or how about the empire trap, at harvard university again. now talking about the empire or in praise of empires. this is a historian at ucla. now by the way, i want to suggest that this is not all criticism from the left, and sometimes people from the opposite side of the political spectrum will say actually we need more empires and we just wish the u.s. were a better one. that's another way of interpreting it. this is probably the most famous interpretations of the u.s. as an empire by johnson, who wrote this is now what's called the empire trilogy. i sometimes feel like i'm arguing against lord of the rings. this really is sort of the reigning paradigm. the interesting thing about this term empire is that almost nobody defines it with any precision. it is this absolutely sloppy catch-all phrase that's used to describe everything from tourism and religion to foreign investment and war. now i know you're saying, what doesn't she be a little more direct about what you don't like about that term? i actually felt pretty strongly about this. esse

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by next, former journalist and harvard university kennedy school professor marvin kalb reviews presidentialision-making in the post-vietnam era and discusses military conflicts as well as declared war including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the national press club hosted this event which is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> good evening. welcome to the national plus club. i am the club's 107th president. it is my honor to welcome all of you here this evening and those watching via c-span as part of this american history series. for a discussion about the impact of vietnam war has had on presidential decision-making over the past five decades. we could not have a more appropriate guest of honor tonight than marvin kalb, the award winning journalist for cbs and nbc news. he was last news man recruited

all the schools of harvard university joined in that protest. another 25,000 marched right here in new york city, the largest crowds since the grand jury's decision not to indict anyone in the killing of eric garner. and earlier today, protesters in oakland, california blocked traffic and chained themselves to the doors of police headquarters. at least 13 of those protesters were arrested today according to the associated press. these coast-to-coast protests stem from the grand juries working in secret who chose to bring no charges against police killers of unarmed black men. today's grand juries can trace their roots back centuries. british writer explains the grand jury of 23 men was drawn from the local neighborhood and was expected to survey and report criminal behavior in the neighborhood. by the 16th century it became a body that listened to the prosecution evidence and decided whether a case had been made up. england ended its grand jury system in the 1930s. former british colonies like australia, new zealand and canada have followed suit

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researchers at harvard university say try weight tracking.track 10,000 men over age 40 and they found weight training is better than aerobic exercise when it comes to losing belly fat. men that combined both types of exercise had the best results. >> i'll get right on that after january 1st. promise. >>> well, national lampoon's is a popular movie this time of year. >> one of my favorites. but it may have led his spirit run away with him on the garden state parkway. >> check out the exit sign on the parkway. someone changed it to clark griswold. i can just hear holiday road playing in the background. the photo is real on social media. turnpike officials removed the taped on sign. >> that's one way to get on the holiday spirit. not legally, though. >> little holiday vandalism. >>> nbc 10 news today at 5:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> new flu fears after a being diagnosed with the flu. this morning, we're live with new information on his death and the flu season in our area. >>> and we are starting out chillier than w

part of a recent conversation at harvard university, where one of several topics included lyrical correctness -- political correctness in today's entertainment. >> i would never make a joke that i think would get a laugh that is a political view don't personally believe in, because i might get asked about that one day and i don't want to look stupid. so it's like -- i do think that a lot of people who try to be edgy or political camus feel as though they are unfairly targeted at by the political correctness crowd forget that they have to be funny as well as edgy and political. and i think that if you really look at the people who complain about that and the people who w of the peoplee complaining about it are hilarious, and most of the people who are truly valerius who are incredibly edgy never complain about it at all. every time you make a joke that you know in your head is liketly -- there's almost a group of people that have to react negatively to some jokes in order for the joke to be valid and you just know that group of stupid people is going to say that thing and that is almost the po

there's a great article written by my colleagues at harvard university where he documents health care. in the 1950's, you were twice as likely to die of a heart attack. babies were likelier to die. if you had a ski accident, you have arthritis rest of your life. if you look up the way people are treated in hospital and you look at what is necessary and what was not, we waste. how can the health care spending be worth it? and yet, we waste 1/3. the other two-thirds are awesome. [laughter] basically, the other two-thirds have carried the other waisted one-third along. so the answer is not to say we will no longer spend 18% -- no more than 18% of gdp on health care. some great innovation has come along since the 1950's, and new ones will come along in the future years. how do we separate the fat from the muscle? how do we keep what is good and get rid of the copycat drugs that cost a lot to develop and are not doing any good? the key will be effective research and more competitive market. but that is why costs are so hard to control. >> one of the economic arguments i have heard against

this was the scene in harvard square in massachusetts where 500 students from harvard university and from local high schools took to the streets today. this was the university of massachusetts at amhearst today. this was the university of colorado at bolder today. this was in texas, texas a&m today. this was jackson university near mississippi today. this is 23erg son at the university of st. louis. the response to what happened in ferguson, missouri, and the decision to not indict that police officer for killing michael brown, that news did not end last week. today, president obama held a cabinet meeting on the subject. he announced specific new reforms and a specific new request to congress on the issue of police reform. local police using military tactics and military equipment against protesters. he asked for a specific allocation of funds from congress to fund body cameras for tens of thousands of police officers across the country. president obama today also hosted a long, personal meeting with a number of civil rights leaders, to talk about distrust between communities of colo

take a look at this video by campusreform.org where caleb took a camera to harvard university and asked students a question. >> what is a bigger threat to world peace, america or isis? >> to world peace? america. >> western civilization is to blame for a lot of problems we are facing now. >> in many ways, america. america is making decisions that are much more likely to aaffect the world. >> they have a skewed view of us like americans have a skewed view of them. you know? >> of isis? >> yeah. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. it's just ordinary fleece but the comfort it provides is immeasurable. the america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes every day. so this season give something that means something. we're new to the pacific northwest. the rain... the mud... ba bam! it's there. the outside comes in. [doorbell chimes] its a swiffer wetjet. oh, i lo

early this month seth rogan appeared at harvard university where he talked about how politics influencesi woo get a laugh that has political view i don't personally believe in because i might get asked about that one day and i don't want to look stupid. so it's like, i do think that a lot of people who try to be edgy or political or who feel as though they're unfairly targeted by the political correctness crowd forget they have to be funny as well as edgy and political and i think that if you really look at the people who complain about that, and the people who don't, their view of the people who are complaining about it are hilarious and, and most of the people who are truly hilarious who are incredibly edgy never complain about it at all. i mean, i think every time you make a joke that you know in your head is like, slightly, i don't know controversial we can, almost like a group of people that have to react negatively to some jokes in order to have the jokes be valid and you know that group of stupid people have to say that thing and that is point of joke you're making they say that t

harvard university dining services being an example, they're getting rid of the sodastreams and board whether to move the company or not. is it up for negotiation? >> well, let's distinguish of an israeli company and we have a factory located in the west bank. disputed west bank. recently we announced the growth plan and we did that about a month ago and part of it is consolidati consolidation. we have six facilities and grown so much that we have really had to expand with other factories and co-packers and now building a wonderful state of the art facility in non-disputed area in israel, south of tel aviv and moving production lines to that facility. and that's happening so we'll no longer have this facility in the west bank, we're exiting that in the course of next year and harvard university made a poor decision. hopefully they correct it. they're misinformed and want to send the palestinians into unemployment faster than i need to do that. i can't see how it promotes human rights or peace. >> understood. we have to go. will any of the factories be in disputed territories when the

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ambassador to nato, now a professor at harvard university. and washington post ej dionne. thank you for being here tonight. ambassador, the president said sony made a mistake. what do you think? >> i think the president is right. but you can imagine what it would be like as a sony executive, you get the threats, you're worried about your own people, about public safety in theaters. it was a big decision for them, but ultimately, the united states, whether it's our government or a corporation, can't back down to the kind of dictators who run north korea. the president spoke for a lot of people when he said, we have to defend freedom of expression. the difficult thing, reverend sharpton, is going to be what do we do now? because north korea is about as isolated as any country in the world, fully sanctioned by the united states. i think two things, first, make sure that film does get out to be seen publicly and find a way for the u.s. government and sony to make that happen and deny the north korean regime and secondly, call on china to put the breaks on the north korean gove

she received her phd and 2006 from harvard university. a historian of early north america, she specializes in the history of race and slavery. she has interest in the history of the atlantic world, and comparative colonialism's in north america and the caribbean. she teaches in the graduate and undergraduate level on aspects of american history. her first book, the baptism of early virginia, how christianity graded race was published in 2012. she is a crazy cat lady and despite living in new york city remains a rabid red sox fan. her talk today is called barack hussein obama, the first muslim president. our third presenter is eileen walsh. she is an associate director of latina church studies. her first book latina pentecostal identity and evangelical self and society won the hispanic theological initiatives book award in 2005. she is authored more than a dozen articles and chapters on the subject of latino and latina pentecostalism and has served as a media expert for outlets such as the new york times, the wall street journal. she serve

looking at video from protests in the street of harvard university outside of boston, first of what's expected to be a number of demonstrations across the country this weekend including a big one in washington, d.c. tomorrow. with us tonight, cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, sunny hostin, harry rout. back in 2000, it showed differences among police officers in the way they perceived things. discrepancy between what white officers and african-american police officers when it came to using physical force against african-americans, minorities. 57% of african-american police officers thought african-americans and other minorities were given unequal treatment. 5% of white officers thought african-american minorities were given unequal treatment. it's interesting to see that difference in perception even among police officers. >> that's interesting. that definitely is. i don't know how they ran the survey. i don't know the questions they were asked. but i can't dispute it in any way. all i know is from my experience and what i've seen. there's some bad cops out there. of cou

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he achieved his ba from harvard university, where he was a member of the harvard law review. jay seculo, a distinguished professor of law at regent university, he has argued 12 case before the nation's highest court, including mcconnell versus fec where he ensured the constitutional rights of young people remain protected with a unanimous decision guaranteeing that minors can participate in political campaigns. mr. seculo received his phd from regent university, with a dissertation on american legal history. he's an honors graduate from mercer law school, where he served on the mercer law review. mr. thomas h. dupre is a member of the firm's litigation department and it's appellate and constitutional law practice group. in 2013 and 2014, chambers and partners named mr. dupre one of the leading appellate lawyers in the united states. in 2014, mr. dupre argued and won by unanimous vote a landmark personal jurisdiction case in the supreme court. prior to joining gibson dunn, mr. dupre served as deputy attorney general in the department of justice, ultimately becoming the principa

now a professor at harvard university. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> ambassador burns, let me go to you first. how significant was the president's action today? >> well, i agree with you. historic decision today. we have not had a normal relationship with cuba for half a century. i think the president was very smart and sensible to do what he did. we tried estrangement and isolation. we thought by isolating cuba we could bring down communist regime. it did not work. now to try diplomacy, to have a fully fledged ambassador, to be inside the country, we'll be smart better what's happening there. and our ambassador in havana will have a platform to argue for american beliefs, that the castro regime has a poor human rights record. that it is opposed to freedom for the cuban people and we ought to be pushing that view from inside cuba. not from outside. so i applaud the president. it is a courageous move. we've sustain pushback from a number of his critics, especially in the republican

we have a professor of economics from harvard university. ken, good to have you on the program.season's greetings to you, maria. >> and to you. so what would you expect for 2015. things seem to be getting better from your standpoint? >> they do. we have very solid broad based growth particularly in the united states, and i think we might even see more upward movement in wages at last. >> so what are you looking for in terms of the catalysts to actually move wages? that's been the one area that keep people feeling just not great about their own situations. >> well, i think we've had a situation where wages wanted to go down during the recession but there's sort of a floor on them and i think now the actual wages firms want to pay really caught up and are moving ahead. firms are hiring and is increasing and eventually firms will be competing with each other. wages are going to be going up. not for everybody at the same time, of course, but i think it's going to be more broad based in 2015. you know, still slow going but i think the direction's clear. >> how do you think the federa

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the harvard university study tracked 10,000 men over the age of 40 who were watching their weight and waist sizes. the men who did more weight training each day gained less abdominal weight than those who did more running or biking. as expected, the men who combined both types of exercise had the best results. >>> and if you are setting fitness goals for 2015, here are some tips on how you can reach them. first, they say start with small, realistic expectations. you won't lose ten pounds in a week and probably won't stick to a five-day a week routine if you never worked out. also finding an activity you enjoy is key to sticking with the exercise plan and it's important to remember that some exercise is better than no exercise at all. >>> hundreds of people in berlin donned running shoes and santa hats today for a 10k run to burn off those christmas calories. the roast goose digestive run is set off for the 16th year with a freshly fallen snow providing an extra touch of seasonal cheer. the run leader completed the course dressed in full santa costumes while carrying a goose. one runne

also, protests on the road to harvard university. and back on the streets of chicago tonight. major demonstrations in washington, d.c. and of course, here in new york city. night three of protests in the death of eric garner in a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who put him in a choke hold. as we saw last night, the numbers rising as the night goes on. this is times square shortly after we signed off last night. large crowds and unlike earlier in the evening, police making quite a few arrests taking people into custody mainly on disorderly conduct charges. 200 in all citywide before the night was over. these are always fluid, organic evolving situation. we're live for two hours tonight. there's live developments to talk about in the case. we obtained full autopsy report today. there's wnbc the staten island attorney did not give the grand jury for considering a lesser charge against daniel pantaleo. again, tonight a lot happening as we speak. a lot changing minute by minute with our correspondents as always in the thick of it. first, to our jason carroll

asian americans are suing a group -- a group of asian americans are suing harvard university on the groundsbelieve that harvard and presumably other ivy league institutions are maintaining a quota, not allowing more than about 16 or 17% of asians to apply. have you looked at that case? how strong is that case in your view? >> it depends ultimately on the facts. these are allegations but the allegations are powerful. if i think if universities put a quota on any racial group, i think that's going to end up in trouble in terms of where the court is right now and its thinking. constitutional litigation and affirmative action. people say it may have been based on test scores and other facts but i think that's a troubling set of fact. >> the basic fact is even though applications of asian americans have almost tripled i think in the last 20 years, the percentage admitted has been strikingly the same. >> there's where i want to be cautious. allegations are always different from facts. like you said, i did a lot of litigation in my life and i found people often allege things that aren't true. i'm

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army this month seth rogen appeared at harvard university where he talked about how politics influences his movie. >> i would never make a joke that i think would get a laugh that has a political view that i don't personal belief in because i might get asked about that one day i don't want to look stupid. so it's like i do think that a lot of people who try to be a g., who feel they are unfairly targeted by the political correctness crowd forget that they have to be funny as well as a g. and political. and i think that if you really look at the people who complained about that and the people who don't, they did people are complaining about it are hilarious, and most of the people who are truly hilarious who are incredibly edgy never complain about it at all. i mean, i think every time you make a joke that you know internet is like slightly, i mean controversial, it's almost like a group of people who have to react negatively to some jokes in order for the joke to be valid and you know that group of people say that thing and that's almost the point of the joke is making is that there's a

. >> next summer harvard university's himelfarb two, author of trade author of "the sense of style," discusses how to improve the quality of our writing. professor pinker says while texting and the internet are putting for developing bad writing habits, writing well has always been a difficult task. the event was held at barnes & noble booksellers in new york city. it is just over an hour. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to barnes & noble. i am pleased to welcome tonight's guest, professor steven pinker from the department of psychology at harvard here to introduce his new book, "the sense of style" -- "the sense of style" on trade "the sense of style: the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century." it has garnered multiple accolades among them he was being named foreign-policy list of 100 global thinkers in times the hundred most influential people in the world today. please join me in welcoming steven pinker and "the sense of style." >> thank you. why is so much writing so back? how can we make it better? and why do we have to decipher so much legalese l

. >> in the three and a half years since i have been at harvard university, we are about troy davis,tin, eric garner, michael brown, we , anded, we protested we got zero guilty verdicts. all that says is that the system is working for the people that it was meant to work for. that is not how the story ends. the people that you see back here in ferguson have been protesting for 127 day straight. they were not let the story in the process of the new york are saying, i can't breathe, let the story end. we are here in washington, d.c. by the thousands to say, that this is now the story ends. if they thought this is how the story is going to end, up america better wake up. this is our time. this is our fight. this is our chance to tell america that we are tired of police getting away with murder. america, a black man is 17 times more likely to be killed in a white man. according to the department of justice report, a black man is killed by a white officer twice a week. -- not up here becomes because i am an activist, i am up your because this is personal. tom someone who is not middle cla

. >> even in 1960, it was a coup, when harvard university landed mark rothko to paint a series of newals for its new penthouse dining room. roth coe is already considered one of the world's greatest artist and this was to be one of his biggest commissions. >> he wanted you to be up close and su surrounded by his work to feel the painting. >> he developed five pables and they're on view in the harvard art museum's first special exhibition. they were robustly read says curator. >> we have been focusing on these kind of purples and crimson, as we like to say, of course, at harvard. the ground of crimson or purple is then set off with these extraordinary contrasts of this red that is just incredible. as you look at any of his paintings, the play of color and contrast blending and then working against and with each other has always been essential to his work. >> the panels were officially installed in 1964 but were in steep competition with the rooms harvard yard views. the penthouse shades were rarely drawn and the light-sensitive murals suffered substantial damage. >> as the sun would tr

also, protests on the road to harvard university. and back on the streets of chicago tonight.emonstrations in washington, d.c. and of course, here in new york city. night three of protests in the death of eric garner in a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who put

prior he was the washington bureau director of the naacp, graduate of harvard university and rutgers university school of law. thank you for being here today. dr. cedric alexander currently serves as president of noble the national organization of black law enforcement executives on whose behalf he is appearing. he is the deputy chief operating officer in charge of the office of public safety for dekalb county, georgia. dr. alexander previously served as transportation security administration, federal security director for dallas/ft. worth international airport, deputy commissioner of the office of public safety of the new york state division of criminal justice, and chief of plooy esin rochester, new york, law enforcement officer for 15 years in florida, a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from wright state university. dr. alexander, thank you. our next witness is a familiar friend laura murphy director of the washington legislative office of the american civil liberties union, a position she's held on several occasions. she is the first woman, first african-american, longest se

next, former journalist and harvard university kennedy school professor marvin kalb reviews presidential decision-making in the post-vietnam era and discusses military conflicts as well as declared war including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the national press club hosted this event which is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> good evening. welcome to the national plus club. i am the club's 107th president. it is my honor to welcome all of you here this evening and those watching via c-span as part of this american history series. for a discussion about the impact of vietnam war has had on presidential decision-making over the past five decades. we could not have a more appropriate guest of honor tonight than marvin kalb, the award winning journalist for cbs and nbc news. he was last news man recruited by edward r murrow to join cbs news, becoming part of the generation known as the murrow boys. for the mass 20 years, he has been they moderator of the kalb report and conducts interviews with well-known public figures who often do not consent to public hour-long interviews, but they do wit

university. the also taught at yale, harvard and the university of paris. graduated from harvard and obtained his a and b hd in philosophy at princeton. he has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. he is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. he appeared frequently on the colbert report, cnn and c-span and he also made his film debut in the matrix and was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004, his latest book, "black prophetic fire" with a distinguished scholar chris the bushindorr prevents a perspective on six african-american leaders including frederick a. bliss, w. e. b. du bois, martin luther king jr. ellen baker, malcolm x and otto while barnett. examine the impact of these men and women in their ear ats and across the decades and rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates and all so therefore wines by providing new insights that humanize these well-known figures cornel west takes an important step in rekindling the b

from 2602007 he was a fellow for journalism at harvard university. in addition to target tokyo, his new book, he is author of attack on liberty which one the 2010 samuel eliot morrison award for excellence in medical literature. "the war below" with simon & schuster. he is at work on a fourth book due out february -- is that right? it's the battle for manila. so scott lives in charleston south carolina with his two children and his wife. so what we will do it is mr. scott will read a portion of his book and then we will move over to mr. mccall and have him discuss a brief section of this book. and we will open up to questions and discussion between the authors. if you do have a question, please step up to the microphone. we are recording it and it is for television so we want to make sure your questions are audible and can be heard. so, james. >> good afternoon. how's everybody doing today? good. i'd like to start off and it's a pleasure and honor to be here with nick, a fellow writer whose work i admire greatly, and with our moderator, nathan, who w

three out of the 10 top donations went to harvard university. >> if they want to associate themselvest is why you give to a place like harvard. iswhen you look at what going on with nick woodmen, the stock had risen so much that he felt he could donate that stock to the fund. that goes hand-in-hand with the confidence. ," coming up on "in the loop helm will speak with betty liu. futures up 4%. 10-year-old 2.8%. and i am watching oil this morning. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. tomorrow, and oil challenge and oil challenge at $56 a barrel. we will talk with dr. croft about the middle east. surveillancemberg ." leslie picker with me today in for scarlet fu. its firstdelivered a350 model airplane this morning . the first customer, qatar airways. with boeing'sete streamliner. the airbus 350 is powered by two rolls-royce engines. passengers will get wire seats . muhammad ali was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia. it is a mild case and should be out of the hospital soon. he is listed in stable condition. won a ubs banker who whistleblower award wants to move back to europe and he s

she received her phd and 2006 from harvard university.torian of early north america, she specializes in the history of race and slavery. she has interest in the history of the atlantic world, and comparative colonialism's in north america and the caribbean. graduate andn the undergraduate level on aspects of american history. her first book, the baptism of early virginia, how christianity graded race was published in 2012. she is a crazy cat lady and despite living in new york city remains a rabid red sox fan. talk today is called barack's main obama, the first muslim president. -- where she is an of latinadirector church studies. her first book latina andecostal identity evangelical self and society won the hispanic theological initiative book award in 2005. she is authored more than a dozen articles and chapters on the subject of latino and latina pentecostalism and has served as a media outlet for the new york .imes, the wall street journal she serves as an expert on latina history for the pbs series religion in america. sanchez walsh'

the more he errs on the side of the academics, the harvard university types, all those against keystone and everything the more he hurts hillary's chances because he reminds people how against middle america the proposals are. she has two tremendously divorce herself from that philosophy. tom: we come to find out late in the last congress before they took off for the holidays it was actually harry reid was the guy blockading everything. so we are going to turn this into the president of no. >> i don't him there has been a president vetoing 100% of the bills, across his desk even if he is against the congress. some of the measures that hit his desk he is going to have to sign off on but they will be small little things. like obamacare, the medical device tax he will probably have to change that. on major issues like tax reform, welfare reform, obamacare, major parts of obamacare. he is going to be put in the democrats in the position of being the party of no. hillary will divorce herself, a lot of what he says but still he represents the head of the democratic party when you have a presi

including the fund for investigative journalism, harvard university's radcliffe institute, new york university center for the united states and the cold war, and the simon -- john simon google home memorial foundation as well as nation institute and its investigative fund and sarah bershtel and metropolitan books. i owe so many other people a real debt of gratitude, far to many to thank here but none more so than my wife, tamara, an exceptionally talented journalist who reported with me. i want to close by explosion gratitude to all those who truly made me work possible. over repeated trips to vietnam i had the distinctive stink honor to spiff with hundreds of men and women whose courage, strength of character, resilience, openness and bravery, continually left me in state of awe. i spoke with survivors of massacres, rapes and torture, people who had endured almost unspeakable brutality. i dropped in and out of the blue and asked these people to talk about the most horrific events imaginable. the most terrible days of their lives, and they, in turn, opened up to a stranger, from a country that

there's a little article that was about the first psychedelic research done at harvard university since tim leary was basically written out on a rail. and as i'm reading it there's an organization that sponsoring this research us were brought up to harvard, and the founder and director of this organization was a man named rick doblin. same guy. that's me in 2007, and that's rick. and so i said, okay, this time i'm doing the story myself. i called them up, and not only did he remember me, he had on his desk in front of him both those stories i just showed you. the reason he did that was because he just had a meeting with his board of directors, and he was trying to impress upon them how parties in which it come from this wild man hit the to this guy was able to do -- hippie, so it most prestigious academic institutions in the world. and in a study at harvard was going to be, to use mdma to help people who are suffering from extreme end-of-life anxiety that some people with terminal cancer. you know, and i think they chose that partly because in the old days during the days of psychedelic