I hope you are enjoying your lunch or Chris Christie as we turn it. We come to the Reagan Ranch Center. I can the privilege of serving as director of the reagan ranch and Merry Christmas. I will go ahead and say it. [applause] great to have you with us during this holiday season. Holiday is not a bad word, used in the same context as christmas. I would like as you are enjoying your food already Begin Program pretty quickly with the invocation of followed by the pledge of allegiance but just as we have been told there is no longer appropriate to say Merry Christmas we have been culturally conditioned, many of us to feel uncomfortable with both of these rituals, prayer and the pledge. We are told there is no longer a place for faith or even patriotism and a public setting. We saw that overcapacity days with the bizarre but not entirely surprising leftist backlash against the very act of prayer in the wake of the terrorist attack in san bernardino. Lets recall not too long ago, as few nee
Theres many, many things to say in response. Thank you to eduardo for doing this and can you for cuny for having me. So thank you for having me. Its been a lot of fun. Its i mean, Building National movement, sure, sounds great, but its kind of hard to do. I tend to want to focus in on im someone that has passed legislation at local and state levels so thats what i know, and i know when you pass laws can issue it changes peoples behavior. And so sure, if you have a national movement, helps you to pass the law so a chicken or egg thing. I think that if youre smart and youre strategic and you find that policy proposals that you can build support around, and then that thing becomes a stepping stone to the next thing, thats the way its going to be most eeffective, but it does take time, and if we want quick fixes, i dont have any answers. We have gotten into this mess over the last 2530 years, and its going to probably take that long to get out of it. So we better get going on it because ot
We want your reaction on president obama should take and how serious the u. S. Should take. Are open. S host you can catch up with us on all your favorite social on twitter, facebook or email us. A very good monday morning to you. I want to start with a story osted overnight from foxnews. Com. North korea issues new threats hacking he u. S. Over claims as obama weighs action oting north korea issued its new threats against the United States yesterday and accused resident obama of recklessly spreading rumors that pyongyang is behind the cyber attack on picks the long statement from the powerful National Defense commission warned of the white house, pentagon and we will u. S. Main of terrorism pool from a statement fox news noting was hours threat after president obama confirmed that he was considering returning north korea to the list of statents sponsors of terrorism. President obama of course going shows yesterday to talk about this issue. Cnns state. Union. Here is a bit of it. [vide
Youre going to get funded. What is the chance the grant is going to get funded . Its about one in six. Traditionally it has been one in three. In the Cancer Institute it is one in 10. Its even lower. You might say we were funding too much stuff before, and we werent putting a tight enough filter on this. The filter is rigorous peer review by experts in the field. Went back and looked. This was in Heart Disease research, but i imagine its true across the board. I can 2001 we were funding a third of the grants back in 2000 when we were funding a third of the grants. Does a grant in the 10th percentile turnout more productive than a grant funded in the 25th percentile . It is. Viewed, so is one better than the other . What happened . Peerreviewed, so is it better than the other . There is not a difference anyone can tell between the 10th percentile and the 25th percentile. They are both great. That shows we are living have to grade science on the table right now. Just at this moment of gr
Bill in the senate today continues work on the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline appeared they will vote this evening starting at 5 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. It will affect oil drilling in blow to Alaska Oil Production is one of the headlines this morning. We want to get your reaction. If not by phone, you can contact us at twitter. You can post a comment facebook. You can send us an email. This is the front page of the newspaper of the alaskan newspaper. It would be the approval of congress. The president is proposing to designate the majority of the Arctic National wildlife rigid as a wilderness area. This drew an angry response from elected officials is yet as a land grab by the federal government. That is the front page. The announcement came yesterday through youtube and a video that the white house. It runs about a minute. Alaskas wildlife refuge is an incredible place. It is pristine and undisturbed. It supports caribou and caribou and polar bears. It is very fragile. I am proud that t