It is for people my age disorienting. For people, my children and grandchildrens age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. The wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. If we were in new York San Francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coast we tend to think about from texas to the Florida Panhandle there really is instability, we have a similar environment, similar trees, long leaf pines, palm trees, sandy soil, salt in the air. The gulf of mexico and nourishes and supplies us with wonderful seafood, estuaries, wonderfully rich and tradition and culture. In and around these things for hundreds of years, it is an extraordinarily rich subject to take and of course along comes the oil spill in 2010 where all of a sudden we are in ce
Cant learn about whether programs are working or not. The problem is the action that takes place as a result of learning, the evolution. That is where any organization resists getting rid of things that dont work. It will do anything to avoid that. It was different in the private sector. I have been in the private sector and if you are not confronted with the discipline of profit and loss in a big way, you are not inclined to undertake evolutionary change yourself. So i think you can get useful evaluation internally and from contractors but in the end you wont get the evolution. A very brief comment. Very good example which i discuss in the book is head start where outside evaluators and the department of health and Human Services has done very costly and extensive assessments for the program over the course of many decades and they have pretty uniformly, there is in defense but uniformly show the effects of head start, positive effects of head start erode by the third grade and even o
Tree] first Lady Michelle obama, her daughters and their dog came out to watch the arrival. President obama was not on hand. He took advantage of the nice weather to play his first round of golf in several months. Happy thanksgiving, everybody. I think we will take it. It is a go. It is good. We can have christmas now. Well done. How does it look . It is gorgeous. It is perfect. We are going to take it. You all take care. Here is some of what we have coming up for you today here on cspan. Nobel laureate and burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi excess the congressional gold medal, followed by another congressional Gold Medal Ceremony with professional golfer Arnold Palmer. Later, africanamerican photographers talk about the integrity of photojournalism. Watch the history of the president ial appointment process at George Mason University tonight at 9 00 eastern here on cspan. I can remember Barack Obamas speech in 2004. The Democratic National convention, this dazzling speech that
Kol colorado. The latest victim is a 60yearold woman from the town of cedar grove. Thats from the Sheriffs Office earlier today. It has yet to be confirmed. Four people have died from the flash floods, and now the National Guard is issuing this warning. Leave now or prepare for a month without electricity. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie visited the site of Seaside Heights boardwalk fire today. He met with residents. Dozens of businesses rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy destroyed th them. The president takes his case for a strike on syria directly to the American People. If we fail to act, the assad regime will see no reason to stop using chemical weapons. This is not a world we should accept. And the nation responds. An american tonight special town hall presentation. The syria debate with voices here at the knight studio at the museum in washington, d. C. , across america, and around the world. Hello and welcome to al jazeera americas special coverage of the syria debate. Were here a
You can post your comments on usebook. Com cspan or email at journal cspan. Org. Path for obama to spend. This in the Washington Times. They say the legislation must be approved by the end of the month when the Treasury Department says it will run out of our wing room. It also says in the Washington Times this morning that business groups worried about the effects of bumping up against the bill urge congress to act. The New York Times this Morning House approves higher debt limit without conditions. A sharp setback for conservatives. We want to hear from conservatives only this morning. What do you think about the decision to bring a clean debt bill to the house floor . It also says that harry reid of nevada commended to the speaker and promised to pass the bill as soon as possible. We are happy to see the house legislating the way they shouldve legislated for a long time. Ted cruz said tuesday in a statement that he planned to object to any attempt to raise the debt ceiling with a min