Welcome. Lately ive had phaedra on my mind. Not the greek myth of the tragic daughter of that name, but the retelling of the story in a 1962 movie starring tony perkins and melina mercouri. Their illicit affair over, perkins crashes his cherished roadster over a cliff. A big sendoff accompanied by none other than Johann Sebastian bach. Oh John Sebastian youre playing your music like crazy and im listening to it in greece what are you doing here . Oh john why arent you home minding the children . I at least had some business in greece i had a father that killed every Phaedra Phaedra phaedra that scene actually keeps coming to mind as i try to follow the melodrama in washington that has us heading for a cliff. A fiscal cliff. But are we . Or is this, another myth in the making . For some insight, we turn to two seasoned observers both of whose books youll want to as santa to leave in your stocking. Bruce bartlett was an economic adviser to the supplyside icon jack kemp, and to two presid
This week on moyers company. Fundamentally Barack Obamas pretty conservative. He really is. He an senhower cservative. Hes not a liberal. I agree 100 percent. I mean, obama has been im always shocked when people call obama a socialist, because hes in fact, i think you might be doing a disservice to eisenhower. And if i can choose to be grateful for my life, love the life i have in the midst of all this, then i can be grateful for other things. Funding is provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real andermane good the world. The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundat
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