and her argument was the country has strayed so far from what makes it great, productive, just, equitable, that moderate policies, incremental policies, won t do the trick and in making that argument she said the americans shouldn t settle for policies that are, quote, 10% from garbage. that was the garbage comment. so if you look at that, you could possibly interpret it as her saying that the contemporary state of the united states is garbage, but at its core, this was an appeal to american idealism, to americans to america s better to the better place that america could be. and regardless of what you think of the garbage comment, she certainly never directed it toward any individual, much less the american people. so, in a way, selective hearing to fit maybe a narrative here. sure. you got your latest piece from the new yorker, it s fantastic. here s the headline. i m winning: donald trump s calculated racism. you end with this particular statement. you say, here we ar
teenage boys tend to chase big bucks and big salaries. experts say this trend may be based on old gender stereotypes were men feel they have to be the main breadwinner and girls can be limiting themselves when it comes to better pay and prospects. what about if you want a job that fulfills you and pays big money? that is where my head was. i agree and i did it so i am happy i was able to do it. you shouldn t settle for one or the other. i asked my isn t this weekend what he wanted to be when he grew up, he wanted to be a doctor, he told me he went between clowns school. both of those are fulfilling in their own way i guess. i am a jewish mom so i am pushing him in a particular direction but i like the doctor one, cardiologists preferably but if you wants to go to clown school that is the cable he is not going to pay for
so around 53, you re middle age, according to the latest research. brian: who is normal and who is nuts? it s all a question we ask ourselves every once in a while and we ask dr. keith ablow weekly and he answers those questions. welcome back, dr. keith. hey, thanks for having me back. brian: we got a letter. let s start off with this: my wife panics to the point she can t even talk when she s pulled over by the police. she says it s from when she was a kid and her mom got caught speeding. normal or nuts? did mom go to jail? that s a good question. this is nuts because it presumes she s six or eight when she isn t anymore. but she shouldn t settle and neither should her husband for thinking that the cop, the police officer is the problem here. why wasn t her mom, for instance, better able to comfort her? was her mother laced with anxiety? she s got work to do and therapy. brian: would you recommend
was just a time in place. look, the republicans are sitting there with a nuclear weapon, so to speak. they have debt ceiling coming up. they can use that as part of this negotiation. and they should. and they shouldn t settle unless the deal is a great deal for this country. not for the republicans or democrats. unless it s a great deal for the country. we have to straighten this country out. this country is a mess. and we have no leadership and we have to straighten it out now and stop talking. whether they go on vacation or not, not good. sends a bad signal, but we have to straighten this country out and shouldn t do plan b they re all temporary. we should do the final plan or no plan. go over the cliff if you want. i don t call it a cliff cause i don t think the repercussions will be so great. i may northbound a minority. i don t think a deal is going to be made, but the big deal should be made. knows these small temporary