Counterparts. We will talk to the author in just a minute. In our first 45 minutes this morning we are interested in the thought of american exceptionalism. Here is how you can weigh in this morning. 20258 reach outou want to on social media, not only can you post yourself on facebook this morning, that you can take part of a pole that asks the same question. Journal cspan. Org is how you reach us an email. Pedal peter buying heart, from the atlantic, joins us. His book is entitled the end of the american his article is entitled the end of american exceptionalism. Where did you get the idea for this title . Caller i was looking through polling data from Young Americans and what struck me was how different the attitudes were from stereotypes about what makes americans different from someeans and how, in really striking ways, the attitudes of Young Americans are much closer to the attitudes of europeans than those we consider stereotypically american. Host you set it up to define what yo
Teaching is very important to the continued development of any economy and taiwans is no exception. On todays program was delighted and honored to have put ice in them going he who is currently the president of National Young university to share with as his piece on the state of High Education in taiwan will come to the program doesnt help thank you mama to be here and colleen am currently the prison of a nation we i mean is that this was a little whooping the president on National Young University Since two thousand and ten can you please start off the program give this a general assessment of the state of High Education in town went to take her. I think that though we are facing numerous talented student for hyde education to want to imprison come to mind probably too many peoples mind is that though we facing the prices of any of you and your warm breath does every year. Not too long was above twenty thousand pts for years been no drop to forty and fifty others. So even if you use.
Teaching is very important to the continued development of any economy and taiwans is no exception. On todays program was delighted and honored to have put ice in them going he who is currently the president of National Young university to share with as his piece on the state of High Education in taiwan will come to the program doesnt help thank you mama to be here and colleen am currently the prison of a nation we i mean is that this was a little whooping the president on National Young University Since two thousand and ten can you please start off the program give this a general assessment of the state of High Education in town went to take her. I think that though we are facing numerous talented student for hyde education to want to imprison come to mind probably too many peoples mind is that though we facing the prices of any of you and your warm breath does every year. Not too long was above twenty thousand pts for years been no drop to forty and fifty others. So even if you use.
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And the final frontier. Leaping for joy. China celebrates 10 years of space exploration. But first, at least 20 people have been killed, many more have been injured in the central philippines by an earthquake. It was a magnitude 7. 2 quake that hit the island. The power has been cut, many buildings have been destroyed. The area is a popular tourist destination. Rescue workers are searching for survivors. Robert pool is a journalist from tokyo on holiday there when the earthquake hit and joins me for you on the line. 7. 2 magnitude quake, robert a powerful earthquake. Tell us what you saw or heard. Reporter well, i was riding a bike outside of one of the main cities when it happened. Obviously i was on the coastal roads, the earth was shaking and it really felt like it was floating during the quake itself. The roads in front of us cracked, the electricity cables came down, we encountered many bridges after that which collapsed i am not in the center of the epicenter of the earth charact