Be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. That is what happened to Abigail Fisher. It is not disputed. She was treated differently because of her race and color and national origin. Now, we are not going to be talking so much about title vi my when we talk about the constitution. The Supreme Court said it doesnt really mean what it says. We just think it means what the constitution means. Constitution has a little bit more wiggle room. Although knobloch or the constitution guarantees equal protection of the law, and the outlaws the whole purpose of it the 14th amendment was to outlaw racial standards. That seems pretty straightforward. There was an act of 1981 that been Racial Discrimination, including in regards to college tuition. It sounds pretty straightforward. Think of those things not mean what they say. There is an exception in this area. You would think, well, gee, it would be an exception. It would be an exception to
Gentlelady from new york and the gentleman from connecticut also wish to speak. Mr. President , senators their states who have been very hard hit should have the opportunity to speak. Im going to take my rebuttal of the coburn amendments and just abbreviate them. With the exception of being willing to accept the amendment where you cant get Emergency Assistance if you are a tax cheater or if youve passed away, with the exception of a funeral benefit i really object to the coburn amendment. My objections have been so well articulated by the gentleman from new york, mr. Schumer; by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Menendez, im not going to preet them. Im going to ask unanimous consent that my written rebuttals be in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Mikulski and in the interest of time, i think were all agreed the very intent to save money by adding delay and bureaucracy will cost money and will cost time in terms of getting people back on their feet in both thei
World between publishers consolidating the department of justice suing five publishers and apple on ebook pricing and many developments which well cover later on in the program. Amazon expanding its publishing operations. The google settlement also moving forward in different directions. Those alone accounted for substantial portion of Book Publishing news. On the nonfiction front i would have to say it was a very strong year. In particular were seeing a lot of best of 2012 lists dominated by the likes of catherine booz, behind the beautiful forevers. Winner of the National Book award. Robert caro latest volume in his ongoing biography of Lyndon Johnson. Andrew solomon, far from the tree. It was only recently published. A 900 page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. Those three books alone loan are meaty substantial and but those are tip of iceberg. Host bob, same question. Guest sticking a little bit with what sara said it was a big year f
November president ial election. This is an hour and half. One of the best things about sitting across from you is that, for all of us who have been part of the institutes staff, we are wondering what you been thinking, with this experience has been like for you over the last yearandahalf, two years. So tonight, we get to hear for the first time your reaction to the campaign. Thank you very much. I want to thank the in boyer for the support the university has given the institute politics, including making it possible for us to hire such Extraordinary People like Steve Edwards and been restored and all of the other people and ben reeseberg and all the other people. [applause] you have been wondering what i have been doing and i have been wondering what you have been doing. [laughter] those who were disappointed by this outcome, the democrats elated by this outcome given the conventional wisdom around this campaign, the president s Approval Ratings that were barely above 50 , often dippi
Editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, state week and i would write a chapter about what they were really like inside. I thought, this is it. Its it sold 14 copies. My mother my mother bought 14 and that was it. But i remember when i went to one place, it was called the hot springs. I would arrive on sunday and stay for the whole week and put that in the chapter. I arrived, and the woman at the desk said sit down, please. Weve had a problem here. We have some writer coming fro