Watch book tv all weekend, every weekend weekend on cspan2, television for serious readers. Next on book tv afterwards program, Washington Post columnist talks to williams of fox news about republican politics. Host the author of why the right went wrong, from goldwater to the tea party and beyond, ej, thank you for doing this. You are a much a steam columnist for the Washington Post but people think of you as a liberal columnist. Is this book intended for liberals, conservatives, or both . Guest i like to think of both, thanks for doing this i really appreciate it. At the beginning of the book i make the point that a healthy conservativism is in the interest of everybody including liberals. I also make the point that i grew up in a conservative family and only started becoming a liberal in my early teen years. My dad and i had a lot of great arguments, he encouraged them. He thought it was a good was a good thing when kids and parents argued about politics. I say that because i dont l
I may get out and have dinner. Ton something. Thats for sure. A horrible accident here on the Grand Central parkway today and there was a second smaller fenderbender here in the eastbound lanes about an hour after the first crash. Its caused even more delays. That second accident appears to have been removed but the damage has already been done concerned. Reporting live from mobile2 on the Grand Central parkway in hollis, queens, brian conybeare, cbs 2 news. We are two days away now from a possible new Jersey Transit strike. There are conflicting signs now about whether a deal could be reached today. New Jersey Transit and Union Leaders are meeting at this hour. We have team coverage. Cbs 2s emily smith is at penn station with how commuters are planning to cope. We begin with lou young with the latest on the negotiations. Reporter its crunch time according to their own words. Were gathered at the hilton here, the gateway hilton to get first news of a Union Contract deal to head off a s
That could be maimed, there is constraints made on contributions to candidates and parties but it allowed expenditures to be unlimited. So what we have is a system that we still have today where theres a lot of money that wants to make its voice heard, that wants to it express their view and they often need money to express that view, but then there are limits to the way that money can be expressed through candidates. So candidates, they are are interested in having one of the. Its like taking someone who is thursday and telling them you can have as much water as you want but you can only have it a teaspoon at a time. So the candidates of spending a lot of time raising money because they want to have that money to run for the election, the we have a lot of people who want to give the money but it is restrained and whats they can give it because of the potential corrupt influence. So we have a system where where there is a lot of money in the system but it is hard and candidates end up
Bring more and more people into, at least contact with some of these issues. That doesnt mean they will learn the right things but it opens doors. I think back all to what moved the needle. What changed the course of Human History here in our country and its always been popular movements. The civil rights movement, the womens movement, lgbt. Thats just national. Americans linked with people in west africa and even angola during the blood diamond years to help bring about change there. Popular movements are where things are rooted. I think thats where those folks that have a high profile that have sandwiched themselves in their artistic endevours. The light is coming at us and people like akon have taken the mirror and shifted it at this issue and listen to these people. I think thats what ive seen in most effective is when a celebrity goes into a country that offer very little. Lets let lets have this person tell the story from that country. Giving a platform to africans to tell their
And other guys struggling to et a cplus and was lucky. Thats why they give the test in school. Thats Something Congress has a tendency to overlook or dont care about, either one. So theres a place for everybody in our job market, every level, and that needs to be more respected and taken into consideration. And the last thing i want to say is i appreciate cspan and thanks for taking my call. Host Educational Attainment. Guest the increased interest and commitment to Early Childhood education as part of this discussion is so important because the ability to make sure that kids get to school, ready to learn, we know that that has really strong returns to their outcomes in the long run and can improve Educational Attainment and Career Outcomes in earnings over the long run. So you cant talk enough about investing in Early Childhood from birthday. A lot of the interesting, collective impact models to education to improve, to decrease gaps in attainment across race, ethnicity, income, to ap