A new oftenness with cuba. President obama sat down for a one on one meeting with cuban president raul castro. Thats the first time any u. S. President has officially met with a cuban leader in 50 years. But at a press conference, president obama says he still has to make his case to congress. There is overwhelming support for our case in the United States and overwhelming in cuba. If you cant get success in 50 years you should try something new. The American People dont have to be mer swayed persuaded that this is the right thing to do. We have concerns and questions about specific activities that are taking place in cuba and human rights and reform. But the president met some confrontation from the venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro says he does not trust the u. S. David air ariosto joins us. David. When we talk about meetings and historical proportions it doesnt really get any bigger than this. Between bautista and dwight d. Eisenhower. The details are short on coming. When presid
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
There he found an exclusive campus he. It he resented it as an undergraduate and came to resent it as a professor there. He then became president of the college. And it was at this time he decided now i have the ability to change what this college is. Wilsons predecessor in the presidency of princeton was a man who used to brag he ran the finest country club in america. [laughter] he did. There was no question about it. It was an enclave for the sons of the very, very rich. Wilson tried to tear that down. It was in doing that, he began writing about what he was doing and speaking about what he was doing. This is how the most immediate oric rise in American History occurred. People began to look at wilson, who used the princeton campus as a great metaphor for america. He believed Higher Education should be the great catapult for people. Anybody from any class in a country that has no classes but in such a country, anybody who is educate and works hard should be able to leapfrog. It shou
[applause] it is hardly a secret the terms of political discourse are not exactly models of precision. Considering the way terms are used, it is next to impossible to try to give a meaningful answer to such questions as what is this socialism or capitalism or whats are back markets . That is even more true of the term anarchism as pointed out. It is a subject of varied use but also extreme of use sometimes by bitter enemies unfortunately by people hold the of manner high. So much so as the variation thats it resisted a simple characterization the only way i can see to redress some questioned what is anarchism is to identify the being ideas that animate and at least major currents of the rich and complex and often contradictory traditions of the anarchist thought and action. Of sensible approach can start with the remarks of to be the important manner of the intellectual i will quote rudolph rocker who sought anarchism not a fixed sullivan closed social system with a fixed the answer to
Smart phones to google, and selling motorola to lenovo, a huge haircut, but google is holding onto the valuable patents and it looks like stuart was right. Tv ratings for president obamas state of the younion at the lowt since bill clintons. Stay tuned, Varney Company is about to begin. The economy grew just over 3 at an annual rate of the last three months of the last year and thats in line with wall street estimates except consumer spending, that was as strong as its been in three years and say it again, the economy is growing even after or maybe because of Government Spending is in a freefall. Two news items out of washington for you this morning. First, president obama pushes for the two largest trade deals in u. S. History while a major roadblock, those obstructionists following president obamas state of the Union Address, this comes from Senate Majority leader harry reid saying he will not bring legislation to the floor that will give the president greater trading power. And reme