[laughter] it went on to win the national book award and within three years everybody at the company had forgotten how much they supposedly disliked the book. [laughter] and then we went on to publish continuously. it's becausespigots and characteristics of each book is different from the last. >> it's made him difficult to publish because of a commercial writer job is to produce and replicate and he is an extreme version of that so yes they were all difficult but now they just publish. >> there was something that you said about how it was a year after you had rejected the manuscript. can you walk us through the process like what is if we start from bonnie if we got something in the inbox how long is it before it gets on the shelf? stomach i have divided into fiction versus nonfiction because when you sell a novel you are selling the entire novel. i started publishing you used to be able to sell a novel and a partial. these days unless you are a best-selling author those are gone. the jk rowling could send a partial but the novelists i'm dealing with are either first of the list were

psychologist -- psychiatrist author of many books distinguished professor at the city university of new york. he is the recipient of numerous national and international awards and honorary degrees. among his books "death in life: , survivors of hiroshima," for which he received the national book award, "the nazi doctors: medical killing and the psychology of genocide." when we come back, we will talk about the investigation into the american psychological association, the largest association of psychologists in the world. their relationship with torture at guantÁnamo, abu ghraib. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: a shout out to students at the community college bmcc the classes that are here at democracy now! today. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: the world's largest group of psychologists aided government sanctioned torture under president george w. bush. a group of dissident psychologists have just published a 60-page report alleging the apa secretly coordinator with officials from the cia, white house, and the pentagon to change the apa ethics policy to align it with the op

i'm going to be a best-selling novelist and win the national book award. i'm going to be a marine biologist. wait! i take mine back. i'm going to be a biomedical engineer. i think i'll be the president. i'm going to be secretary of state. world-class chef right here. race-car driver. artist. paleontologist. film director. surgeon. teacher. scientist. olympian. i'm going to be the boss. i'm going to change the world. >> hooplaha's motto is "life with a smile." their website features good news, inspirational stories, cute pictures, and funny videos. sound familiar? since "teen kids news" has a similar mission, we're presenting you with our "hooplaha pick of the week." >> the response i got from people, it was just 100% positive, and everyone was willing to help. >> fun day! >> fun day! >> my name is brendan murphy. i'm a sophomore at sleepy hollow high school. the whole program i have it's the stars program -- sponsor a trophy and reward a superstar. the athletes here at the special olympics today they all go home with a trophy. i hope that they all feel lik

award. [applause] and it won the national book circle critics award in poetry, and it was nominated for the award in criticism, which is a first, and i think it speaks to the cross-genre, hybrid nature of the book. her other titles are "don't let me be lonely" and "american lyric," got -- plot," she also writes plays and frequently collaborates with her husband, the filmmaker john lucas, on videos and she is also a chancellor at the academy of american poets. so this book "citizen," has captured america's attention and i mentioned to claudia that i wanted to start with a quote from theater director peter brook from his book "the empty space." he says, "i know of one acid test in the theater, it is literally an acid test." "when a performance is over, what remains?" "fun can be forgotten, but powerful emotion also disappears, and good arguments lose their thread." "when emotion and argument are harnessed with a wish from the audience to see more clearly into itself, then something in the mind burns." "the event scorches onto the memory an outline, a taste, a trace, a smell a picture." so tha

. >> i'm evan smith and she's a national book award-winning author whose productivity is famously approaching superhuman. in the last half century, she's published more than 40 novels, along with novellas, plays, poems, short fiction, and non-fiction. her latest book is a collection of stories called, "lovely, dark, deep. " she's joyce carol oates. this is "overheard.

. >> i'm evan smith and she's a national book award-winning author whose productivity is famously approaching superhuman. in the last half century, she's published more than 40 novels, along with novellas, plays, poems, short fiction, and non-fiction. her latest book is a collection of stories called, "lovely, dark, deep. " she's joyce carol oates. this is "overheard. [ cheering and applause ] >> i guess we can't fire him now. the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work, and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom, and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ music playing ]. >> joyce carol oates, welcome. >> thank you. >> so nice to see you and congratulations on this collection. >> well, thank you. >> so if i'm doing my math right, it was 51 years ago that your first publication, also a collection of stories, came out. >> um-hmm. it may have been. >> may have been. >> yes. [laughter]. >> yeah. well, but i'm just so impressed with your commitm

including 102 minutes unforgettable story of the right to survive in the twin towers which is a national book award finalist. the author of "more awesome than money". first we'll start with gin. during a recent conversation you and i have come the mention privacy and privacy settings are an illusion. can you talk about this and about this and i think it is something interesting to show on the screen. >> share. we all know that we don't want mom to be looking at the picture of us on facebook but the budweiser logo printed around our navels or any other crazy day that might end up in a public space like facebook. so over the last five or six years, facebook, prodded by some of its competitors has made fine-grained control part of its offerings to the users and not says okay i can set up this post so it is only seen by this body of friends for that post only goes to the people on my softball team or what have you. but one thing never excluded from that, whatever you put up they are his face but it sells is omniscient. it even knows when you have had second thoughts and started to write something and a

been a macarthur fellow, the state poet of vermont, and a winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book award. "a poem expresses one's most private feelings," he says, "and these turn out to be the feelings of everyone else as well." for i can snore like a bullhorn or play loud music or sit up talking with any reasonably sober irishman, and fergus will only sink deeper into his dreamless sleep, which goes by all in one flash. but let there be that heavy breathing or a stifled come cry anywhere in the house and he will wrench himself awake and make for it on the run. as now, we lie together, after making love, quiet, touching along the length of our bodies, familiar touch of the long-married, and he appears in his baseball pajamas, it happens, the neck opening so small he has to screw them on, and flops down between us and hugs us and snuggles himself to sleep, his face gleaming with satisfaction at being this very child. in the half darkness we look at each other and smile and touch arms across this little, startlingly muscled body, this one whom habit of memory propels to the ground of his m

national book prizes. peter hanson michael descends from john hanson's immigrant grandfather. he is the author of "palace of yawns" which in 2014 one a national book award. his latest book "running on empty: america has its say on economic equality" is due out. he is a graduate of the university of maryland, berkeley and princeton and lives with his wife vickie. please join me in welcoming peter hanson michael. [applause] peter: thank you mark. is this loud enough? there is no volume. i will just speak into the mic. it is nice to be here with you all. if you are of a certain age you might remember this from history books as i do. if you're a younger person you are probably never taught that our nation had two governments. we are under the second one. in the 1780's, prior to the constitutional government, we had the original government with its own constitution "the articles of confederation." it was a week government. no one was more aware of this than the presidents who each served a one-year term. the first year government did the nation quite a favor by replacing itself through the constitutional convention. a credit to them. the first president was

national book prizes. peter hanson michael descends from john hanson's immigrant grandfather. he is the author of "palace of yawns" which in 2014 one a -- won a national book award. his latest book "running on empty, america has its say on economic equality," is due out soon. he is a graduate of the university of maryland, berkeley and princeton and lives with his wife vickie. please join me in welcoming peter hanson michael. [applause] peter: thank you mark. is this loud enough? a little more? there is no volume. i will just speak into the mic. it is nice to be here with you all. if you are of a certain age you might remember this from history books as i do. if you're a younger person you were probably never taught that our nation had two governments. we are under the second one. first seven years in the 1780's, prior to the constitutional government, we had the original government with its own constitution "the articles of confederation." it was a week government. no one was more aware of this than the presidents who each served a one-year term. the first year government did the nation quite a favor by replacing itself through the constitutional convention. a

so i think i learned a very interesting lessen because i was a judge on the national book award a few years ago. and what i learned was that you have to be a little subversive. so there were a few books. there was one book by a diverse author, and i will say that it became my favorite because of its literary merit. so -- and i recommend this for anybody who's ever on an awards panel judging. we went to lunch i went to everybody that were the other judges finished their beer flights and then i came in strong for this book. at first i thought the reason i was doing this was because it was about a vietnamese girl who moved from wartime vietnam and moved to alabama, and i thought maybe this will be an important book for a young foreign exchange student who ends up in a white area. it'll be so important for her to have this book. that's kind of thinking narrow. it's actually more important to me that the kids that are in that class read a book like that and then feel more comfortable and more familiar and know what they don't know about the foreign exchange student who comes in. that's wha

new book published by cbs' simon and shoeser mccullough who has won two pulitzer prizes two national book awardsdal of freedom wants to reintroduce americans to the wright brothers. and present someone else. there was a wright sister? >> yes. her name was catherine. and she was something. she stood about 5'1" and she was a power house. this whole porch they built this the brothers built themselves. >> exactly. >> the three siblings lived in this house now preserved at the henry ford museum in dearborn michigan. their father was a clergyman their mother susan died of tuberculosis in 1889. two older siblings left home to start their own families. >> the house had no running water no. indoor plumbing. no electricity. no telephone. they did have books. lots of books. >> wilbur of was planning to go to yale when an accident changed everything. >> he was hit in the teeth with a hockey stick playing hockey when he was about 18 knocked out all his upper front teeth. he retreated from the world, not going out to do much of anything ever for three years. >> he ended up opening a bicycle shop with his brot

living: america, the taliban and the war through afghanistan eyes" which was a final list in the national book award and the helen bernlstein award and recipient of the ridnour prize. he was an inside fellow at the new america foundation. peter baker is the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and the cribbing writer for "new york times" magazine. he's covered three presidential times in his previous boggs "the washington post." he won a prize in the beckman memorial award for white house coverage. he was the bureau chief for "the washington post" during the rise of vladimir putin. he's the author of "days of fire." which provides a comprehensive look in the bush administration from the election to the iraq war to the bush and chaney white house. he's serving as a distinguished conference scholar for this conference. and phyllis bennett is a director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies in washington, d.c. and is a fellow of the trans national institute in amsterdam. she's been an ackvists in u.s. ish shoes an speaks widely as part of the global

the last of which won the 2010 national jewish book award. dr. schneer's writings can be seen in journals and periodicals. his extensive editorial experience includes work as a board member of the 20th century british history. dr. schneer's book "ministers at war" spotlights minister churchville's divisive cabinet cabinet. the work illustrates how churchill's own team of rivals made up of tories and labour party members proved instrumental in combating nazi germany's dance to the weird -- british isles. please join me in welcoming jonathan schneer. [applause] >> good evening. and thank you everybody for coming on a spring night and there are other things you could be doing. i want to thank first jon golden who is the director of the livingston lecture series and i want to thank sheffield hailed which escape me that generous introduction and i would like to thank kate whitman who expedited much of my arrangements to speak here tonight. i'm very glad to be here. thank you all three of you very much indeed. all right, so now we are going to begin. i

living: america, the taliban and the war through afghanistan eyes" which was a final list in the national book award and the helen bernlstein award and recipient of the ridnour prize. he was an inside fellow at the new america foundation. peter baker is the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and the cribbing writer for "new york times" magazine. he's covered three presidential times in his previous boggs "the washington post." he won a prize in the beckman memorial award for white house coverage. he was the bureau chief for "the washington post" during the rise of vladimir putin. he's the author of "days of fire." which provides a comprehensive look in the bush administration from the election to the iraq war to the bush and chaney white house. he's serving as a distinguished conference scholar for this conference. and phyllis bennett is a director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies in washington, d.c. and is a fellow of the trans national institute in amsterdam. she's been an ackvists in u.s. ish shoes an speaks widely as part of the global

a selection of his essays entitled otherwise known as the human condition won the national book critics circle award. thus the official bio geoff dyer the more informal and briefer one says geoff is one of the most intriguing of wide-ranging intellects in today. his written about world war i jobs photography dh lawrence with razor-sharp insight and wit wit. he is a voluble revealing open-minded writer. when an editor asked him where of all the places on earth you would like to spend time to write about this british intellectual chose an american aircraft carrier and that is why we have his latest book "another great day at sea" life aboard the uss george w. bush. you all can meet geoff after the two of us talk here for a bit and get him to buy this book for you and we want you to remember that sales of books during this weekend actually benefit the festival and help ensure that we can continue to produce this event in the future. we hope you will meet geoff after the two of us talk here for a bit. thanks for coming, sub light. >> thank you clay, good to be here. thank you all for coming. >> is that

a selection of his essays won the national book critics' circle award for criticism. that's the official bio of geoff dyer. the more sort of informal and briefer one says that geoff is one of the most intriguing and wide ranging intellects writing today period. he's written about world war i jazz, photography, d.h. lawrence with razor sharp insight and wit. he's a sol ideal revealing open-minded writer are. when an editor asked him where of all the places on earth he'd like to spend time to write about this lanky british individual chose an american aircraft carrier, and that is why we have his latest book "another great day at sea: life abrothered the uss george h.w. bush." you all can meet geoff after the two of us talk here for a bit and get him to sign his books for you. we want you to remember that sales of books during this weekend actually benefit the festival and help insure that we can continue to produce this event in the future. so we hope you'll meet geoff after the two of us talk here for a bit. so thanks for coming, geoff. >> oh, thank you clay. great to

books. >> for her work stella has been awarded with a national prize. mostly aimed at the next generation of readers. it's an uphill battle in a country still working to improve its education system put in this small town they're fighting it one page at a time. being alexander lompieta, al jazeera, colombia. >> head of the country's meteorological association high altitude railway to tibet global warming is a higher rate than the global average. beijing agreed to have emissions peak by 2030. >>> solar panels are being installed more and nor in the united states, good for the environment. but at ali velshi reports not everyone is happy about the technology. >> americans are going solar now more than ever before. 2014 saw the most residential solar installations ever and that number is expected to increase by 60% next year alone. but that growth is clark with established utilities which -- is clashing with established utilities, charging fees or simply refusing to connect solar to the grid. it happened in hawaii, the most expensive electricity rates in th

books. >> stella has been awarded with the national prize and over $20,000 to expand her programs, mostly aimed at the next generation of readers. it is an uphill battle in a country still working to improve its education system. but in this small town they are fighting it one page at a time. al jazeera colombia. >> there is plenty more to come. including how robots are helping stroke patients on their slow road to recovery. and clay may not be andy murray's favorite surface but he has been able to produce some of his best shots. in a few minutes. minutes. republic,. >> hello again. 15 million people suffer a stroke per year. it is a major form of disability worldwide. rehabilitation ask a slow process. which is why a team in london has drafted a team of robots. >> eight years ago amanda suffered a stroke. she managed to learn to walk, but never again the full use of her arm and hand. she is undergoing treatment which uses robots to help relearn movement. robots are better to use precise movements. >> your mind is sort of taken off the feeling the robot can move you through the program, i

his first book, shifting ground nationalism and the american south was published in 2011 and one both a british and american historical award. he is currently working on a book on preston brooks which exacerbated the tensions that led to the outbreak of the war. he has distinguished himself among a younger generation of historians who are bringing new perspectives to the civil war. his particular contribution is to highlight the dimensions of the war and today he will talk about abraham aiken. [applause] mr. quigley: thank you very much and thank you to the audience for coming out today or this program. one solution for the speakers would've been to ask for the remaining speakers to speak for twice as long but we will all be happier with shorter talks and a free afternoon. it is especially nice to be with you all this morning. this is an entirely new building but even just and having the same space is very inspiring and makes it a real treat to be able to spend the morning here discussing president lincoln. i have been especially mindful of the importance of location ever since i moved two years ago from united kingdom to v

. >> i'm evan smith, she's an award winning poet, essayist and columnist for the nation, whose latest book, "typically provocative", is pro-reclaiming abortion rights. she's katha pollitt. this is "overheard". [ cheering and applause ] >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work, and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom, and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ laughter ] [ music playing ] >> katha pollitt, welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so nice to have you here. so we are more than 40 years since roe versus wade, and you and i are of a generation where you might say we thought until recently this was settled policy and settled law. turns out to be something other than that. which is really the impetus, i suppose, for this book. you've got to reclaim something that's been unclaimed, right? >> yes

. >> i'm evan smith, she's an award winning poet, essayist and columnist for the nation, whose latest book, "typically provocative", is pro-reclaiming abortion rights. she's katha pollitt. this is "overheard". [ cheering and applause ] >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now.

book now at kalahariresorts.com >>> "eyewitness news" at the national couldn't stewing center tonight for the 2015 philadelphia awardsrd is presented each year to those who act and service in the best interests of the community. one of this year' wis winner kenny gamble. well today pope francis is an honorary member of the harlem globetrotters at saint peters square the basketball troop met with the pope and presented him with a framed number 90 jersey with his name on it. the teammates encourage the pontiff to play with him and let hiv give the basketball spin a try. the globetrotters on tour of italy they met with the pope during his weekly general audience. pretty good. >> not bad. >> he can ball. >> we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there... ...waiting... ...for someone to reach out... ...and take it. and the ones who do... ...these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ at chase, we celebrate small businesses every day through programs like mission main street grants. last years' grant recipients are achieving amazing things.

completed its case by calling sister helen to the stand, a nationally recognized opponent of capital punishment, best known for her book and academy awardn the 1995 film "dead man walking". this moved very quickly today. we're going to get the closing arguments, charge to the jury on thursday. the case is then in their hands. >> reporter: it is. we're coming to the end of the trial that began march 4th. we've seen over 154 witnesses called to the stand over the 27 days of system we had in guilty and penalty phase. what happened this morning as the defense presented its closing part of its case in an effort to try to spare tsarnaev the death penalty. you point out they called to the witness stand the catholic nun sister helen. she gave testimony. for the first time we got the chance to hear someone talk about the demeanor of tsarnaev. we have heard people talk about when he was little as a college friend but not at this time. she said he said emphatically no one deserves to suffer like they did. she said he seemed absolutely sincere and sorry for what they did. she was never asked if she thought he should deserve the death penalty or not

national awards. many of them being awards only given to one organization in the country for outstanding performance. [applause] our slogan, the t is for talent, honesty, insight, k for knowledge. b for booksand the g is for god. lawyers say you can't put it in a public school because the g stands for god. what a bunch of crap, you know? [cheering] we had a vigorous argument. i suggested maybe we can resolve it at the level of the supreme court, which seemed bold and reckless. i knew the next week i was going to the supreme court to receive the jefferson award. so i figured i would ask while i was there. justice as o'connor said, of course that was no violation of the first amendment. people who say silly stuff like that what do they know about our country? they realized that our founding document talked about certain rights given to us by our creator, a.k.a. god. do they realize that the pledge of allegiance to that flag says we are one nation under god that many courtroom say, and got we trust, every coin in our pocket, every bill in our wallet says, in god we trust. it is in our courts, it is on our money, but we are not supposed to talk about it. what in the world is that? in medicine,

award. articles have appeared in many publications including major, hands and molecular biology and evolution. she will talk about her new book. >> host: national geographic called a sharp and witty end to impeccably argued in "scientific american" and said shapiro examines not only how we can resurrect all long vanished species also when we could not and should not. please join me too well, beth shapiro. [applause] >> thanks for inviting me and thanks for coming. it is a beautiful day out there. it is one of the first of what will be a wonderful spring so thank you for spending in our in here instead of out here -- in here is said about there but as an explorer is one of the hats that i where i am not sure how i every emerging but in the context never like to start with a video that describes the work that they do in the arctic to just to give you a taste of where we are so far. you can see there are four pieces of mammoth bone. these are the small pieces. there actually still frozen and we cannot get them out at all we better get out of here. >> that last part is a little bit silly but it my defense that water is really gross. [laughter] so t

awards and an emmy nomination. and along with lance williams they won national honors in 2004-2005 for the coverage of the steroid scandal in baseball. and their book on berry bonds became on immediate new york times best-seller and prompted major league baseball to investigate steroid use in its sports. leigh steinberg in the white shirt is regards as one of the greatest sports agent in history. at one stretch during his career, he is the agent with six overall number one picks in the nfl draft and the number of picks he represented in his career is unmatched in nfl history. half of the starting quarterbacks in the national football league were leigh steinberg's clients. he founded a sports law practice in 1975 and since represented over 250 professional athletes including troy aikman warren moon, steve young, bruce smith thermon thomas and many more. he is president and ceo of leigh steinberg entertainment. he has hosted two national conferences on the subjection of concussion and the nfl. and pellom mcdaniels iii is our third member. he is here as a formal football player playing for the orb state beeveers and kansas city chiefs. he is an assist

award-winning author, he has a degree in history from st. vincent. he has worked at nine different historic sites, most recently on richmond national battlefield park. he has written two books that are specifically listed. i'm sure he will be talking about them today. i think we have at least one of them in the bookstore, the most recent one. "to be bitter end," and the other one is "the confederate of greensboro." his talk today will be on the forgotten territories. i hope he might mention florida a little once or twice. it was one of the regimens that was one of the last surrendered groups. bert dunkley. [applause] bert: good morning. i want to thank the organizers for having me. i appreciate the invitation. it is great to be here with so many people interested in the topic. what i would like to do was talk about all of the surrenders, not so much on appomattox, i think you have covered that in the last few days. i want to compare the surrenders and talk about how different they are because each unfolded in different ways. and each surrender happens independently and they all have a fascinating story. i want to talk about how the ending of the war sets the stage for recon

book, "rush to judgment," was published in 2012. amy goodman is producer and host of "democracy now," a national award-winning news program area and on over 1300 public television and radio stations worldwide. ms. goodman has co-authored five new york times bestsellers. her work has earned her numerous honors and awards. the nieman foundation for journalism at harvard honored goodman with a 2014 medea for journalisticl lifetime achievement. she is also the first journalist to earn what is widely known as the alternative nobel prize for creating an independent model of grassroots journalism which brings in millions of people's alternative voice there is often excluded from the mainstream media. she was recipient of the women in journalism award, among other awards. her reporting on east timor and nigeria has received numerous awards including the robert f kennedy a prize for reporting. it is now my pleasure to introduce director goss who will begin this discussion. [applause] director goss: thank you very much. we just had a very refreshing session next door with some students and other folks in the audience who asked some very penetr

book, on the war on terror was published in 2012. amy goodwin is a producer of democracy now, a national, daily, independence, award-winning program, airing300 public television and radio stations worldwide. ms. goodwin has -- ms. goomdman has won numerous awards. she was honored with the 2014 if stone medal for lifetime achievement. she is also the first journalist to have received the right livelihood award, widely known as the alternative nobel prize for, quote developing an innovative model of truly independent, grassroots journalism that brings too many people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media. end quote. she was a recipient of the american women in radio and television gracie award and the nation prize for creative citizenship. her reporting on east timor in nigeria has won numerous awards, including the robert f kennedy prize for international reporting and the alfred dupont award. it is now my pressure to introduce the director. [applause] director: thank you very much for you we have just had a very refreshing session. with some students and some other folks in the audience who asked some very

regularly for the new york review of books and other places any rights on american literary topics, on religious history, many different areas. in 2011 he was awarded a national humanities medal by president obama. to my immediate right is louis soares vice president for policy research and strategy as well as the head of the center for policy analysis at the american council on education in washington, d.c. he said more than 20 years of experience in postsecondary education including anything significant for our discussion today a lot of experience in adult and workforce related education. before being cut a cd historic of post-secondary program at center for american progress, washington think tank as you know and before the historic business develop an in rhode island and is also director of education and training for the rhode island technology council. he was appointed by arne duncan, secretary of education and 2011, served on the board for the fund for the improvement of postsecondary education. and last but definitely because she's my boss, is nancy zimpher chance for us to university of new york, the nation's largest comprehensive system of the chief

national awards. many of them being awards only given to one organization in the country for outstanding performance. [applause] our slogan the t is for talent honesty, insight, k for knowledge. be for books it in a public school because the g stands for god. [applause] we had a vigorous argument. i suggested maybe we can resolve it at the level of the supreme court, which seemed bold and reckless. i knew the next week i was going to the supreme court to receive the jefferson award. sandra day o'connor say they were with us. there was no violation. people who say silly stuff like that, what do they know about our country? our founding document talks about certain unalienable rights given to us by our creator, the pledge of allegiance says we are one nation under god. many courtrooms say in god we trust. if it is in our founding documents, it is in our pledge it is in our court, it is on our money. we are not supposed to talk about it. what and the world is that? [applause] does not explain a lot about what is going on in our nation today? we need to make it clear it is ok to live by godly principles of loving your fellow man, of caring about your neighbor, of developing your god-given tal