difd mccullough will give us perspective on the present through the lens of the past. why in the world is not a tiny nation about to skip over a date entirely? i ll explain. next up, a fascinating look inside spy games. both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians on inauguration day. first, here s my take. we hear a lot about leadership these days, mostly in the sense of the failure of leadership, the absence of leadership. certainly that s the view of many people who oppose president obama. but there are also many democrats who believe that president obama has been a disappointment, a bad manager, an ineffectual leader. the conventional wisdom is that obama just doesn t have what it takes to be the kind of leader we need, the kind we have had in the past, someone, for example, like bill clinton,
it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
both the fictional and nonfictional varieties with columnist and novelist david ignatius. then a look at innovation with the master architect frank gehry. finally, why president bush might have offended some italians onnationrati inaugurat. first here s my take. many talk about the absence of leadership, especially those who oppose president obama. many democrats believe that president obama head doneas bee leader. the conventional wisdom is that he doesn t have the leadership he needs to be the leader that we need, the leader that we have had in the past. such as bill clinton, a gifted leader, a legendary player. now, i have a huge admiration for clinton. i think he was a very good president, and he s almost prenaturally a politician. let s recall what his first few years looked like. he began his presidency with the fiasco of gays in the military and moved to two failed nominees for attorney general. remember zoe baird? then went on to try and failed spectacularly to pa
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saturday morning for christmas eve. i m t.j. holmes. thanks for spending a part of your day with us. are you going to be one of those? are you going to be out there, the day before christmas, with you last-minute shoppers, it never fails. that retail rush is on. allison, they opened three hours ago, that mall where you are. things have steadily started to pick up. what are you seeing now, a rush to ship? it s you know, the rush is slowly moving forward here. you can see it s getting more crowded here now. a lot of procrastinators out. but they re also bargain hunting. this is a great time to find a really good deal. although it s been a relatively strong shopping season so far, the reality is retailers are stuck with a lot of merchandise. they re offering really big discountes and deep discounts because they don t want to be stuck with a lot of merchandise on their shelves. they re trying to move this merchandise. once christmas happens, after christmas, they have to mark