Good afternoon, good evening. Welcome. Happy fat tuesday, thank you all for spending you tuesday with us. Im joe could ross has been an important member of the institute, since our founding, hes been or media fellow and helped coordinate some of our events, some of our more contentious events. Youve may have seen ross was involved in. Were super pleased ross is joining today on i think the day of the release of his latest book. All of you know ross as one of the moe commenter men taters of the american culture, on the New York Times opinion page, written more than a few books and seem to all at least 0 couple of. The have the title of how we became something. Might want to steer clear of that or explain that. Anyway, today the format will be that i will engage ross in a conversation about the book, i actually had the pleasure of reading it and its an interesting book. In my judgment not the sort of typical conservative harangue on the way things are but takes a nice tact to explore wha
Music industry. Its a shock, his life and legacy its all people are talking about on philadelphias air waves. It feels like when Michael Jackson pass add way. Prince collapsed in an elevator in his studio, emts were unable to revive him. It stopped peoples worlds, they stopped everything they were doing to respond and be like i cant believe he is gone. Known for monster hits like little red corvette and lets go crazy, prince was a gifted song writer and talented musician even pioneering the minnesota sound. The sound in minneapolis ruled in the 80s and 90s. Like the motown sound or the philly sound, they had their own sound. Award winning song writer, kenny gamble. He was a deep thinker and he used his music and his artistry to send his message out. His music, that is the best. I feel he could sing and dance and do it all. What songs are you listening to now . Oh my. Of course when doves cry. Will there be anybody like prince again . No, there is only one prince. For many people we spo
Retired general Richard Clark and Robert Grenier weigh in. Also, the other crisis in ukraine. I will talk to germanys defense minister about punishing putin. Does europe have the stomach for more pressure . Then, how a persuasive president who loved politics got an extremely controversial piece of legislation passed. The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act, a milestone in american history. Now, in this summer of 1964, the civil rights bill is the law of the land. Finally, how to crown a king when youre pinching pennies. Spain showed us a way this week. First, heres my take. To answer the question, what should america do in iraq, we should try first to understand whats going on in the region through a broader prism. If you had looked at the middle east 15 years ago, you would have seen a string of strikingly similar regimes across the region from libya and the west to syria and iraq in the east. They were all repressive dictatorships, they were all secular in the sen
We are retired general Richard Clark and robert grener all weigh in. Also, the other crisis in ukraine. I will talk to germanys defense minister about punishing putin. Does europe have the stomach for more pressure . Then how a persuasive president who loves politics got an extremely controversial piece of legislation fast. The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. A milestone in american history. Now in this summer of 1964 the civil rights bill is the law of the land. Finally, how to crown a king when youre pinching pennies. Spain showed us the way this week. First, heres my take. To answer the question, what should america do in iraq, we should try first to understand whats going on in the region through a broader presence. If you would look to the middle east 15 years ago you would have seen a stream of strikingly similar regimes across the reasonable gone from libya and tunisia in the west to syria and iraq in the east. They were all repressive dictatorships. The
Thats why i switched from uverse to xfinity. Now i can download my dvr recordings and take them anywhere. Ready or not, here i come whispers now hideandseek time can also be catchuponmyshows time. Here i come cant find you anywhere dont settle for uverse. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. 2015 was full of twists, turns and turmoil, to be sure, but now it is time to look ahead, and we have just enough time to ask our guests as we always do, what do you wish for america . In the coming year . I think it would be nice if for 2016 people were offended less. I hope that theres another mad max movie . I would also wish for more love. More awareness. And more fun i would like the Global Community to come togetheralities bit more. Also i would like a micro pony. Oh, i hope 2016 will be a year of really moving forward and being able to find some some Common Ground. I wish that we actually start to see lives, to see each other. You know, you dont even have to understand ever