melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
chance to make that the center of your research, and we cover just about everything. it s just like any other class where you take exams and write papers. host: what do you do with a women s study major? the short answer is law school. many of my best students gone on to be title ix lawyers. many go abroad. they work with women birth control the issue of violence against women in regions ranging from northern africa to bosnia. many students do development in term of non-profit. they do programming for everything from planted parenthood to organizations that work with women and girls. i have a couple of students who have gone on to med school and do specialties in women s health. quite a few have been nursing, and i have a lot of students who are also as athletes involved in furthering women sports. some are trainers. i have one in the olympics right now. i have another student interning at the winter games who is hoping to do some reporting on the situation of homophobia
wrong with looking at half the world s history. and i have negotiated many of these things throughout my teaching career. the idea is that i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way. a cheerful and playful way. and i wanted to be the smiling face of women s studies and women s history so that as a diplomat from academic feminism i am approachable and i love my students, but enough with being rude to the professor. people would come by and say that i love your class. you not at all this way. and so thank you for putting that out there. so this is my say that you are not root of the professor in the class will not hurt you, looking at women s history will only improve your life. and what is it like for those on the other side? those of us that have to deal with a whole range of our work by people who are fearful. host: would teach? what you teach? guest: i teach at george washington university in georgetown. everything required for the minor and the mainer. introductory
a bipartisan letter with democrats defecting from the boehner plan. in the meantime, a nice game for the day for the dow, but a stunning selloff for apple. do you know what? fiscal cliff or not, the s&p 500 is up 12% year to date. that is a handsome gain for investors, an optimistic year, believe it or not. and we already bailed out detroit s auto industry. but now, at least one motown politician is telling president obama he should bail out detroit bankrupt city government, too. this sure isn t the free market, and i asked why should a texas taxpayer bail out detroit? breaking news from syria, and it is a blockbuster. the assad regime is walking and loading its chemical weapons, ready to use them on its own people. nbc s chief pentagon correspondent joins us now. jim, is this the red line president obama was warning about? well, not quite yet. u.s. officials tell us that the syrian military is poised to use chemical weapons against their own people, and all it would take
author bonnie morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the women s study, revenge for what? guest: the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. it s about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. i have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in women s history. they come to me and express doubt or concern. they re afraid what people will say. what will it look like on their transcript. so those experiences lead me to a really keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong with looking at half the world s history. i ve negotiated many of these rude conversations throughout my teaching career. the idea of revenge was i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way. a cheerful/playful way. i wanted to be the smiling face of women s studies and women history. show that as a diplomat from academic feminism, i m not scary, i m approachable, i love my students, but