Architectural critic. People are here to hear you talk about kauffman stadium. Have you talked to the audience about who you are and what you have done prior to writing about ballparks, which is a long story . I have spent most of my life i have been lucky because i have spent my life about what interests me, but i guess so have you. I try. Or i guess about what pisses me off. Off her it passes you whether it pisses you off or you like it. I am not very good at making choices. I found a place where my interests intersect. Did you study architecture . I studied architectural history. I went to yale, a place where those of you went to princeton do not always acknowledge. I heard about it in connecticut . A place called connecticut. I struggled i studied architectural history. I then began a career as a journalist. I toyed with going to architecture school. I thought the world had enough second rate architects and did not need another. Did think i was a pretty decent writer. Working at th
Captioning performed by vitac on that note, Pablo Miguel Martinez on facebook references that. Mrs. Bush invited and then disinvited poets to the white house. Has she ever commented on this debacle, as the viewer called it . Has she spoken out about what that meant . Not that im aware of. I think that she has a tendency to say that it is unfortunate that people cant come together and have a civilized discussion. That once again, you might be able to find some Common Ground if you can get beyond that rhetoric. But i dont think shes smopoke about it directly. Martha is watching us. Hi, martha. Youre on. Caller hey. Thank you so much for taking my call. You know, its interesting that between laura bush and last week Hillary Clinton, theyre two women of my generation. One has chosen one path. One has chosen another path. Both women i admire very much. The one success they have had is that they have both raised strong, successful young women. Can you comment on the difference between the tw
Having business before the Supreme Court will want to draw near and give their attention. Announcer landmark cases, cspans special history series. Exploring the human story and constitutional dramas behind 12 Supreme Court decisions. Quite often, in our famous decisions, the Supreme Court was unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in the believe in the rule of law. Tonights case is katz v. United states. It is a 1967 case. Charles katz was an unlikely hero. He took his wiretapping case to the Supreme Court and in a seven to one decision expanded our privacy rights. We will begin by listening to Justice Samuel alito in his constitution hearings where he talked about the importance of the kats case. I was talking about cats versus the United States this morning in relation to wiretapping. You had to look into property law in the interest of an invasion, and then with the de
We are just crawling back to flat on the nasdaq. P half a percent. Big moves in treasuries, if you can call it that. Except two basis points on the 10 year. The dollar index relatively unchanged, although other currencies have seen strong swings against the dollar this week. The mexican peso stronger by. 4 . Yen also stronger but are 3 . Lets stick with treasuries and the relatively large moves this week. The industry has more than 12 trillion of assets but record low yields on treasuries are causing a problem for the industry expected to deliver annual returns in the high Single Digits. For more on the subject, we welcome brian chappatta. It seems like maybe once upon a time but right now nobody has an expectation of high Single Digits for their 401 k s or Pension Funds more general. You are not getting it in treasuries. When i was talking about pensions staying away from treasuries, the 30 year bond yield was at 1. 4 . Morning, 1. 24 this which is rare in the fixed income market. Tre
Knowing some very well, like my own motherinlaw, or one that i admired very much, is that we benefit, our country benefits by whatever our first ladys interests are. She is the wife of one president and daughterinlaw of another. Laura welch bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband, george w. Bush, to the white house. Less than nine months later came the 9 11 attacks while she helped comfort the nation with education, literacy and womens health. Welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Tonight, well tell you the story of the wife of our 43rd president. Here to do that are two people who know her well. Ann is a laura bush biographer. Her 2000 book the tells the story of her as she covered her since 2001. Welcome. Mark is a president ial historian, the author of several books about the presidency and is working on one about the relationship between president s bush 41 and 43. In your biography, you refer to the role of a job of first lady as, this is a quot