Knows that im no fan of dictionaries or reference books. Theyre elitist. Telling us what is or isnt true or what did or didnt happen. Whose britannica to tell me that the panama canal was finished in 1914. If i want to say it happened in 1941 thats my right. I dont trust books. Theyre all fact and no heart. Thats exactly whats pulling our country apart today. Lets face it, folks, we are a divided nation. Not between democrats and rep. Republicans or conservatives and liberals or tops and bottoms, no. We are divided between those who think with their head and those who know with their heart. Consider harriet miers. If you think about harriet miers, of course, her nomination is absurd. The president didnt say he thought about his selection. He said this. I know her heart. Notice how he said nothing about her brains. He didnt have to. He feels the truth about harriet miers. What about iraq . If you think about it, maybe there are a few missing pieces to the rationale for war, but doesnt t
Most of the news space these days. Ebola, every papers saying the same, every paper, every television, the internet is all following that story according to a pretty well known narrative because its also been fictionalized in film. And then, what then knocks off ebola and people dying in africa. Bill cosby, so that all everybodys writing the same kind of story about bill cosby every day but with different names. And so, today, i want to talk about a story that ran like that, what happens when a kind of fever, kind of hysteria usually based on fear, like ebola was where the press takes a line. Or in this case, where the press was a major player in one of the darkest episodes in American History. The internment of japanese americans during world war ii in concentration camps in those barren parts of the country. The high deserts of the west and the swamps of arkansas. And if from here in los angeles, if you take route 395 north, say youre going to mammoth for skiing, which is why most pe
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening. How many times lately have we had to ask what on earth drives someone to open fire on and kill innocent strangers . Sadly, we can add lafayette, louisiana to the long list of communities now left to struggle with that question. It was there that 59yearold john houser may have taken some of the answers to his grave last night, killing himself right after he shot and killed two people and wounded nine others inside a crowded Movie Theater. But today details of housers troubled mental history and the deep worries expressed by his family began to emerge, filling in at least some of the blanks. We begin our coverage with nbc National News correspondent miguel almaguer. Reporter this was the scramble to save lives. The victims carried away, nine injured, two dead. What began as a thursday night at the movies. It was just chaos everywhere. Cop cars, sirens. Reporter 20 minutes into a comedy,
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Random House Children s Books and Dr. Seuss Enterprises have revealed the inaugural title from Seuss Studios, a new line of books in the Dr. Seuss publishing program inspired by unpublished sketches and illustrations created by Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss).