes feeling he's been on balanced become a good mayor for the city but somebody...
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you know, when jack nicholson was interviewed by new york magazine, he said i can act for one reason, because martin landeau put me through exercises over and over and over again until i could finally get them right. okay, finally one more doing story. vince dunn for many years was a firefighter in new york, and he eventually became a teacher of fire fighting. this is what he said in our interview. he said for the first 20 years in the fire service, i didn't think about anything. i would go into these burning buildings and run in and run out, and when it was all over, i'd come back to the firehouse and say, whew, and have a few laughs, and then i'd put it out of my mind, go home and have dinner with the wife. then all of a sudden when i became a deputy chief and got assigned to the bronx and had a lot of people under my command, i said, wait a minute, i'm responsible for them. and can then i started to think about what i did. once you start thinking about what you do, you start writing and then you start teaching. you think, so exactly what happened here today and why did it happen? w
you know, when jack nicholson was interviewed by new york magazine, he said i can act for one reason, because martin landeau put me through exercises over and over and over again until i could finally get them right. okay, finally one more doing story. vince dunn for many years was a firefighter in new york, and he eventually became a teacher of fire fighting. this is what he said in our interview. he said for the first 20 years in the fire service, i didn't think about anything. i would go...
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the feeling was he had finally found a bull worthy of bringing back to new york. the one he had been chasing after for the last year. as if it'd only been one individual bull all along that had evaded him and set up this contest but by now he felt it, that this was the one. even stranger as carl and the trappers kept walking through the maze he started getting the sense that the elephants really was waiting for him. the feeling was strong. that he was being hunted as well and is now engaged in immoral contest with this bull. in fact he felt that right up until the moment when it came to a small clearing in the green bamboo and heard a loud crash in the woods 50 yards straight ahead. the trackers were already 20 yards forward on the pass and now braced against the unknown. supporters behind him at runoff shedding their bundles. carl took his 475 double rifle while his gun bearer went to the patient ritual of taking out and holding up for carl's inspection every single bullet from the band a layer. the last thing he needed that the critical moment like this was to l
the feeling was he had finally found a bull worthy of bringing back to new york. the one he had been chasing after for the last year. as if it'd only been one individual bull all along that had evaded him and set up this contest but by now he felt it, that this was the one. even stranger as carl and the trappers kept walking through the maze he started getting the sense that the elephants really was waiting for him. the feeling was strong. that he was being hunted as well and is now engaged in...
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and 2001 as we were who were came after the attacks on new york and washington those traveling to the countryside and saw the weapon everywhere. it is intriguing but not a new observation. as the taliban was pulling back and the northern alliance that were aligned with the united states moving through the territory a number of times we came to houses and bunkers where they left their documents and i gather them up of the students of the jihad what are they receiving for their instructions when they went to a training camp? it did not matter what language of our which year the notebooks were dated. they were first class and as i started to observe this, it seems to me a long way from where the weapon originated, a plan the economy on the eastern bloc and how did it break so far away from its roots? with that question in mind, what i found what is what is familiar to us as being very reliable and easy to use and easy to clean and long-lasting, that is not the reason it is out there. it is not the reason there are so many of them. the reason is that it was linked to a planned economy and
and 2001 as we were who were came after the attacks on new york and washington those traveling to the countryside and saw the weapon everywhere. it is intriguing but not a new observation. as the taliban was pulling back and the northern alliance that were aligned with the united states moving through the territory a number of times we came to houses and bunkers where they left their documents and i gather them up of the students of the jihad what are they receiving for their instructions when...
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>> well, i leave tomorrow, but now i moved to new york, so i'm here a lot. i have a home in l.a., but i'm here a lot. >> write it with an accent, will you? [laughter] >> get you both over here. [inaudible conversations] >> get you something to look at, come on. come on over there. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it is a pleasure. >> two years ago -- [inaudible] >> he started writing a book. >> volunteer, you know, we got time to help because we're not working so -- >> and now -- >> res resumÉs don't count anymore? >> no, nothing does. >> there was an idea over productivity yields redundancy. >> right. >> i have robots now. nobody can tell, except the guys who lost their jobs. >> that's true, very true. >> we need a new market to rebuild america to catch up to china and europe in transportation because nothing is greener than a nice railroad ride. i have one dream, rebuild the american railroads. >> sure? >> yeah, no more l.a. to new york, you have to go through them. no more plane rides across the united states. you have to take the t
>> well, i leave tomorrow, but now i moved to new york, so i'm here a lot. i have a home in l.a., but i'm here a lot. >> write it with an accent, will you? [laughter] >> get you both over here. [inaudible conversations] >> get you something to look at, come on. come on over there. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> it is a pleasure. >> two years ago -- [inaudible] >> he started writing a book. >> volunteer, you know, we got...
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sean combs family moved from north carolina to new york. tupac is probably the best known people of the iconic people of his generation that is a descendent of that migration also from north carolina. to new york. so i think that it takes time for people to recognize the connection. and that's the reason why we want to record history because maybe people are not ready for it now but one day they will be and i have a friend who actually bought it for her 5-year-old. she wants me to sign it because she can't read it now but one day she will be able to and i think that's beautiful. ,,,, >> one out of, it was a lynching summer in itself every three days and -- in the decades before the migration. and your decades of the migration. this is a very real threat people were living under. so it would not impossible for people to be walking in the streets, marching and protesting as a leader would in the '60s. by that time, by the 1960s, african-americans were here and the white people who supported the effort toward freedom had more support for being
sean combs family moved from north carolina to new york. tupac is probably the best known people of the iconic people of his generation that is a descendent of that migration also from north carolina. to new york. so i think that it takes time for people to recognize the connection. and that's the reason why we want to record history because maybe people are not ready for it now but one day they will be and i have a friend who actually bought it for her 5-year-old. she wants me to sign it...
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i want to baptist churches in new york where everybody was from south carolina. i went to these little clubs and all the cities that represent the originating states where the people came from. there is a lake charles louisiana club in los angeles. there is a monroe louisiana club in los angeles. there are hundreds as you can imagine texas clubs in los angeles and there are similar clubs in chicago and also in detroit and in new york. i went to all those places to find them. i was doing essentially a casting call and i had this one case where i wanted-- went into a senior center in los angeles and i would go in and i would say i am working on a book about the migration. generally i had a story, general post that i would take to let them know what i was doing. this one place i went to in los angeles, you had to get on the schedule. there were certain days that were better to go than others. if it was bingo day, it wasn't a good day. if there was a state once that was a good day so i had gone on a good day but i was on the schedule and before me on the schedule was
i want to baptist churches in new york where everybody was from south carolina. i went to these little clubs and all the cities that represent the originating states where the people came from. there is a lake charles louisiana club in los angeles. there is a monroe louisiana club in los angeles. there are hundreds as you can imagine texas clubs in los angeles and there are similar clubs in chicago and also in detroit and in new york. i went to all those places to find them. i was doing...
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the feeling was he finally found a bowl worthy of bringing back to new york and the one he had been chasing after the last difficult year as it had only been one individual will all along that had set up this contest. but by now, he felt it that this was the one. even stranger as bull and the truckers kept walking through the maze he started getting the sense the elephant was truly waiting for him, the feeling he was being hunted as well and was not engaged in a contest with bull and he felt it right up to the moment when it came to a small clearing in the green bamboo and heard a loud crash in the woods 50 yards straight ahead. the trackers were already 20 yards for word on the path and not raced against the unknown. the porter's behind him had run off. carl took his 475 toll rifle while his gun went through the patient ritual of taking hold and hoarding out inspection every single bullet from the van leer. the last thing he needed to add a critical moment like this was to load the wrong one. meanwhile he and ruffed a handkerchief from his hand back into his fingers and waiting for the tra
the feeling was he finally found a bowl worthy of bringing back to new york and the one he had been chasing after the last difficult year as it had only been one individual will all along that had set up this contest. but by now, he felt it that this was the one. even stranger as bull and the truckers kept walking through the maze he started getting the sense the elephant was truly waiting for him, the feeling he was being hunted as well and was not engaged in a contest with bull and he felt it...
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to new york. we have to go through them. you have to take the train and stop and high cleveland, you can't look over this and must drive through and take the train. >> he is going to win your budget. >> nobody is going to believe that. we have all the money in the world. >> you said it. >> nine years of never having conversation. [talking over each other] >> imagine someone like that coming along. you know what happened. [talking over each other] >> what are you talking about? >> that was in europe. >> and a >> kathleen. [talking over each other] >> and get rich. >> they live in a block in georgia. [talking over each other] >> you are staying here? >> it is really hard after 29 years. >> and take over the newsweek bureau. >> you obviously have been hiring of those. >> balance of power is shifting. >> talk about five years ago. and it looks like that. and unreasonable world. and making final -- it goes that way. >> it is inevitable. [talking over each other] >> thank you so much. >> i wouldn't have hesitated. [talking over ea
to new york. we have to go through them. you have to take the train and stop and high cleveland, you can't look over this and must drive through and take the train. >> he is going to win your budget. >> nobody is going to believe that. we have all the money in the world. >> you said it. >> nine years of never having conversation. [talking over each other] >> imagine someone like that coming along. you know what happened. [talking over each other] >> what are...
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first call, larchmont new york. please ahead with your question. >> i was wondering if you could elaborate. you mentioned that his record was involved with some alternative jewish history group or something at harvard. can you tell us a little bit about that? and also, do you know anything about his politics? has he ever expressed any political views? can you tell us about that ball? >> all right. we got the point. >> he and edoardo met in an underground him her jewish fraternity. that is where they met. he was not -- they're not religious. as more like a social club. everyone is jewish, but it's really reform. i would just say he's sort of a regular kid who grew up. he's jewish, but not, you know, religious. >> not necessarily practicing. >> practicing as much as most reformed jews practice. the holiday juice. >> what about his politics? >> i don't know particularly much about that. i wrote about that founding year, that first year. i believe that he is -- he tries to keep his politics out of facebook. really belie
first call, larchmont new york. please ahead with your question. >> i was wondering if you could elaborate. you mentioned that his record was involved with some alternative jewish history group or something at harvard. can you tell us a little bit about that? and also, do you know anything about his politics? has he ever expressed any political views? can you tell us about that ball? >> all right. we got the point. >> he and edoardo met in an underground him her jewish...
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he has written for many publications including the economist and "the new york times" and the sunday "times of london." previously a senior writer at u.s. news and will the poor and a member of "the washington post" editorial page. please give him a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much it is an honor to be here and to introduce the 43rd president of the united states george walker bush. [cheers and applause] her. >> i think you will [cheers and applause] >> please be seated. i do want to tell michael thank you for his leadership of miami committee college i had the honor giving a graduation speech tonight was president and i am thankful you invited me back also for promoting literacy as a new author it is in my interest to promote literacy [laughter] and when you to know i did recognize the fact you have invited my mother, my wife, our daughter, did you finally got to me. [laughter] [applause] and finally thank you and for buying this book which i personally signed and i understand after this is over you can get your copy and i am grateful. >> mr. president your book is ti
he has written for many publications including the economist and "the new york times" and the sunday "times of london." previously a senior writer at u.s. news and will the poor and a member of "the washington post" editorial page. please give him a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much it is an honor to be here and to introduce the 43rd president of the united states george walker bush. [cheers and applause] her. >> i think you will [cheers...