how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
Transformation of dictionaries or the complete transformation of lexicography in the english language. Anyone whos read the professor in the mad men, you can remember the descriptions of what it was like to assemble a dictionary in the mid 19th century. There were read arers all over readers all over the world who would submit little files, and eventually those usages, wherever the dictionary was revised which was about every 80 years, would make it into the next round. So it took an incredibly long time to update new meanings of worse. Of course, now its of words. Of course, now its online, and now you have crowd sourcing and people reporting tweets or web sites x its led to this kind of massive democratization of language in this really interesting way. Its also led the oed to have to go back and relearn whole words that, you know, with all of the newspapers online now you can discover usages that no one had ever possibly heard of the last time the dictionary was revised. So it reall
For anyone whos read the professor read the professor and the mad men, you can remember the description of what it was like to assemble a dictionary and was pretty much like that in the mid70s as well. There were readers all over the world who would submit index cards and they be put little card files and eventually the usages, whenever the dictionary was revised come about every 80 years to make it in the next round. It took an incredibly long time to update new meanings of words or new etymologies they had discovered. Of course nowadays all online. Instead of readers all over the world you had crowd sourcing and people reporting tweets or websites and its led to this massive democratization of language in this really interesting way. Its also led the oed to go back and relearn whole words with all of the newspapers online outcome you you can discover usages that no one had ever possibly heard a the last time the dictionary was revised. So what is this extraordinary about pollution an
To the microphone early and get your question in. We are delighted to be hosting mary norris today for her memoir between you and me. Mary norris began a career as a foot check erratically than city pool checkicheckin athletes foot. To many of us mary norrise clar cross referencing thank you for that amazing introduction and thank you for coming insight on this glorious day. We got lucky. People are into reading and it is raining out. It is true about the foot checking but to give you an introduction, i visit the introductory part of the book that is about my career in the dairy industry. Since we are here in wisconsin, i went to rutgers university, where i chose to go when i got out of cleveland to brunswick, new jersey. Because it at a Renowned Department of dairy science. While i was there i did take one course in how to judge dairy cattle and ive learned the differences between brown swiss cows, it has not come handy at all. When i went back to cleveland after college i couldnt thi
Refuge crisis and after that, its question time at the british house of commons. Every weekend, the cspan Networks Feature programs. We are with live from Council Bluffs iowa for a town hall meeting with senator ted cruz followed by a live callin program. And on saturday night, its the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Speakers will be bernie sanders, martineau maly and Hilary Clinton and former governor of rhode island, and sunday evening, republican president ial candidate will hold a town hall in carolina. And book tv, the wisconsin book festival from madison, featuring interviews with nonfiction authors. Including mary norris and her book to english language. And David Maraniss on the city of detroit. And sunday night at 9 00 on afterwards. Former missouri on American History tv on cspan3. Saturday evening at 6 00, clayton laurie, and sunday morning at 10 00 on oral histories. Julian bond who passed away in august. On a interview growing up in the south and get our complete weekend schedul