justa look at a sample of his legacy -- "darwin," "apes and angeles," "darwin's ark," "in the twelfth year of the war," "open doorways," and this, my favorite -- "summer love and surf," about the joys and wonders of loving and living. his latest book of poems is "perfidious proverbs." a fellow poet said that to watch philip appleman "sling words is to be richly regaled." i quite agree. welcome, philip. >> wonderful to be here, bill. >> i have long thought of poetry as music to be heard best in the voice of the composer. so let's go right to some of your poems. >> good. i love it. >> here's one of my favorites. and i think it's one of your favorites, too. "eve." tell me about that poem. >> 20 years ago, i published a book called "let there be light." it was a series of satires on various biblical stories. and eve being one of the first came out at the head of the list.

darwin's owner, jasmine nahuka is distraught.haring a nightly routine. >> mother and son, brushing teeth, getting ready for bed. >> reporter: but experts say while he may seem cute here, darwin will evolve into a wild animal. >> they grow up. and they grow up, they can be fairly dangerous. >> i think in a couple of years, she would have had a struggle on her hand. >> reporter: this primate is at an animal sanctuary. he's been introduced to a surrogate mom. this morning, the woman who says she's his real mother, is vowing to fight. she's even hired a lawyer and is planning a holiday reunion. >> these are his clothes i bought for christmas. i'm going to get him. and he's going to wear it. >> reporter: now, this isn't just monkey business. animal handlers note that darwin's particular species carries disease and could be dangerous if exposed to humans, such as yourselves. stay away from darwin. >> you think he's going to get into that santa suit? >> probably not. maybe we could bring him to the studio. >> or not. >> or not. >> thank

but she says darwin is like a son to her. >>> now, sports.ee agent pitcher is off the market. zach greinke put on his new jersey and top yesterday, after signing a contract with the l.a. dodgers. he moves across town from the angels. >>> as for last night's hoops, highlights, now, from espn. >> good morning. i'm hakem dermish with your "sportscenter" update. and we begin with the battle of the boroughs. nets and knicks. spike lee and jay-z. pregame pleasantries. carmelo anthony. 42 points in the game. knicks up two. under 1:30 to play. nets down two. joe johnson, driving. tied at 97-97. here we go. ensuing knicks possession. raymond felton, kicks it out to jason kidd. knicks up three. last chance for brooklyn. under ten seconds to go. gerald wallace, outside. huh-uh. out to deron williams. how about his three-pointer? no good. knicks win it 100-97. they've won seven of their last eight. next up, they host the lakers on thursday. >>> speaking of the lakers, part of a four-game road trip in cleveland. tyree irvin, back for 11 games from a fract

the owner of darwin was fined $240.t's illegal to own a rhesus macaque because they carry diseases and when they get angry they fling their own poop. they're like hairy crack heads. darwin is getting sent to live on a vh 1 reality show. >>> speaking of -- did you see -- any of you see the big fight this weekend? guillermo you watched that too right? >> i did. >> jimmy: who were you rooting for? >> juan manuel marquez. >> jimmy: we know what the move looks like. it was the first time that manny pacquiao got knocked out. traditionally he visits us before a fight be. the tradition was he would sing when he was here. he has a beautiful singing voice. the last two times he visited he decided not to sing. when he was here in may before his fight against timothy bradley he didn't sing and lost that fight. and despite my pleading didn't sing again three weeks ago. and not only did he lose he got knocked out. what manny needs to do next time is sing, right? so he's singing for his life. he needs to sing and punch guillermo right

there's darwin standing in the door at the ikea.ntly he escaped from a car in the parking lot and went into the store to find his owner. the police officer described him as a very smart monkey. yeah, if he's so smart, let's see him put together an ikea bookshelf. the own was fined $240. it's illegal to own one, because they carry diseases and when they get angry they fling their own pop. they're like hairy little crack heads. so darwin is being sent to live on -- i think on a vh1 reality show. did any of you see the big fight this weekend? cleto, you watched that, right? guillermo, you watched that, too, right? your buddy manny pacquiao, who you shot a big bit with. who were you rooting for? >> juan manuel marquez. jim we know what the move looks like. juan manuel marquez fought manny pacquiao for the fourth time. for the first time ever, manny got knocked out. traditionally, manny visits us here at the show before a fight. he considers us to be a good luck charm. but the tradition used to be he would sing when he was here. he has a

charles darwin realized that we convey emotions through our faces. and was very much interested in the expression of emotion. and he pointed out that emotions are amazingly conserved among different people. so if you are going to people all over the world, they express the same six or seven proto tipic emotions and expressive of the same facial features so you see, for example, sadness in the left and happiness in the right. and this is pretty universal. not only that, he realized profoundly that his evolutionary conserved in simple animals this was a complex animal, o rag tan but even mice and rats show emotional responses very similar to that of humans, an darwin chose this picture of a human being and o rang a tan showing a very similar response. to emotion. and the reason this is so power sfl that many people have been influenced by darwin's realization about the conservation of behavior and emotional response and used simple animals as we're going to hear about this afternoon, to study post traumatic stress disorder which we can produce rather r

the woman says the monkey named darwin snuck out of their car.n a court affidavit she argues the tiny monkey was illegally taken from her and moved to a primate sanctuary. the woman says darwin considers his his mom. >> have i a coat like that. i have a coat like that. >> lisa argen is here talking about the need for warm coats these days. >> we won't get too warm, but with the sunshine and all of the clouds we have milder temperatures this, month. if you are headed to the raiders game, low 50s with a chance of a shower. elsewhere isolated showers today and the heavier rain tonight into tomorrow morning's chute. a break midweek and heavier rain on thursday, friday, saturday looks like beyond as well. >> that is going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen, abc7 news continues at 5:00 this afternoon. if you are fortunate enough to receive a new tablet computer or smart phone this holiday season, remember you can be connected with abc7 news all the time through our app. you

darwin stays near her at all times including while she sleeps.e probably shouldn't have taken it and left it in the car. especially if it's illegal to keep a monkey. especially if it's illegal to keep a monkey like that in that jurisdiction. >> stephanie: well not one that well-dressed as charlie said. i think we need to play baby monkey in honor of darwin going back to his owner. >> right now or after the break? >> after the break. >> welcome to the party barn. may we take your order? it's "the stephanie miller show." >> wow! i've never seen anything like this. >> when disaster strikes sometimes the only way out is to look within. current tv digs deep into the extraordinary tales of heroism determination and escape. "trapped" experience the drama. back to back to back. >> hold on mates! >> catch the "trapped" mini-marathon saturday starting at 1 eastern. on current tv. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends

and the woman who claims to be darwin's owner today asked the court for her monkey back.dozen of her supporters showed up to protest. they demanded an real control officials free darwin earlier this month you will will remember. this store's parking lot wearing a coat. captured it and brought it to a sanctuary. folks there claim they have the wild animal and since they have it they own it crazy video out of russia as a dashboard camera catches a moment the truck tips over and dumps a bunch of cows over the road. amazing that truck driver is reportedly fine. from the looks of things, not a lot of steak yet. well, if you are so hungry you can't even wait to take the rapper off fast food. one chain has a solution. you can now eat your burger and its -- in its rapper. that fast food chain is in brazil. burgers are so good folks can't wait to unwrap them. they look like ordinary paper. no word what the chain. it would seem to cut down on the little terring. the house was right in the middle of voting on plan b. the g.o.p. backed fiscal cliff bill when it suddenly went into rec

the little guy, named darwin -- very appropriate -- was turned over to a primate sanctuary. >> not somethingou see everybody. stuff flying around the skies in san francisco and monkeys walking around in fur coats. what is going on with the niners? >>> jim harbaugh suspending one of his players. and let's just change their name to the road warriors. they are making history, folks! we'll show you how, next. ,,,,,, you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ the goldens state warriors >>> well, 21 games is a pretty good sample. safe to say it is game on for the golden state warriors. stephen curry, on his return to charlotte. curry gave away 73 tickets to the game and did not disappoint. he had 27 points tonight. in fact, the warriors sank 13 of the

darwin was sent to a primate sanctuary after it was found wandering the lot in toronto. >>> and hereffer to have dinner with this professional eater for $1500. it is part of the memorable experiences from the website fuzio. other offers include a coaching session with former raider todd christianson for $200 or former 9 eric key waters for $1200. no hot dogs on that meal. >> will there be any food left eating with this guy? he will dprab everybody in sight -- grab everything in sight. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel and everyone here at abc7 news, thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. check us out on-line anytime you wish. you can see us on facebook and twitter as well. >> good night, everyone.

the little guy, named darwin -- very appropriate -- was turned over to a primate sanctuary. >> not somethingou see everybody. stuff flying around the skies in san francisco and monkeys walking around in fur coats. what is going on with the niners? >>> jim harbaugh suspending one of his players. and let's just change their name to the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the goldens state warriors >>> well, 21 games is a pretty good sample. safe to say it is game on for the golden state warriors. stephen curry, on his return to charlotte. curry gave away 73 tickets to the game and did not disappoint. he had 27 points tonight. in fact, the warriors sank 13 of their first. lastly, in the third quarter, the steal. warriors win 104-98. with their fourth victory, they are guaranteed a winning seven game road trip for the first time since... it was 1970 when apollo 13 had a successful failure. richard nixon was in the white house and gas was 36 cents a gallon. yes, warriors are making history. >>> football coach mike macintyre is the new football coach. colorado hired macintyre to be their new man. he takes over a p

darwin was sent to a primate sanctuary after it was found wandering the lot in toronto. >>> and here is an offer to have dinner with this professional eater for $1500. it is part of the memorable experiences from the website fuzio. other offers include a coaching session with former raider todd christianson for $200 or former 9 eric key waters for $1200. no hot dogs on that meal. >> will there be any food left eating with this guy? he will dprab everybody in sight -- grab everything in sight. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel and everyone here at abc7 news, thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. check us out on-line anytime you wish. you can see us on facebook and twitter as well. >> good night, everyone. >>> tonight on "nightline," the shooter. inside the mind of a 22-year-old who opened fire on holiday shoppers. tonight, his ex-girlfriend wonders what made this former college student snap. >>> high wattage. a family on a dream holiday in paradise, until they are caught in the most devastating natural disaster ever. to

we used to joke that there was a reverse darwinism in effect where the mediocre rise to the top and the stars would not, particularly if they are women. >> that's amazing. one more question about this. as i read the story of how she pursued him, i thought it was the most logical thing i ever heard. in order to reach bin laden because he gets messages out at some point he needs a courier that gets the messages out. how could somebody at the c.i.a. and those opposed to this line of thinking not think that that's the most obvious thing they ever heard in their lives. what happens inside the agency when obvious ideas like this have to fight through so much bureaucracy to get a success. >> you hear they want officers to think outside the box but in a way that's not encouraged at the agency. it does seem obvious. one of the reasons i think you have this interrogation or torture scene in zero dark 30 is because if you were to put on screen the real painstaking and order with us process of intelligence collection and analysis it's not that interesting to watch. you know, from what i understand

his name's darwin, and he's apparently been taken to an animal sanctuary.r has now been fined for keeping an illegal pet. she plans to fight for custody. >>> all right, here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today, and we're going to begin with a massive explosion that shook a small west virginia town. it torched at least four homes. apparently, a gas line rupture sparked this blast, producing flames more than 70 feet high and scorching more than 800 feet of interstate 77. remarkably, no one was killed and that fire was brought under control. >>> well, in florida, it was a thunderous send-off for a top-secret military mission. an atlas 5 rocket launched an x-37b mini shuttle in orbit for a classified project, although the air force is being hush-hush on the details. some reports say the spacecraft is going to be conducting tests on advanced spy satellite devices. >>> and finally, this is brilliant. one arizona homeowner has no problem riding her neighbor's coattails. instead of mimicking the extravagant christmas decoration

toronto police said darwin escaped from a parked car sunday wearing a faux shearling coat and diaper. that's a nice coat. ikea staff lured the primate into a corner before calling police. and his great escape surprised a whole lot of shoppers. >> the people were trying to call it toward them. it was scared. it was darting all over the place. they were trying to get it away from cars. then it became clear that none of the people there were the owner. >> the real owners did come forward and were fined $240 for keeping an exotic pet because you do just lose your monkey every day, of course. >>> when we come back, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, one benefit of winning the heisman trophy -- you get to do david letterman's "top ten list." hear some of the other perks from this year's winner when we come back on the morning news. come back on the morning news. ge to severe crohn's disease, and it feels like your life revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but s

darwin's work was a burgeoning mining community that the soviet union was deter. to maintain at all costs. half way between north america and western europe the bergen archipelago is part of norway but the special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war it served as the useless hours westernmost outpost now it's one of the last preserved relics. it is essentially a picture of what would have happened to the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades is a curious site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russians travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen film until all mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local souvenir shops. is a big hit the defunct are incurred still helps keep the money flowing. but. the local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts are not very popular with tourists if you come into a very authentic place like. it should stay

to paint the bin you and put it at variance work central square that can do nine hundred eighty darwin's work was a burgeoning mining community of the soviet union was determined to maintain its own costs. are located halfway between north america and western europe bergen archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war it served as the use of western most outposts now it's one of the last preserved relics. of the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades curious interested i think it could be even more appealing for russians trying. to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local souvenir shops so between. bill it is a big hit the defunct arne curtain still helps keep the money flowing. it's the russians doing your show but you can't play in rubbles they're also. your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization

the woman says darwin considers her his mother. >>> coming up next at 6:00 the latest in the investigationth of the connecticut school tragedy. a live interview in the news. police are closing in on a gunman wanted for a shooting in a transit center in san raf fell. before cold & flu season, help prevent with lysol disinfectant spray. and use the lysol no touch hand soap for 10 times more protection with each wash. this season, a good offense is the best defense. lysol. mission for health. >> in the news this monday morning disz 16th they await the arrival of the president to share in the brigrief of friday school tragedy. prayers for the victims and their families. many are trying to make sense of the senseless by relying on their faith. a threat causes a big scare on the streets in the heart of san francisco. i am carolyn tyler. a quiet new england town is grieving this weekend as they continue to search for answers. parents are talking about their prem douse loss. teachers are honored for their heroic shielding children and saving lives. the state medical examiner says believes all of t

>> he is named darwin slipped from the owner's crate.t is illegal to own a monkey so officials are sending him to a sanctuary. >> and before we wrap it up, a north carolina guy is facing charges of money laundering. but a prison continues could be better than what will happen if his bosses get him. cops in tucson, arizona, say he was trafficking through the airport last month when he called local police asking for an officer to write an excuse note for him. he told the cops he was carrying drug money and he had several times in the past. but this time the suitcase was $20,000 light and he was afraid his employers would kill him. he figured a net from the cops saying the money was confiscated could smooth things over. police in tucson did not play along and they arrested thomas and found $20,000 in his personal belongings.

animal control captured darwin, the 7-month-old primate. banned as pets there, guess what, he loses his monkey. >> it would be malpractice with us not to share it. >>> the late-night talk show hosts got caught up in this monkey business as well. take a look. >> this is true. a tiny monkey wearing a winter coat was found wandering around an ikea. do we have a photo of the monkey? look at that, that's real. a monkey wearing a coat. >> that's a sheerling coat. >> that monkey still has a better chance of assembling that entertainment center than you do. >> there's darwin standing in the door at the ikea. evidently he escaped from a car in the parking lot and went into the store to find his owner. a police officer described him as a smart monkey, which if he's so smart, let's see him put together an ikea book shelf. >> obviously his owner takes really good care of him. he had a coat on, diaper. >> the monkey escaped. he can't take that good care if he got out. all the monkey news continues right here. "early start" continues right now. >>> witho

identified as darwin.y happy right now. he's having kind of a bad day. >> reporter: separation anxiety. he was moved to an ontario primate sanctuary where it is hoped darwin will live happily ever after. but his name will live on as ikea monkey. he instantly acquired parody twitter accounts describing himself as a lover of fashion. a connie stevens song was dedicated to him. ♪ i will wait for you >> reporter: some speculated he headed for ikea in search of swedish meatballs. his image was inserted in an ad for ikea bedroom furniture. as for the jacket -- >> i bet it is going to start a trend and we'll be able to find a version of it at h&m next week. >> reporter: that's evolution. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >>> this might be right up your alley. what did joan jett and donna summer have in common? they're nominated for the rock and roll hall of fame. look at the nominees up next. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any

nobody is infringing on your equality weecialghts will be taking darwin day off next year by force. holiday. >> bill: nobody is going to stop you. >> right you won't but i also have to take off christmas because it's a mandated federal holiday. >> bill: you run this organization? you run this atheist organization. >> i run american atheists. >> bill: keep it open. >> while we are on the topic of christmas, if you are looking for a great christmas gift be sure to check out bill o'reilly.com where you can order any of the three best sellers killing kennedy, killing lincoln or children's book lincoln's last days. if you want to want your book signed order by monday. check out the site this he could would. all the money from bill o'reilly.com comes from charity. still the most controversial story of the night. a group of doctors want to give teenage girls the morning after pill just in case they might need it. o'reilly and leno and late night. like you have never seen it >> laura: in the second unresolved problem segment tonight be the most controversial story of the evening. imagine se

>> i'm hearing from my producer he's in darwin usa. he has delivered some 700 million gifts so far. so he's got a little bit of work to do. >> he goes really fast. >> you can also follow mr. clause on bing maps. look at this. and twitter, too. goggle is tracking santa on its maps. and you can interact with them on goggle plus. >> nice. >> you can instant message him. >> he's delivering cookies. >> reindeer cookies. >> -- >> and your daughter made these. >> so cute. >> let's move up. thank you. >>> coming up, crews keep a close eye on the bay area levees. we'll have the latest. >>> and the search will continue in a few hours for a man who jumped in the creek after officers tried to pull him over for a dui. details on a live report coming up. >>> and a police officer rushes to stop a runaway shopping cart carrying a baby. how he managed to save the day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... an

he was moved to an ontario primate sanctuary, where it's hoped darwin will live happily ever after.ive on as ikea monkey. hi instantly acquired parody twitter accounts, describing him as lover of fashion. a connie stevens song was dedicated to him. ♪ i will wait for you >> reporter: some speculated he headed for ikea in search of swedish meatballs. his image was inserted in an ad for ikea bedroom furniture. as for the jacket -- >> i betcha it's going to start a trend and we'll be able to find a version of it at h&m next week. >> reporter: now, that's evolution. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> classic. >>> well, former new orleans saints football players accused of trying to injure their opponents, will they have their suspensions is overturned? that's coming up next. lots more. stay with us. check out my new treadmill app. pretty sweet, huh? cute. but don't you have any apps on your phone that can make your life easier? who do you think i am, quicken loans? at quicken loans, we'll provide you with myql mobile. this amazingly useful app allows you to take pictures of your mortgage doc

wilson's formative years were the years in which darwin's theory of evolution seeped into the social science, including political science. wilson the first president of the american political science association wanted the political project to make government evolve as human nature evolves. only by doing so he thought could government help human nature progress. this is why for progressives progress meant progressing up from the founders and they are falls because static understanding of human nature. only government unleashed from the confining doctrine of natural rights could be muscular enough for this project. such a government needed not the founder's static constitution but a living constitution. a much more permissive constitution, that is the new progressive government needed the old constitution to be construed as granting to the government, powers sufficient for whatever projects the government decided or required for progress. what then about the framer's purpose of writing a constitution to protect people from popular passions. wilson argued that the evolution of society

>> for the evangelical community, it is the best case we've had that darwin was wrong about everything. so in that sense, it is really huge. >> i think you'll find that those sorts of shows, people say about the sort of -- the talk show genre as well, i find it fascinating, you know, networks are interested in ratings as you said. we get very judgmental about what people watch. at the end of the day people will watch what they want to watch. have i seen much of that, no. if people watch it and it works what's the big issue? >> they're watching it because -- >> you feel better about your own life. somebody flicks on a button, it works. >> they're watching it because it is so ridiculous and it makes their life seem normal. >> joy: she's an endearing child. people are watching a family that doesn't look like theirs but it is a nice family. >> have you ever heard of julie cooper the british author, sold 300 million books. she said i love the jeremy kyle show. i thought i bet you don't. she pointed at the royal box going back -- she pointed there and said they're more messed up than anybody

it is thinly veiled social darwinism. >> hundreds of people gathered in athens, greece for the funeral of the 77-year old retired pharmacist who shot and killed himself near the greek parliament building last week after writing a note that blamed his suicide on the economic crisis. his daughter spoke at his funeral and said his act had been deeply political. >> you found it unacceptable that they were killing our freedoms and democracy and dignity. you found it unacceptable as they heartened -- tightened the hard news of the apartheid around us. the acceptable act of surrender our independence and keys to the country. it was unacceptable to you that greece did not acknowledge its children, and the children did not recognize its own country. you found the bestiality of capitalism unacceptable, that it infiltrated our lives, and know and try to stop it, and then you made your decision, to become the fear, the death, the memory, the slope of our ruin the lives. >> 46 days after killing the unarmed african-american teenager trayvon martin, george zimmerman had been detained and charged wit

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things that i thought wouldn't even be possible when i was a teenager, in fact, i think darwin would at the evolution that's occurring right now. >> you know, charles of the "washington post" recently wrote this op-ed piece. he says, while gay parnlg may will routine in massachusetts which is where you were both married, which is one of the nine states along with d.c. to have moved forward and legalized marriage equality, there are still 38 other states where this isn't allowed. and that it's all but unthinkable in places like oklahoma that he featured, yet your honeymoon trip was a seven-day road trip in the south. ravi, explain what influenced your choice for that type of honeymoon. >> well, i work at mississippi state university, and we decided to take a road trip down to visit mississippi and it was a beautiful experience. we loved it. and we had a lot of fun. and we met a lot of cool new friends along the way. >> a road trip, you know, we know you probably weren't asking for directions very much as men are very bad at doing that. but i do want to get you all on the record, both

monkey managed to get out of the crate and the car, and animal control captured the 7-month-old, darwinand monkeys as pets are banned in canada, this monkey in a coat and apparently some kind of a diaper is now in a sanctuary. >> that's so sad. it looks kind of whacky and weirdly cute. but so sad. >> terrible. >>> let's talk about the fiscal cliff. we know they are talking, but we don't know what the president and house speaker john boehner are saying, they have been keeping fiscal cliff negotiations very quiet. the president doesn't have any public appearances scheduled today. people are reading the tea leaves, saying it's more serious than before. let's get to jeff sessions from alabama. ranking member of the budget committee. >> soledad, nice to be with you. >> appreciate that. is that a fair read, the quieter it gets means more is getting done. when they are saying nothing, it means we're close to a deal? >> you know, when we are reading tea levels a tea leaves and that's all we have, that's how bad it is. it looks like the president and the speaker of the house will decide this on

wilson's formative years were the years in which darwin's theory of evolution seeped into the socialcience, including political science. wilson the first president of the american political science association wanted the political project to make government evolve as human nature evolves. only by doing so he thought could government help human nature progress. this is why for progressives progress meant progressing up from the founders and they are falls because static understanding of human nature. only government unleashed from the confining doctrine of natural rights could be muscular enough for this project. such a government needed not the founder's static constitution but a living constitution. a much more permissive constitution, that is the new progressive government needed the old constitution to be construed as granting to the government, powers sufficient for whatever projects the government decided or required for progress. what then about the framer's purpose of writing a constitution to protect people from popular passions. wilson argued that the evolution of society ha

an obituary in the los angeles times calls him the darwin, the godfather of world music.iend. >> yes and he is the father of norah jones and the cultural icon of the century actually. i knew him well, introduced interestingly enough through george harrison, so george harrison introduced me to ravi shankar. >> what a loss, too, and talented children, you think about that. and now we turn back to the fiscal cliff which seemed to be the story that has been overriding everything we've talked about over the last couple months. stalemate in washington, we want to get to nate garvis "naked civics" how ordinary citizens can help move the nation forward. we talk about people on one side or the other, people in the capital, meeting at the white house but very rarely the american citizenry unless we're throwing out a poll. you're saying we're less powerless than we think we are. >> absolutely, start with this. we spent $6 billion on an election, $6 billion on angertainment basically to get us washington, d.c. vm, washington didn't change very much. this is the same fiscal crisis of