about his year of action plan for 2014. one issue is raising the debt ceiling. they are debating their strategy now. should they ask for obama care reform or the approval of the pipeline? what is your take? republicans, (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. 585-3882. s, (202) tweet, also send us a @cspanwj. course ofl us a course, at journal@c-span.org. if you want to join the conversation, you can go to presidentn whether obama should negotiate with the gop on the debt ceiling. the debt ceiling should be lowered and we need to cut government spending. do you think outside of washington as republicans decide attach a debt to ceiling increase to obama care reform? debating whether or not it should be the keystone xl type line should be attached to an increase in the debt ceiling. we want to get your take on that. the house gop ways their debt ceiling strategy. the report says. house republicans were still struggling to find consensus in how to handle their a coming
standard & poor s 500, another all-time high tonight at 1762.20. unchartered territory with the standard & poor s 500 with a gain of just a fraction. bob pisani, three more trading days. investors are hanging tough. historic highs. the dow transportation index, two indices hitting historic highs. the others aren t far away. i want to point out how amazing the rotation is in the market. consumer staples is now stepped to the fore in the last few weeks to the upside. hersh hershey, kimberly-clark, procter & gamble. put up the consumer names. the s&p is up 4%. look at these names, kimberly-clark, lorillard, clorox, one sector goes down, another sector steps up. almost nothing is down much on the year. take a look at some of the consumer discretionary stocks this month. you see they ve stepped back. retailers like gap and coach, some of the restaurants like yum brands and some of the other housing names like whirlpool and some home builders are basically flat this month. the ma
this is i think, as you all know, a place where public policy and research meet. i bring together the world of ideas with the world of policy action. very happy that tim johnson, the director of the latin american program is here this morning. and also want to acknowledge sal low star who had a lot to do with the planning, and this is an event we re cosponsoring with immigration works, to tamar a jacoby, and arizona state university, working on the issues. i want to acknowledge cardenas, a former governor and distinguished mexican colleague and many other good friends. and mane others back at the woodrow wilson system. and dan, who is out of government and into this civilian life. there s no doubt the latino vote was important in this past election. when we put this together we didn t foe how important. this was an event that ambulanced ahead of the elections themselves and we started with a question mark, and decided to keep the question mark on there only because there ar
discussion as we ask our viewers how far as the u.s. come on the issue of race relations and how much further do we need to go? and what are your thoughts on how elected officials handle this issue? give us a call. if you re in the eastern or central time zone, call us at 202-585-3880. if you re in the pacific time 81. s, it s 202-582-38 you can also go to facebook or twitter. and a good wednesday morning to you. that story out of the nba. the san francisco chronicle this morning. nba stands strong in punishing racism. here s the los angeles times. banned for life. clippers owner donald sterling is fined $2.5 million. the commissioner said he will press for a sale of a team. that s commissioner adam silver and the nba commissioner. and then there s a photo from the front page of the u.s.a. today sports photo. america, enough is enough. equality. e demand the story the issue and its broader implications also making it into the papers. here s a few more headlines from
real agenda is a powerful mechanism. part of human society is figuring out who is us and who is that man who is my group and who is the outgrowth. outgrowth. greenwich and answers that pretty easily. if you pray like me and eat like me, if you go to the same church that i do, then you are asked and if you don t then you are then. you can see very easily how that kind of in group and outgroup mindset can easily lead to extremism and marginalization. religion may be the most powerful form of identity formation that just as powerful is violence. who do you know who is us and then? if you are fighting against me, you are then so far from the religion and violence they have as everyone knows then much more aligned than we would like them to be. literature discussed the education gap and the way that parents and teachers can enhance educational experience. he and his wife started a foundation that gives scholarships to inner-city students and he s also the author of i got schoole