route to albany. along the route that in fact he had mapped 15 years earlier. so randel starts making some noise about. he publishes some anonymous newspaper articles and an anonymous path of, and wright, chief engineer wright probably decides just for the section of the canal is to be dealt, wright decide to go right in the opposite direction. that is, not take randel direct route from schenectady to albany or even continue along the southern side of the mohawk as it arcs north and eventually down toward albany. . . the waste that we see in public works projects today has a long legacy. became bitter enemies. a couple of years later they wind up together on that chesapeake and delaware canal. a very short, but very important canal connecting chesapeake bay and delaware bay. the chief engineer. the chief contractor. and after a few months he gets rendell fired from the canal. the case eventually goes to the u.s. supreme court. he wins a quarter of a million dollars which is
she accomplished that has made this such a remarkable book. ms. cahill for congress came out in paperback. one phyllis teacher, her sixth grade crude class and the election that changed their lives forever. ms. cahill, i indicated that you have been critical of the profession and of schools but you ve also offered the defense of schools and teachers and where they find themselves. this book is not a diatribe on schools. if you want to know everything there is about schools and what is right or wrong with education you need to get another book. if you want to have some fun reading about education and about how one teacher went about teaching children what they needed to know in the sixth grade, all that they need to know plus with they learned by managing her campaign, then you want to read ms. cahill for congress. at the same time ms. cahill doesn t spare schools when she thinks they shouldn t be scared, she has been a teacher and she knows what it s like to work in those
they wanted it to matter so i am sure they didn t think was the bottom of the barrel, the father was pretty big stuff. host: do understand we are talking about a real campaign. this is not a school project although you were constantly asked was a real campaign, were you not? guest: sure, we had to defend that quite a lot, yes. host: tell me for real, tierney, yes, your students dared you and you took them up and felt guilty when you told them they could do everything and you were not doing what they asked you if you would do but did it really awaken something in you that may have been dormant all the time? guest: mabey. you know, i felt my parents were politically active and very outspoken about their politics in our home, and taught us to have a conscience and to be involved and certainly to vote and to be participatory citizens, and you know, i thought what a great opportunity to be a public servant. i already felt i was a public servant as a teacher and i felt i
those are the technical name, failure to deliver. the government was very, when he or we got in@@ h kevin: or kevin: billion fake shares. people were getting merrill lynch and goldman sachs statements saying they had stock they never really had. that s just the tip. no one knows how big the rest of it is. it s probably a multiple between beltways or 15 times the size. what the f.c.c. s response was they they stonewalled, they slammed the door. i i have a website called deppcapture.com which explores my fight with wall street. it s basically investigative journalism directed at wall street. and because we became convinced the f.c.c. was something called a capture regulator. convinced they were a captured regulator when a regulator forgets to protect mainstream from industry and they think about the million dollars a year jobs waiting for them to be a good boy. people used to think i was crazy talking about that but with the last year it s an obvious truth that, the fcc f
but it s a great privilege to be able to contribute on both ways. thank you for your question. thank you. hi. i m caroline from the university of virginia. and as college students we often face the hookup culture and this idea of traditional relationships are not valued anymore. and how as students can we stand strong for our values without feeling left out? secure allies in the battle. many times i get e-mails from parents or from college kids saying i feel like i m the only one. i feel like i m the only one. now, even if you are the only one, you must always stand for what is right. but you are not the only one that believes in those values or virtues. look for people who share your value form friendships with them. create your own subculture. again it comes to commitments and relationships. watching each other s backs. allow yourselves with groups and others who believe like you do. and you become the force for good that changes the culture that you re in instead