postman said we have not in fact as a country and heard the age that orwell had predicted. we did not live with a big brother. we did not live under u authoritarian role. this was pre-nsa and wiretapping and all of that but he said we had come close to realizing the vision outlined by the brave ne. world that the real thing to worry about was that we would entertain ourselves into oblivion that all of the fun in the games and the narratives and the story lines would come to make a mockery to obscure the important public business of the country.direct l i think you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i would offer two words as evidence, donald trump trump. trump is a new reality television.levision trump is a television star.ty he's as liberty candidate with no experience in governance and no particular and just in governance in no particular agenda to offer. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness, antics and he's a provocateur. i have called them in my columns a couple of times now and emotional extremist. i believe

postman had a theory at the height of the television aid postman said we had not as a country entered the age orwell had predicted, we did not live with big brother, we did not live in authoritarian rule, this is pre-nsa and wiretapping but he says we had come close to realizing of vision in a brave new world, the real thing to worry about was that we would entertain ourselves into oblivion. all the fun and games and narratives and storylines would come to make a mockery, to obscure the important public business of the country. you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i offer two words as evidence, donald trump. trump is a reality television -- trump is a television star, he is a celebrity candidate with no experience in governing and no particular interest in governing, no agenda to offer. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness and antics, here's a provocateur. i called him in my columns and emotional extremist. this comes close to encapsulating his ideology. he manipulates the emotions of an audience intuitively and brilliantl

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my dad was the second postman, african-american postman that was hired. thousand big job.o we are living in moss point at the time, he moved us from one side of time to the other. we're the third african-american family that moved into this nice neighborhood on the hill. we went to a better school system, much more disciplined, did not have as many distractions. we went to an integrated school, relatively because mosques point was predominantly black. the paper mill in the porgy plant. we had to do with the periodic layoffs and i had some wonderful teachers. i sister graduated valedictorian of the high school. i wanted to leave home because i had a contentious relationship with my dad. >> tough love. >> yes. so i went to summer science program, i lied on the application of that i wanted to be a dr.. and this shows you how beautiful these are, i went into the office of the dean of admissions at that time. i sat down and i said i'm going to convince you not to send me home. and for 30 - 40 minutes i sat there told him him why he should admit me. i walked out of that office w

coming from a background where my dad was born in a town of 10,000, my grandfather was a postman. it means so much to have access to special types of things. not only with the exhibits to be put intoe different places in a town, but possibly some of the artifacts themselves. it has been done with the smithsonian and other institutions, and we could do it with the library of congress. >> thank you. being the president of the american library association is, i'm sure, a great honor, maybe not an unmixed blessing because suddenly you are responsible for everything being talked about. there are a couple areas of criticism you and i have talked about and i would like to get your response to those on the record to date. -- record today. protection actet was passed, the american library association challenged the constitutionality of that arguing that it violated the first amendment. leader ofthen as a the national organization through up to now, you have commented on this several times. do you want to talk about that whole issue of what kind of violation that would have been, and then t

my dad was the second black postman. that was a big job.he moved us from one side of town to the other side. we were the third african-american family that moved into this nice neighborhood on the hill. we went into a better school system, it was a lot different. it didn't have as many distractions. it was an integrated school. it was a residential, predominantly black area. he had to deal with periodic layoffs, but i had some wonderful teachers. my sister graduated valedictorian of our high school. i wanted to leave home because i had a very contentious relationship with that man called my dad. he had tough love, but everything i am is a copy of him i went to a summer science program and i said i wanted to be a doctor. this shows you how beautiful these are. i went into this office machines i sat down and i said i'm in the convince you not to send me home for 30 or 40 minutes i sat there and told them why they should admit me and i walked out of that office with a scholarship. my mother put me on a bus with a powder blue suitcase. from tha

. >> >> new york postman of new york university is my guest. >> the reverend martin luther king jr. >grandson took over. >> dr. hefner used to bring alexander in as a young boy. we would put the headset on him. and he would sit in on his off days of school and come and watch the show. >> while at harvard, alexander made a name for himself as the student who understood young voters. he was the go-to guy on millennials in both the 2008 and 2012 elections. he blogged and had a radio show, following in his grandfather's footsteps came naturally. >> he was my mentor and i'm succeeding him here. he was a champion of public airwaves serving the public. >> what a con set, serving the public, an idea that's never gone identify style on "the open mind". >> what do you want your >> i want them to be intellectually stimulated. it's truly distinctive to be able to facilitate conversations about the public good and for the public good. >> there's got to be -- >> guests on "the open mind," get time, whole sentences are completed, even paragraphs of thoughts. guests are not entrapped, they are unleas

faulkner was a mississippi native, a former postman, an outdoorsman, and eventual winner of the nobel was his house, roanoke. faulkner wrote such american classics as "the sound and the fury," "as i lay dying," "light in august," and "absalom, absalom!". and many of his works took place in a fictional county, a place very much like this place, in mississippi. >> bill griffith: this is where faulkner started his writing career in this room, here. >> anthony: for the past ten years, bill griffith has been curator at william faulkner's estate. >> bill griffith: he added this room on after he won the nobel prize. and on the wall here is an outline of one of his novels. >> jack pendarvis: yeah, that was his greatest book. >> bill griffith: yeah, faulkner thought this was his masterpiece. >> anthony: jack pendarvis is the author of "your body is secret of valuable treasure," and "awesome," as well as staff writer for a game-changing animated series "adventure time" -- all works of which i am a huge fan. so he wrote right -- right on the wall. >> bill griffith: he just wrote on it. >> anthon

the central character of the movie is the son of a postman to deliver a letter van gogh wrote before his death. >> he's trying to get to the bottom of it. through his investigation into vincent's death, we find out about his life. >> reporter: the telling of the story through a visionary presentation of the world through his eyes. an enormous amount of work going into it. the first of the artists started painting in january of last year. the producers tell us they're about halfway through with the animation. they hope we'll see it in theatres in august or september of this year. steve: high expectations. got to do a good job if you're trying to live up to van gogh. we'll see you back here at 10:00. dari: here's ernie with a look at 6:00. >> thank you very much. we have a very busy day. many things to tell you about. and tonight, new jersey's plan for fixing the high levels of lead in drinking water. we have the latest on that for you. >> plus there's good news to we'll help you find your next job. three hot positions that pay very well and how you can find one. don't miss it. it's al

i mentioned my grandfather was a -- he was the postman there.t means so much to have access to special types of things, so not only would the exhibits possibly be able to be put into different places in a town, but possibly some of the artifacts, themselves, primary sources, if they could travel. it's been done with the smithsonian and other institutions and it could do it with the library of congress. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator boozman. got a couple of other questions. you know, being the president of the american library association is, i'm sure, a great honor, but maybe not an unmixed blessing because suddenly you're responsible for everything that's being talked about as part of the association. there are a couple of areas of criticism that you and i have talked about, and i'd like to get your response to those on the record today. one was when the congress passed the children's internet protection act. the american library association challenged the constitutionality of that arguing that it violated the first amendmen

the television age, the postman said we have not as a country entered the stage orwell predicted. we did not live with big brother, we did not live under authoritarian rule, his pre-nsa wiretapping and all that but he said we had come perilously close to realizing the vision outlined in a brave new world. the real thing to worry about was we would entertain ourselves into oblivion. all the fun and games at narratives and storylines would come to make a mockery, to obscure the important public business of the country. and you can draw a direct line from postman's theory to where we are today for which i offer two words as evidence, donald trump. donald trump is a reality television star whatever one thinks of his politics, he is a television star, a celebrity candidate with no experience in governance, no interest in governance, no particular agenda. what he offers is tremendous ratings and outrageousness and antics, he is a provocateur. i have called him in my columns an emotional extremist. this comes close to encapsulating his ideology. he manipulates the emotions of an audience

today first i'll to introduce you to the original tenants of the apartment william a 69-year-old postman who is on a pension as well as a - while serving in vietnam to his right is bill a 65-year-old nature that was laid off and partially sdarpd among the misrepresentation their claim it no think it protected in this unit in fact, they claim the 2008 lease is the original lease for this part time that is 23409 not true as the declarations will attest this lease hold comments in 1y69d 2000 and their protected by the virtue of their age and the time the unit the real obviously may seem like a building permit but the offering of the owners since the managers since day with an to cash in on the real estate boom by get rid of the tenants and selling the tics to the highest bidder the facts were disputed by the appellant in their brief and another reason we've submitted this declaration awe testing to the statements by the property owners and the pshlg about to do piling what i described their acts speak louder than word necessary bought out the twin peaks in the lower units and a protective t