I am robert costa of the Washington Post was welcome back to the postelection daily show. We launched this show just yesterday so you could have up to the minute news at 1 00 pm eastern. Im joined by Newt Gingrich who is a strong supporter of donald trump, and attorney general eric holder has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama, and advocating for democratic nominee joe biden. To to my network a bit of the headlines, paying attention to in the final days, and an that is the focus once again. And and going to broward county, i will talk to you about that and Voter Suppression issues, florida is in the 5 days to go, shows you it is in play. A new poll shows Vice President biden is ahead narrowly 51 with likely voters, donald trump is 47 of likely voted. That is in the pauls margin a. Pennsylvania, unrest, Deadly Police shooting of a black man in philadelphia, Vice President biden seized on the news in pennsylvania rising number of coronavirus cases, if you su
I think the perceptionce that many people in the United States and also around the worldhi that this is an extraordinary unusual time in a sense where we are out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that wonderment. And he gets kind of an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any other time in history . As a historian. Im interested in that. We have a cognitive tendency. In the same way im the kind of person that seems like this and family members. Our need for familiarity. For most of my career as a historian. What time is this like. It is an easy story to write. I think theres a whole crop of president ial biographers who go out on talk shows. I generally find them to be not i in this era. Its actually a way to kind of contain the chaos. It is a way to avoid what is truly strange about this. What do we mean when we talk about American History. How are we to reckon with the fact that our present day is so p
I am jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of this wonderful constitution, the National Constitution center. We recite our Inspiring Mission statement to prepare for the discussion ahead. National Constitution Center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. I want to share with you some upcoming programs. On october 12th, we have a discussion of the most contentious president ial elections in american history. Particularly 1876 and on october 15th we will be joined by Robert Putnam who discusses his new book the upside, how america came together a century ago and how we can do it again. You can register for these programs or watch them live at Constitution Center. Org. We will take questions throughout the program so please put them in the q and a box. I will ask them after we have a chance to chat for a bit. It is a great pleasure to introduce our panel in a mathematical order. Adam co
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Literature in the time of corona a shortlist of new prize where the novels a distinguished author and a digital book fair how is the literary world coping with the pandemic 21 gets the views of some writers and then all going to. But 1st the biggest awards of all that are built for as in literature for 2020 is awarded to the american poet reason click for her. To voice. Few people were expecting her to win the 2020 nobel prize in literature the poet louise glick the committee praised the austere beauty of her writing her reaction was like conic. Joy joy the true. Click has received numerous awards in the u. S. And. She was the countrys poet laureate. She was born in 1903 in new york city and her father signed shes descended from hungary and jews who emigrated to the u. S. Glick suffered from anorexia and dropped out of college she spent years receiving psychiatric treatment she has always processed her own Life Experiences and her poetry her unique writing making them universally relat