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name for mark twain.here's the mark twain national forest in missouri there's twain, california, in the northern part of t state. there's a school, a street, a library in germany named after mark twain. and of course there's the kennedy center mark twain prize for american humor. here in washington. we want to thank jocelyn chadwick for joining us for part of this program. she's with the harvard graduate school of education and the national council on teachers of english. thank you professor chadwick for being with us. she spent quite a bit of time talking abteaching mark twain. we have two more teachers from north shore high school in glenhead, new york who teach mark twain as well. here's what they had to say. >> twain gives us a chance to see what we would never see in history books. which is the interfacing, engaging of a poor white boy, son of an abusive, alcoholic, father, from whom he runs. it's the impetus of the book from huck's point of view. then he meets a runaway slave. and the two of them me
name for mark twain.here's the mark twain national forest in missouri there's twain, california, in the northern part of t state. there's a school, a street, a library in germany named after mark twain. and of course there's the kennedy center mark twain prize for american humor. here in washington. we want to thank jocelyn chadwick for joining us for part of this program. she's with the harvard graduate school of education and the national council on teachers of english. thank you professor...
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not just about twain. it's a reflection of what makes us feel so unsettled. and all this offer this really quickly, like, you know, the elephant in the room is that this tax is often a commentary on race and racial history in this country. as a history teacher. one of the things i try to always tell my kids is avoid the tendency of just thinking about the before and after. there's something important about the in-between. there's something that's really sacred about understanding the history of the in-between. we like to go from the i have a dream to barack obama in 2008, but we don't like the in-between. we don't like the assassination. we don't like the mountaintop speech. we don't like, you know, the war on on drugs. we don't like massive castle creation. but that's the reality of the entire story. and much the same way twain is picking out of time, period, where you're starting to see the in-between scene. but that's unsettling, especially in the narrative structures we celebrate, the ones that just re
not just about twain. it's a reflection of what makes us feel so unsettled. and all this offer this really quickly, like, you know, the elephant in the room is that this tax is often a commentary on race and racial history in this country. as a history teacher. one of the things i try to always tell my kids is avoid the tendency of just thinking about the before and after. there's something important about the in-between. there's something that's really sacred about understanding the history of...
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twain is ahead of his time. he's creating a tiktok -- [laughter] way ahead of his time about someone either think is not worthyhy of being preserved buti think that's how you use the culture to entertain the arts because that's from someone will be doing in 15, 20 years about the time in which we're in right now. >> it's a -- brilliant analogy. so much of what we have from the 19th century is encoded in letters -- and text that were written by people of a very narrow life of our culture. >> yeah. >> we have very little from people who for instance, shoveled coal. on a train. we have very little written from what it was to be -- somebody who cooked. in their basement of a factory. we have very little and so we've got these massive kind of blind stock and i think we're right. i think twain must like tiktok is done -- and easily -- said in our culture now democktizing a very important conversation that we would otherwise never have a shot. yeah. butt feels like one of the greatest gifts he gives us in a way -- and
twain is ahead of his time. he's creating a tiktok -- [laughter] way ahead of his time about someone either think is not worthyhy of being preserved buti think that's how you use the culture to entertain the arts because that's from someone will be doing in 15, 20 years about the time in which we're in right now. >> it's a -- brilliant analogy. so much of what we have from the 19th century is encoded in letters -- and text that were written by people of a very narrow life of our culture....
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so mark twain, , right? he shows up as a time capsule turkey shows up as this figure who everybody has heardrd about even if you know anything about it, right, and we conflict huck finn and tom sawyer. i wonder what you think as someone who engages with literature in the context of the history space. what does mark twain offer us the opportunity to do? you know, that allow us to engage in conversations and investigations that could be helpful to us at this time. >> it allows for us to see real americans. and i think that's the piece when were talking about what do history teachers do? there's a a tendency to thinkt we just talk about great men in history, and that is the art of all of history. if you really love history, rooted of social studies, if you look econ, if you love polly sigh, he started as we difficult questions, like what about not the great person but if were talking about can for example, george washington, what about the soldiers who hadad to fight under george washington? what was it like fo
so mark twain, , right? he shows up as a time capsule turkey shows up as this figure who everybody has heardrd about even if you know anything about it, right, and we conflict huck finn and tom sawyer. i wonder what you think as someone who engages with literature in the context of the history space. what does mark twain offer us the opportunity to do? you know, that allow us to engage in conversations and investigations that could be helpful to us at this time. >> it allows for us to see...
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twain is the head of his time. going back, that is how you use the culture to explain the art because that's what. it's a brilliant analogy. so much of what we have is encoded in letters and text written by people of a very narrow slice of agriculture. we have very little from people who shuffled coal on a train or somebody who cooked in the basement of the factory. so we've got these massive kind of blind spots and i think much like tick-tock to borrow time that's kind of thrown around easily said in the culture now but kind of democratize is a conversation we would otherwise never have had. in a way as you said earlier in the conversation it would be distracted by. the language is god even really and he said at one point they talked and they are having a metaphysical conversation looking at the stars floating down the river andnd he said do you think someone made the stars or they were just placed there, in the 1880s. [laughter] you know he wasn't the only 14-year-old who said that, and you know there were enslav
twain is the head of his time. going back, that is how you use the culture to explain the art because that's what. it's a brilliant analogy. so much of what we have is encoded in letters and text written by people of a very narrow slice of agriculture. we have very little from people who shuffled coal on a train or somebody who cooked in the basement of the factory. so we've got these massive kind of blind spots and i think much like tick-tock to borrow time that's kind of thrown around easily...
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. -- twain earlier. - natalie rogers. —— twain earlier.ll— for politicians like boris johnson, it is all about optics, it is about how— it is all about optics, it is about how we — it is all about optics, it is about how we rank globally. people are 'ust how we rank globally. people are just numbers. for those impacted, covid, _ just numbers. for those impacted, covid, every— just numbers. for those impacted, covid, every number represented a loved _ covid, every number represented a loved one _ covid, every number represented a loved one whose life has been lost or radically — loved one whose life has been lost or radically altered by long covid. injohnson's testimony or radically altered by long covid. in johnson's testimony this morning, there _ in johnson's testimony this morning, there is— in johnson's testimony this morning, there is lots— in johnson's testimony this morning, there is lots of obfuscation, excuses. _ there is lots of obfuscation, excuses, deflection of responsibility. he says he was waiting — responsibility. he says h
. -- twain earlier. - natalie rogers. —— twain earlier.ll— for politicians like boris johnson, it is all about optics, it is about how— it is all about optics, it is about how we — it is all about optics, it is about how we rank globally. people are 'ust how we rank globally. people are just numbers. for those impacted, covid, _ just numbers. for those impacted, covid, every— just numbers. for those impacted, covid, every number represented a loved _ covid, every number represented...
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shania twain.a twain. to go from playing footie to - the song going to be? shania twain. to go from playing footie to this, - to go from playing footie to this, how ntuch— to go from playing footie to this, how much of a distraction has it been _ how much of a distraction has it been over— how much of a distraction has it been over the last few months where you have _ been over the last few months where you have been able to go on the pitch? _ you have been able to go on the bitch? i— you have been able to go on the itch? ., �* ., ., , , pitch? i don't have anything in my life that provokes _ pitch? i don't have anything in my life that provokes pressure - pitch? i don't have anything in my life that provokes pressure at - pitch? i don't have anything in my life that provokes pressure at the | life that provokes pressure at the minute. i wanted to do something but didn't know this is what i wanted to do. i can get lost in the piano when i'm practising. i got injured in april by snapping my acl. she
shania twain.a twain. to go from playing footie to - the song going to be? shania twain. to go from playing footie to this, - to go from playing footie to this, how ntuch— to go from playing footie to this, how much of a distraction has it been _ how much of a distraction has it been over— how much of a distraction has it been over the last few months where you have _ been over the last few months where you have been able to go on the pitch? _ you have been able to go on the bitch? i— you...
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mark twain alley has been used as a back of house and loading spaces for a long time. we've managed to relocate all these back of house spaces to really open up the storefronts and to create a lively space destination for the city. i want to talk a little bit more about the vertical extension. now you can see here the side sits right at the border between the financial district and the jackson square, which is a very much difference in scale of buildings. we are trying with the vertical extension to create a more optimal transition between the two districts. and that extension as chris already mentioned, increases the shadow when including all the entitled developer. it's only. by 0.001. it was very important for us to respect the historic facade, and that's why we pushed all the extensions backwards and have the historic facades sitting proud of the new additions. as you can see here on that view, looking down sansome street towards the financial district and then looking down towards jackson square, how the addition is stepping back to respect the historic facade. we
mark twain alley has been used as a back of house and loading spaces for a long time. we've managed to relocate all these back of house spaces to really open up the storefronts and to create a lively space destination for the city. i want to talk a little bit more about the vertical extension. now you can see here the side sits right at the border between the financial district and the jackson square, which is a very much difference in scale of buildings. we are trying with the vertical...
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by mark twain.nd the controversy about it too. >> i think that it will always, it was born in controversy and it will stay in controversy forever. and was born in controversy less about the racial dynamics which i will mention in a moment. but that he had young huck and jim playing dirty pranks and being a little bit immoral or being teenagers and getting into trouble. for people who want to have more rectitude in a book you were not finding it in twine's -- and mark twain's huckleberry finn. there is a connotation on race and in twain's my set of that era that it was showing huck and jim coming from different kinds of oppression. huck's was a mean father and jim's being enslaved. they form a friendship into dynamic duo as they go down the mississippi. why it is controversial today though, is because the n-word is used in it quite a bit. some people want to abandon it because of the use of that. -- ban it because of the use of that. it cannot be a classic because of that. mark twain was willing to d
by mark twain.nd the controversy about it too. >> i think that it will always, it was born in controversy and it will stay in controversy forever. and was born in controversy less about the racial dynamics which i will mention in a moment. but that he had young huck and jim playing dirty pranks and being a little bit immoral or being teenagers and getting into trouble. for people who want to have more rectitude in a book you were not finding it in twine's -- and mark twain's huckleberry...
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at the time, it also has a real connotation on race, and twain's mindset of that era when he wrote ithat it was showing huck and jim coming from different kinds of oppression, huck has a mean father, and jim growing up enslaved. but they become a dynamic duo as they go down the mississippi. why it is controversial today is because the n-word is using it quite bit, some people want it bad because of that, and they say that it cannot really be a classic because of that, and then twain was willing to do dialect. any time a white author starts dealing in dialect in any culture it gets tricky and sensitive, particularly now. ernest hemingway said all american literature emanates from "the adventures of huckleberry finn." it continues to live on and to be discussed and debated, and twain is one of our great writers because of his body of work, but this was the one that has lasted the test of time and is still red and talked about. but less so now because of that. >> what is interesting, and i'm skipping over to number eight, "their eyes were watching god," by zora neale hurston, was also cr
at the time, it also has a real connotation on race, and twain's mindset of that era when he wrote ithat it was showing huck and jim coming from different kinds of oppression, huck has a mean father, and jim growing up enslaved. but they become a dynamic duo as they go down the mississippi. why it is controversial today is because the n-word is using it quite bit, some people want it bad because of that, and they say that it cannot really be a classic because of that, and then twain was willing...
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tonight we will feature mark twain's 1884 novel adventures of huckleberry finn. our guest is the chairman of english at the university in indianapolis. watch our encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or go to c-span.org/booksthatsha pedamerica to learn more about each book. ♪ >> this week, watch holiday authors week series featuring live segments with a new writer each morning. tuesday, david pepper, author and former chair of the ohio democratic party, discusses his book. watch washington journal tuesday morning starting at 7:00 eastern with our special holiday authors week series on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> president biden and first lady jill biden lit the national christmas tree near the white house. [applause] ♪ >> hello. pres. biden: five, four, three, two, one! 54321. all right, you got it. >> all right, they have got it. merry christmas, everybody! jill and i are honored to welcome you. >> ♪ ["deck the halls"] all right. agai pres. biden: all right. again, merry christmas, everyone. ha
tonight we will feature mark twain's 1884 novel adventures of huckleberry finn. our guest is the chairman of english at the university in indianapolis. watch our encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. or go to c-span.org/booksthatsha pedamerica to learn more about each book. ♪ >> this week, watch holiday authors week series featuring live segments with a new writer each morning. tuesday, david pepper, author and former chair of the ohio...
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soldiers, and the negrete island was renamed soldiers, but this happened already in 2020, and mark twainnherited it. in the second half of the 20th century, his novel, the adventures of huckleberry fin, began to be severely persecuted. it's all about expanding the boundaries of the same politically correct word negro, mentioned in the novel more than 200 times, the works began to be removed from reading programs in all states. in this particular case, the problem is the word itself. people don't come and they don't say, but we can't teach from this book. because it discusses slavery, they say, we can't teach from this book because it has all these repeated instances of the offensive n-word, therefore we're not going to use it. it was williams' publishing house that released a misunderstanding-free version of the classic in 2011. in the new edition, the word negro was everywhere replaced by rap, and the children's writer was not lucky enough to end up in the millstone of censorship. most of us are familiar with his work thanks to charlie's chocolate factory, or rather the film of the same
soldiers, and the negrete island was renamed soldiers, but this happened already in 2020, and mark twainnherited it. in the second half of the 20th century, his novel, the adventures of huckleberry fin, began to be severely persecuted. it's all about expanding the boundaries of the same politically correct word negro, mentioned in the novel more than 200 times, the works began to be removed from reading programs in all states. in this particular case, the problem is the word itself. people...
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[guitar chords] come on. - i remembmber when shaniaia twain camame out.ciety now, women--i mean, i wouldn't say dominating. i think that they're just rising to their true place. ♪ i feel like a woman ♪ [cheers and applause] - as things wore on, it became a great decade to be a girl. - ♪ i just t can't stopop lovingng you ♪ - ♪ no, baby ♪ - after years of singing backup for such stars as michael jackson and rod stewart, she exploded onto the music scene in 1993, with her album "tuesday night music club." - ♪ all i wanna do ♪ ♪ is have some fun ♪ ♪ i got a feeling i'm not the only one ♪ - radio has been so long in coming in playing female artists, so it's definitely a different sort of environment and attitude now. ♪ if it makes you happy ♪ - female artists, like sheryl crow or liz phair-- even though they had success, they were still routinely marginalized within e every aspecect of thehe industry.y. ththere was nonot a lot of spacace in pop c culture where young women's thoughts, feelings, voices wewere respectcted or taken seriously. - ♪ i'm just a girl
[guitar chords] come on. - i remembmber when shaniaia twain camame out.ciety now, women--i mean, i wouldn't say dominating. i think that they're just rising to their true place. ♪ i feel like a woman ♪ [cheers and applause] - as things wore on, it became a great decade to be a girl. - ♪ i just t can't stopop lovingng you ♪ - ♪ no, baby ♪ - after years of singing backup for such stars as michael jackson and rod stewart, she exploded onto the music scene in 1993, with her album...
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today shania twain joins the show. for more local headlines, join us on our streaming service cbs news bay area. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long enough. we are getting that $9.95 plan, today. (jonathan) is it time for you to call about the $9.95 plan? i'm jonathan from colonial penn life insurance company. sometimes we just need a reminder not to take today for granted. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance starting at just $9.95 a month. there are no health questions so you can't be turned down for any health reason. the $9.95 plan is colonial penn's number one most popul
today shania twain joins the show. for more local headlines, join us on our streaming service cbs news bay area. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're...
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. >> we were not targeting twain.ome across her. >> reporter: the goal is to get her attention and start a dialogue. >> in order to understand nonhuman speakers. >> isn't that fascinating? i love listening to it. well, the scientists will use this to explore other enter human communications and apply what they call intelligence filters for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. there you go. that is it for the news at 5:00. "cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich" stretch right now. >>> you know, inconveniences. it as part of the experience. >> yellow delay notices lighting up the airport like a christmas tree. what you need to know before checking in for your flight. and what you need to note to stop your holiday season from turning hazardous. >> first responders on high alert. keeping an eye on flooding and downed trees. and we are going keep in the vault for our 75th anniversary, to the time spock left the enterprise to visit our studio. >> we can put a spaceship into space just like the enterprise. >> thi
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charles: as mark twain said, you know, history may not repeat itself but it sure rhymes.xon: jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. bigad: now, some of our most impactful investigations come from you. if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website. that's nbcbayarea.com/investigations. and that is our show for tonight. i'm bigad shaban. on behalf of our entire team, thanks for watching nbc bay area where we investigate. [narrator] covered california is a free service from the state that's already helped millions of people like you get and pay for health insurance. with financial health to lower the cost of health coverage, you could get a quality health plan for less than $10 a month. every plan covers preventive care, doctor visits, emergency care, and more. if you have questions, we're here to help every step of the way. covered california. this way to health insurance. enroll by december 31 at coveredca.com. ♪♪♪ samantha presas: the most important part was this way to health insurance. the humanization of both of our respective c
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one of my very favorite quotes of all time is by mark twain, it's called the travel quote and mark twainquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” brian: who was the fellow sitting at the table with you in that video? mr. davis: that gentleman was a former baltimore city police officer and you know, the baltimore city police department has been saturated with racist police officers and ku klux klan members such as bob white and the other ones that he's told me about himself. brian: how big is the ku klux klan in the united states today? mr. davis: you know, no one really knows for sure. you know, the mentality is certainly very large. in terms of just the klan itself, the klan members as opposed to you know, every white supremacist in different organizations, i think the adl and the southern poverty law center estimate between 5000 to 8000 members. brian: if you go back to the early 1920's, the numbers are four million? mr. davis: yes, three million alone in indiana. brian: it goes right down the list over the years -- less and less of the ku klux klan, w
one of my very favorite quotes of all time is by mark twain, it's called the travel quote and mark twainquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” brian: who was the fellow sitting at the table with you in that video? mr. davis: that gentleman was a former baltimore city police officer and you know, the baltimore city police department has been saturated with racist police officers and ku klux klan members such as bob white and the other ones that he's told me...
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you�*re still the one by shania twain.ng in my life that provokes pressure at the minute. i wanted to do something but didn�*t know this is what i wanted to do. i can get lost in the piano when i�*m practising. i got injured in april by snapping my acl. she will miss the women's world cup. i�*m six and a bit months down the line of the many—month process. my life has changed from having the bestjob in the world and something i love to having to do something every single day that i...
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i hope it's mark twain. questions from egor yakovlev for 800.nental hockey league managed to win the gagarin cup three times, one of them is cska, name the second, well, perhaps st. petersburg ska, no, the second team is ak bars, musical 800. in the film adaptation of chicago, catherine zetta jones played the role of velma keli and received. ranks 400. the rank of corvette doctor was not in the navy at all, but in the ground forces of the red army since 1935. the doctor who treated the corvette...
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mark twain said it best. i did not have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one in that. thank you. >> thank you. i want everyone to take a minute just to thank tom and john and ed for their contributions to this and laying out the different aspects of the speech. you saw it's a very short reach. 272 words. 2 1/2 minutes. but it is packed full of information and the ramifications, which all of us talked about. i also want to thank tom, john and ed for great presentations to get things started. so i'll say thank you to all. >> book tv, every sunday on c- span two, features leading authors, their latest nonfiction books. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, former usa today editor-in-chief and vietnam war veteran peter prichard recounts her experices in vietnam, a career in journalism and shares about his book. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern afterwards, ruth simmons shares her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of smith colleg brown university and perry view and m university. in her book, she i
mark twain said it best. i did not have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one in that. thank you. >> thank you. i want everyone to take a minute just to thank tom and john and ed for their contributions to this and laying out the different aspects of the speech. you saw it's a very short reach. 272 words. 2 1/2 minutes. but it is packed full of information and the ramifications, which all of us talked about. i also want to thank tom, john and ed for great presentations...
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as mark twain once said, it is easier to fool a plan than to convince him he's been fooled. right now with all that's in front of you. even if you don't like the alternative of joe biden, it is not to endorse joe biden or any left wing policy. we're just talking about maga. if you can't see this now for what it is, then maga world and all the enablers in congress and the media are a coalition of the brainless and the spineless. >> look. i think a lot of trump supporters are seeing what he wants to do and they like it. and that's part of what we'll have to face as a country if he becomes the nominee. thank you for joining us. >> give me 20 more seconds. i've said this for a long time. if you like some of trump's policies, which can be debated. but supreme court nominees and the border and all the rest. if you like it, find an honest rational man or woman to advance those policies. if you're concerned about joe biden's age and his failing capacities, which are obvious, painfully obvious but you like some of his policies, find a vigorous younger person who can put those policie
as mark twain once said, it is easier to fool a plan than to convince him he's been fooled. right now with all that's in front of you. even if you don't like the alternative of joe biden, it is not to endorse joe biden or any left wing policy. we're just talking about maga. if you can't see this now for what it is, then maga world and all the enablers in congress and the media are a coalition of the brainless and the spineless. >> look. i think a lot of trump supporters are seeing what he...
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[laughter]ik >> so she gave that up and switched to mark twain and i got to say tom soyer blew my mindkind of a science fiction book to me, giant river, what's that, we don't have those in tijuana and san diego. all of that stuff in his presence, his voice, the american voice made me crazy and i do confess this every time i talk about it and becky thatcher. yeah. my first literary girlfriend. i wase, like, wow, wow, dude, ae you kidding me? i have to say that later it was rodolfo, bless me and somehow i understood that we can be -- we can be a weave. we are all weaves in this country. and so that became -- instead of a liability it felt like to me. i always felt a little alien, i started thinking, yeah, this is it, this is what being american. if you want to know what being an american looks like, i'm this version, you're that version and we are all basically the same if we only pay attention to it with our -- with our fabulous delicious flavor. >> in a couple of minutes we will be moving over to the audience q&a so if you could start thinking of your questions and you can line up in t
[laughter]ik >> so she gave that up and switched to mark twain and i got to say tom soyer blew my mindkind of a science fiction book to me, giant river, what's that, we don't have those in tijuana and san diego. all of that stuff in his presence, his voice, the american voice made me crazy and i do confess this every time i talk about it and becky thatcher. yeah. my first literary girlfriend. i wase, like, wow, wow, dude, ae you kidding me? i have to say that later it was rodolfo, bless...
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as mark twain once said, it is easier to fool a man than to convince him. and for now, even if you don't like the alternative of joe biden, it is not to endorse the left wing policy. if you can't see this now for what it is, the maga world and media are a coalition of the brainless and spineless. >> look, i think a lot of trump supporters are seeing what they like to do and they like it and that is what we'll have to face when they become the nominee. thank you for joining us. >> give me 20 more seconds. i've said this for a long time. if you like some of trump's policies, which can be debated, but the nominees and the border and all the rest, you like it. find an honest rational man or woman to advance those policies. and if you are concerned about joe biden's age and his failing capacities, which are obvious, but you like some of his policies. find a vigorous younger person to put the policy out there in a convincing way. it shouldn't be so difficult. 75% of the country isn't pleased with our choices. >> there is always 20 seconds for the last word from y
as mark twain once said, it is easier to fool a man than to convince him. and for now, even if you don't like the alternative of joe biden, it is not to endorse the left wing policy. if you can't see this now for what it is, the maga world and media are a coalition of the brainless and spineless. >> look, i think a lot of trump supporters are seeing what they like to do and they like it and that is what we'll have to face when they become the nominee. thank you for joining us. >>...
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but remember that it's very difficult to write deep simplicity and leave it to mark twain to say it best. i didn't have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one instead. thank you. thank you. and want everybody take minute just to thank tom peet and john o brien and ed epstein for their contribution to this and laying out the different aspects of the speech. and as you saw, it's a very short speech, 272 words took 2 minutes, two and a half minutes, but it's packed full of information and ramifications, which all of the speakers talked about. i also want to thank tom, pete john o brien ed epstein for great presentations to get things started. so
but remember that it's very difficult to write deep simplicity and leave it to mark twain to say it best. i didn't have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one instead. thank you. thank you. and want everybody take minute just to thank tom peet and john o brien and ed epstein for their contribution to this and laying out the different aspects of the speech. and as you saw, it's a very short speech, 272 words took 2 minutes, two and a half minutes, but it's packed full of...
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tonight, mark twain's adventures of huckleberry finn.pan's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. go to c-span.org/booksthats hapedamerica. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including mediacom. >> we believe that whether you are here or right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. that is why we are leading the way. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ >> this week, watch washington journal special holiday authors series, spending each morning with a new writer. on tuesday, david pepper discusses his book saving democracy: a user's manual for every american. watch washington journal live tuesday morning starting at 7:00 eastern with our special authors day weekend. ♪ >> king charles iii delivered his christmas address from buckingham palace. he reflects themes of servi
tonight, mark twain's adventures of huckleberry finn.pan's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. go to c-span.org/booksthats hapedamerica. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including mediacom. >> we believe that whether you are here or right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. that is why we are leading...
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so she gave that up and switched to mark twain. and i got to say, tom sawyer blew my mind. and it was kind of a science fiction book to me. giant river, what's we don't have those in tijuana, san diego, all of that stuff in his presence, his voice, american voice made me crazy. and i do confess this every time i talk about it and becky thatcher. hmm. yeah. my my first literary girlfriend, i was like, wow, wow, dude, are you kidding me? and i have to say that later it was rudolfo aeneas. bless me, ultima and i thought, oh, my god. and i understood that we can be we can be a weave. we're all weaves in this country. and so that instead of a kind of a liability felt like to me, i always felt a little alien. i started thinking, yeah, this is it. this is what being american, if you want to know what, being an american looks like i am this version. you're that version, you're that and we're all basically the same. if we'd pay attention to it with our with our fabulous, delicious flavors flavors. and in a couple of minutes be moving over to the q&a. so if you could start thinking o
so she gave that up and switched to mark twain. and i got to say, tom sawyer blew my mind. and it was kind of a science fiction book to me. giant river, what's we don't have those in tijuana, san diego, all of that stuff in his presence, his voice, american voice made me crazy. and i do confess this every time i talk about it and becky thatcher. hmm. yeah. my my first literary girlfriend, i was like, wow, wow, dude, are you kidding me? and i have to say that later it was rudolfo aeneas. bless...
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we are looking at a literary map of the adventures of huckleberry finn from the book by mark twain.llustrated map of the full novel situating it in the landscape so you have this map that places the whole thing in context. familiar state lines shows you how far they traveled on their journey. the main map starts up here, travels south down the river, and picks up again here. as you traveled on the river and through the novel, the map includes illustrations of scenes from the story. here you have the cabin where they were held captive. the floating house they found. the wreck of the steamship. the granger feud. down here you have the exploits of the king and the duke until eventually they meet. literary maps are a type of pictorial map, or illustrated map and they situate the story in the landscape which in this case is a real landscape that is familiar to millions of americans and helps people to connect with the story on a personal level. this is a story from 1884, so the book was published in 1884. the map was made in 1959 so 75 years after the publication of the novel, the map wa
we are looking at a literary map of the adventures of huckleberry finn from the book by mark twain.llustrated map of the full novel situating it in the landscape so you have this map that places the whole thing in context. familiar state lines shows you how far they traveled on their journey. the main map starts up here, travels south down the river, and picks up again here. as you traveled on the river and through the novel, the map includes illustrations of scenes from the story. here you...
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republicans should saying this and people that make judgments on the law, this is not how you make a twaincountry, and it's wrong. >> kate, what do you make of it? >> again, twice in one segment, i totally agree with scott jennings. yes, i think the rise of this kind of -- these personal attacks, these kind of threats of violence against provincial public officials and on both sides, again, it causes voters in the middle not engaged in politics every day, thinking about what team they're on, it causes those people to tune out, and that is another dangerous byproduct of the rhetoric on both sides. only, these threats and threats to personal safety come from donald trump in a way that is unprecedented and terrifying, but i think when the extremes on both sides get incredibly vitriolic, it turns people off in the middle, and we need people in the middle to vote. we need people who may not necessarily feel the process is about one team versus the other to sit down and see who they want to lead their country and go out and vote. in addition to the obviously dangerous rhetoric and personal threa
republicans should saying this and people that make judgments on the law, this is not how you make a twaincountry, and it's wrong. >> kate, what do you make of it? >> again, twice in one segment, i totally agree with scott jennings. yes, i think the rise of this kind of -- these personal attacks, these kind of threats of violence against provincial public officials and on both sides, again, it causes voters in the middle not engaged in politics every day, thinking about what team...
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and leave it to mark twain to say it best. i didn't have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one instead. thank you. you make thank you, ed. >> tim: i want everyone to take a minute to thank them for their contributions to this, and laying out the different aspects of the speech. and as you saw, it is a very short speech. shorter than 72 words, took 2 1/2 minutes. but it is packed full of information and ramifications, which all of the speakers talked about. i also want to thank tom pete, john o'brien, ed epstein for a great presentation to get started, so i will say thank you to all. american history tv, saturdays on c-span 2 at 4:30 p.m. eastern, from this year's george washington symposium at mount vernon, a discussion about the united states constitution and how it has evolved over more than two centuries. then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, a tour of the smithsonian national washer galleries 1898 exhibit, with portraits of the major players in the spanish-american war, illustrating the expansion of u.s. interest an
and leave it to mark twain to say it best. i didn't have time to write you a short letter, so i wrote a long one instead. thank you. you make thank you, ed. >> tim: i want everyone to take a minute to thank them for their contributions to this, and laying out the different aspects of the speech. and as you saw, it is a very short speech. shorter than 72 words, took 2 1/2 minutes. but it is packed full of information and ramifications, which all of the speakers talked about. i also want to...
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forever or would be like really this know but it's got to be there but you know there's a line in a mark twainletter that says letter would be shorter if i had more time to. but it's a love to kansas city. i really i enjoyed living there and. i enjoyed the chance in this to learn more about the place and that the defining about kansas city certainly especially when charlie was there is it was the launch pad the west this was all those wagon trains you've seen all those, you know, flat boats going up the missouri river louis clark, you know, jim bridger, kit carson, george armstrong, they all came through. kansas city and in charlie's youth idea of going west was super powerful. and so when he graduated from high school, he, a couple of buddies decided, they were going to drive to los angeles. now the catch was were no roads between kansas city and los angeles. the model t had it in its infancy. so that was the birth of culture in the united states. people were talking about building road all the way across the country one road, but the way they were going to lobby for it was encourage people t
forever or would be like really this know but it's got to be there but you know there's a line in a mark twainletter that says letter would be shorter if i had more time to. but it's a love to kansas city. i really i enjoyed living there and. i enjoyed the chance in this to learn more about the place and that the defining about kansas city certainly especially when charlie was there is it was the launch pad the west this was all those wagon trains you've seen all those, you know, flat boats...
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forever or would be like really this know but it's got to be there but you know there's a line in a mark twainletter that says letter would be shorter if i had more time to. but it's a love to kansas city. i really i enjoyed living there and. i enjoyed the chance in this to learn more about the place and that the defining about kansas city certainly especially when charlie was there is it was the launch pad the west this was all those wagon trains you've seen all those, you know, flat boats going up the missouri river louis clark, you know, jim bridger, kit carson, george armstrong, they all came through. kansas city and in charlie's youth idea of going west was super powerful. and so when he graduated from high school, he, a couple of buddies decided, they were going to drive to los angeles. now the catch was were no roads between kansas city and los angeles. the model t had it in its infancy. so that was the birth of culture in the united states. people were talking about building road all the way across the country one road, but the way they were going to lobby for it was encourage people t
forever or would be like really this know but it's got to be there but you know there's a line in a mark twainletter that says letter would be shorter if i had more time to. but it's a love to kansas city. i really i enjoyed living there and. i enjoyed the chance in this to learn more about the place and that the defining about kansas city certainly especially when charlie was there is it was the launch pad the west this was all those wagon trains you've seen all those, you know, flat boats...