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receptor. marijuana works we tested it at the cancer society. it was a fun time to walk down the halls. [laughter] it worked in making people eat and having less nausea and vomiting. now there s other ways of doing it then using marijuana. two questions. why does all the research all have to happen within the confines of the u.s. system? and how fast, where s it going and the other part of my question which is, we all look at things in technology is such a massive part of this and we think literally timewise and we have been pushing for 40 years since the one cancer began. now here we are, what what do you think the timeframe is? the next five years can be much faster than the last 40 combined. i think we are going at an accelerated rate. it s worse if you pick up a medical journal. every issue there something new and exciting. i think the timeframe has accelerated. we are doing two things, and then i don t want want to take up too much time. converting some cancers ....
bit, reflect his evolving views, is it fair to think of him still as the father of the constitution? i don t know that he was the father of the constitution, but the thing i came away with was how terribly important the document is. not as an object of record but for as a way for us to understand how difficult that task was that they face. i came away from the whole project with enormous respect for how close the country was too falling apart, and a much different people with different opinions struggle to try and hold it together, how remarkable the document was that was written in philadelphia, but how different it looked to them that it looks to us. as i say, this is not the document base of what they re writing. the fact end up on playing cards would be a great surprise to all of them. let me make it a couple things about the building. we have a place where you will see a life-size models of the framers. so you will see how short james madison was, which may be ....
it became an armed rebellion against the assad regime i started to do a lot of reporting from the syrian turkish border meeting with refugees, meeting with rebels, because you have to understand southern turkey has become a barracks for its revolution of this rebellion. in the summer of 2012, is ramadan, i went into aleppo with a pre-syrian army convoy just as the city, the northeastern quadrant had been liberated from the assad regime. i spent the night in a town about an hour drive north. i stayed with a family, the owner of the house was a syrian rebel them i spent the night there and so did a few other journalists of my acquaintance. it it was extraordinary because i had seen firsthand, is one thing to open up the new york times and turn on cnn and see images broadcast from thousands of miles away. you really, really have to see it for yourself to understand what is the driving force behind this rebellion. it was amazing because at night these rebels put down their ....
look at race and the obama presidency. he will talk with author and journalist april orion from the studios. that is a look at some of the author programs a book tv tv will be offering this week. look for them to air in the new future on book tv on c-span2. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] hello everyone. how s everyone doing tonight? good. wonderful. i want to welcome you to peninsula arts and letters where the nonprofit and we are so thrilled tonight to be hosting in conversation about offerman s new book brainstorm, the race to unlock the mystery of parkinson s disease. his books are for sale at the register. a big thank you to the park and stint institute parkinson institute. c-span is filming tonight. i will ask you to please raise your hand if you have a question and will bring the microphone over. doctor john is a professor emeritus at the university of oregon. he is an emmy dupont and peabody old award-winning journalist. a name and fellow. in ....
people s wagesism wages. it is very hard. if there is a little bit of inflation there is a way silent way of cutting wages by not giving a raise. so a little bit of inflation is healthy. but i didn t say there has been no inflation. thank you all very much for coming out tonight. [applause] wednesday, booktv in prime time features books about drone warfare. scott shane talks on objective troy. a terrorist, a president and the rise of the drone. author interview program afterwards. he will be joined in conversation. later that evening american university for new yorker staff writer investigation of the influence of big money and politics. also joining us live on our three hour: program sunday, march 6. another taping this time with michael eric dyson. race and the obama presidency. people sit down. that is a look at some of the author programs. many of these are open to the public. investigating the finances of the catholic church. next he speaks with book tv. book, le ....