have set up free speech zones which means there are zones where free speech is protected. outside those zones you get subject to some of these college rules about hate speech and so forth, and students can get prosecuted. there s an interesting idea out there by the goldwater institute and the center for ethics and public policy which says that these public schools should commit themselves to enforcing free speech all over the campus, give people due process if they re caught up in some of these speech codes, and i think that would be a good idea. people do not appreciate the extent to which free speech is statutorily restricted on some of these public universities. paul: but, kim, we don t want to restrict protesters from objecting to a speech, somebody who they really dislike. i mean, this fella who was speaking at berkeley, he doesn t represent my notion of conservative ideas. i wouldn t have shown up to listen to him. but, so they have the right to protest themselves. of course w
grand bargain. and the republicans simply have refused to show up. i think there are some who do want honorable compromise in the way ronald reagan did in 1983 in social security in the way the older president bush did in 1990. but so far they are not able to prevail in their parting. gene sperling from the white house. thank you very much, gene. thank you. and what is the ncaa doing about the sex abuse scandal at penn state? does it have any jurisdiction over the school s athletics program if college rules were indeed broken? the ncaa president joins me now on the phone. mark, thank you very much. what is the nca a s jurisdiction here? what can you do and do you have concerns that the athletic program may have broken some of its own rules? first of all, andrea, good to be with you. of course i m deeply concerned about the whole circumstance. i think everyone is. the criminal conduct is a matter that the appropriate criminal justice system will look into