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Coming. We at p and p have been working with lizner awe tore yum putting auditorium putting on large author events. Were glad to have such a space schuss facility here in Downtown Washington and what terrific crowd this evening. I have to marvel at the size of this audience and what it says about dan rathers continued popularity. For those of us of a certain generation who grew up watching dan report the news on cbs for 44 years i can appreciate his appeal and the indelible mark that hes left on our consciousness but i see a lot of younger faces out there this evening and you all are a testament to dans amazing ability still to connect with and communicate to people of all ages. Dan himself has expressed surprise at the Significant Impact hes had in recent months especially via social media. His identity had been so tied up with cbs over so many years that when he left the network just over a decade ago amid some controversy he wasnt sure what ed do next but dan has always had a passio
Call dictators political dictator toes were not only popular in their own countries, but were also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic westerners. The object of this political hero worship included Benito Mussolini, adolf hitler, mao mao tsetung, and more recently, hugo chavez. Few people remember it today, but the original lyrics from cole porters immensely popular musical anything goes originally read you are the top, you are mussolini, you are the top, you are mrs. Sweeney. [laughter] today, of course, it reads you are the top, you are an oneill drama, you are the top, you are whistlers mama. So some progress there. [laughter] and whereas few people today openly praise hitler or mussolini, it is not uncommon to see young men and women in our Nations Capital wearing che guevara tshirts and to see American Entertainers like Michael Moore and intellectuals like noam chomsky praise the castro brothers and hugo chavez. Paul hollander spent decades trying to understand why
Only popular in their own countries, but also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic westerners. The object of this included benito mussolini, adolf hitler, josejoseph stalin, fidel castrod more recently, hugo chavez. Few people remember it today, but the original lyrics from cole porters immensely popular 1931934 musical anything goes originally read, you are the talk, you are mussolini, you are the talk you are mr. Sweeney. Today it is you are at the talk and the drama and the whistlers mama. Few people today openly praise hitler or mussolini. It isnt uncommon to see men and women in our Nations Capital wearing che guevara tshirts and the American Entertainers like Michael Moore and intellectuals like norm chomsky praised the castro brothers and hugo chavez. Paul hollander spent decades trying to understand why people are attracted to authoritarianism and totalitarianism and why they persist in doing so even today after a century of incredible bloodshed perpetrated by gov
It so good at spreading from host to host and why is it in some hosts and not in others. Why is it not in any of us are fisher mammals. It is in some worms which come from a very Different Branch of the animal kingdom. Perhaps also interesting to us because those worms kill diseases and if you go back there you might be able to kill those diseases, thats a different story, but theres a lot of biology that we dont understand. Like why is it so good at jumping from host to host . Is it just because it spreads vertically throughout the population like i talked about with mosquitoes . Is it also because its so good at jumping horizontally from one host to another. Yes, these are all questions but theres actually a conference that happens every couple years or so. O. Its a very thriving area ofa lf research. So we have gone from cow poop to slime molds and fecal transplant and back again. Thank you all for coming. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversation] that was ed young talking abou