Stuff. Host my favorite piece of fiction is all of the kings men. I reread it last summer. I was astonished by how good it was. He was a gifted, gifted writer. He wrote that just after world war ii. Its a little racy for that time which is probably why it sold so well. But it is so intricately put together in the characters, you can still see who they are in the family difficulties and the pictures of life in louisiana. That is such a powerful book. Another book which is not fiction that i have been reading for months is called the seven pillars of wisdom. This is lawrence of arabia and this is a book he wrote about his time in the desert back there in the world war i time. He did not take notes and then he lost the first draft or two and got earned up and he still wrote it. If you read the book it has all of this enormous detail about the sand dunes, what happened the day of this war in this movement, i dont how you can possibly remember all of it. At some of the most elegant writingg
2027488002 for independents. We set aside our fourth line for Muslim Americans. We want to hear from you. 2027488003. You can also text your thoughts. Make comments and be a social. Edia from Time Magazine, the sheer lunacy of cuffing a kid over a homemade clock. Ahmed brought a clock he made to school using Circuit Board stock. One teacher thought it looked like a bomb. Whocalled the principle called the cops because you can never be too careful. The cops asked ahmed some , found him insufficiently forthcoming, cuffed him and took him out of the school because, you know, safety first. This would all come under the title of comic misunderstanding until we get to the part of the handcuffs. How does a skinny eighthgrader with no prior history of misbehavior and up in that terrifying situation . Why not call on local knowledge from the engineering teacher who reportedly had already seen the clock and deemed it cool . Ahmed was new to macarthur high school. Could officials find no friends
Another, radio host laura ingram tweeted friday, are they talking tact same paul ryan who once lost a vp debate to joe biden . Some of my conservative friends remember the plea frgs the wall street bailout. I would want to talk to paul ryan about why he kicked conservatives off the Budget Committee. Reporter for decades republicans picked the guy next in line to be the partys standardbearer. Now the conservative anger that propelled the party to victory in 2010 is reshaping it. With their largest majority in the house since the 1920s, republicans are still struggling to govern themselves. 72 of Republican Voters say theyre dissatisfied with their own leaders in congress. They get elected, saying one thing, and then they get there and dont follow through on promises. Too many people that go down there drink the water. They become addicted to whatever. When you get to that point of the establishment, republican or democrat, theres very little difference. Reporter and on the 2016 campaign
Joining me this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post, and Nathan Gonzales of the nathan and gonzales political report. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If youre one of those who does want a revolution, guess what . I think the two parties have two of them for you. The Democratic Left and the republican right are pulling away from the center. Bernie sanders strong polling is frustrating the Hillary Clinton captain and forcing her to switch positions and move to the left. Well have my interview with Bernie Sanders coming up in a few minutes. On the republican side, the revolt by conservative house members has thrown the party, at least in congress, into disarray. Having already defeated majority leader eric cantor and forced out speaker bane, they claimed their third victim this week when Kevin Mccarthy was
May have been smart shortterm politics, but is it blatant opportunism . Joining me this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post, and Nathan Gonzales of the nathan and gonzales political report. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If youre one of those who does want a revolution, guess what . I think the two parties have two of them for you. The Democratic Left and the republican right are pulling away from the center. Bernie sanders strong polling is frustrating the Hillary Clinton captain and forcing her to switch positions and move to the left. Well have my interview with Bernie Sanders coming up in a few minutes. On the republican side, the revolt by conservative house members has thrown the party, at least in congress, into disarray. Having already defeated majority leader eric cantor and forced out speaker