Ill leave that question hanging there, i think. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] did we get anything right . Um, well, i think that what did the get right in the middle east, well, lets just try and end on a happier note. I hope this doesnt sound frivolous, you know, but there is this, there is this earlier history of a welcome, benign presence of United States in the middle east, you know . The era which saw the creation of institutions. Fine, important institutions like the American University of beirut. [inaudible] excuse me . [inaudible] a lot of good stuff. Well, its and i think, you know, its worth remembering that moment. And i refer anybody here who isnt familiar with the work of medici to a historian of that relationship at Rice University to his work. Its a really fascinating moment that is less known than it should. And on that somewhat e evasive response [laughter] ill say thank you very much for your questions. [applause] for more information, visit the authors web sit
With russia. The United States has no idea what the kind of person putin is and what his intentions are. Most of the country is bracing for another round of bracing temperatures. World war ii, camp in idaho, what this discovery tells us about the japanese americans who were held there. And we begin with ukrainian showdown and the latest developments in this escalating world crisis. This evening president obama met with senior military and National Security advisors at the white house. This is a photo of that meeting in the situation room. At the same time, the United States is suspending trade talks and putting all military negotiations with the country on hold. At andrews air force, secretary of state john kerry is on his way to kiev, will meet with ukrainian officials tomorrow. All this as troops have been streaming into the southern ukrainian area. They have been given a deadline, that has just passed. Russian Officials Say they got involved because they were asked by the ousted ukr
Smugly collegian disrespect for their own lives. Host we have been tagged with law professor and medical doctor M Gregg Bloche about some of the themes hook, so they the hippocratic myth why doctors are under pressure to ration care, practice politics, and compromise their promise to heal. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Guest thank you are hatched. Thank you very much. Thank you tb continues that trend to become ambassador to the u. S. To take a critical look at the arab spring for arab countries to prosper they must embrace pluralism. This is about an hour. Thank you very much, marwan. Always a pleasure to be at the council. This book has a very simple message. You know, the second arab awakening is so simple, this call for pluralism to think it should be selfevident and yet it is not. The uprising is still ongoing for years later. The work twirl his son does not appear anywhere in the lexicon of those who have revolted against all the regimes. Weve heard about social justice, but
epstein s arm was maimed by a bomb sent to his tiburon, california home. it was much more sophisticated, and his techniques had improved immensely in the past 7 years. then he struck again. the second professor this week is hurt by a mail bomb. professor david gelernter, a computer scientist at yale university, received the bomb in his office. we heard a man screaming, and a couple seconds later, i saw a man running, with blood. police say it was a miracle that dr. gelernter survived the bomb exploding right in his face. now the unabomber had everyone s attention. a day or so later, at the new york times, an editor named warren hogue received a letter in the mail. someone sent a warning letter to the new york times, that claimed to be from an anarchist group calling itself fc. the letter said, they call us the unabomber, and we wanted to let you know that we re back, and we re going to begin a campaign of terrorism again. the attorney general, janet reno, said,