so it impacts the textbook publishers. they will be used in other states sometimes. >> stephen: between you and california you pretty much set the market for textbooks. >> that's what they say. >> stephen: you don't live in texas but if are you in new hampshire, you might be using a textbook that you personally approved. >> possibly, at least major parts of it. >> stephen: so now there is a documentary called the revisionary, that you are a subject of, right. >> that's right. >> stephen: all right, jim, let's take a look. >> their godless left wing culture has taken over the mainstream media. they have taken over our universities. thousands of professors have converted our universities into left wing seminaries. and for the last two years with the help of their young converts, these so-called experts have taken over our national government. well, i disagree with those experts. somebody has got to stand up to experts. >> stephen: i absolutely agree with that, sir. someone has got to stand up to the experts. (applause) and i

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the average american history textbook weighs four and a half pounds is eight hundred eighty eight pages long and contains hundreds of lies omissions and half truths so how can teachers give children a comprehensive and accurate history of america will pose that question and more dr james low and tonight's conversations with great minds also why do republicans support violence against certain women and is the time our war criminals you know bush cheney rumsfeld among others got the public trial they deserve those questions and more in the night's big picture rumble and saturday is national workers memorial day a day of remembrance for working men and women who have been injured sickened or killed on the job and unfortunately our nation has a lot of remembering to do and action to take i'll explain that's really to. recognize conversations with great minds i'm joined by dr james lowe and dr alone as a sociologist historian and author a graduate of in college he received his doctorate doctorate in sociology from harvard university he ta

they say members of that community should not appear in textbooks based on their sexual orientation. >> right now they should be talked about based on contributions to history not about what they may or may not have done in the bedroom. >> opponents need 500,000 signatures in order to get it on the ballot. this way it will be up to the voters to decide if they want to do away with the law. >> it's the legislators trying to get more support, trying to push through their own agenda. >> state senator mark leno introduced the legislation known as the fair education act. he says it prevents schools from adopting learning materials that promote negative stereotypes. teachers already comply with the law using their own material. >> these are things that are being discussed and fundamentals we talk about in classroom. >> reporter: other districts will have to wait because of the state budget cuts. california's department of education has put the revision of new textbooks on hold until at least 201 lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> kristen: golden gate bridge is about to turn 75. as part of t

just last week s-j-s-u's president mohammad qayoumi introduced a plan to make textbooks more affordable for students. the plan was presented in more detail at a special event held earlier this week on campus. maya gonzalez has more on the story ... maya faculty and students were able to attend this workshop and learned about the affordable learning solutions program. ">>>sophomore pedro medina spends a minimum of 400-hundred dollars on books every semester -- and says his professors do not understand how difficult it is for students. "i feel like a lot of teachers don't think about the students situation you know when it comes down to like you know if they have a job or if they don't they depend on their parents." the csu system along with sjsu want to help out students like medina save more money when it comes to buying textbooks . on monday the "affordable learning solutions" program was introduced at a learning faire. "so i think this is encouraging that you know that we can leverage all our resources to try to solve this problem." professors on campus were taught different ways to u

our sources are telling us that misuse of textbook vouchers by some student athletes is at the center of this investigation. >> whether it's suspending the program or some members of howard sports teams, it could affect a lot of students, including members of the marching band. >> i'm on scholarship, so if there's no athletics for the band, are we going to have a band program next year? >> the university statements were confusing. first, the entire athletic program was being temporarily suspended, then this statement that howard is conducting an internal investigation of possible ncaa rules violations. as a result, the university temporarily withheld a number of student athletes from competition as a self-imposed action. but then went on to say most teams will compete as scheduled. no details on how textbook vouchers set in. >> it's a serious problem, you have people on scholarship. you are telling students they can't continue because they won't be able to get their scholarships through athletics. >> university does give book vouchers and some people choose to use the vouchers for the

that's when they give money to student athletes to purchase textbooks. of the student athletes that whatever money was not used, the athletes could use for whatever they wanted which is against an n.c.a.a. rules. an n.c.a.a. officials said the university is either supposed to outright buy the textbooks for athletes or give them the exact amount of money needed so there is no extra cash available. a campus spokeswoman with howard university has not commented on whether that is the center of the investigation. she said they will continue to investigate this and that they hope to have an outcome in the coming days. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> police at the university of maryland are investigating two apparent hate crimes. anti-semitic graffiti was discovered inside an elevator in the biology and psychology building and police have no suspect and is not clear if those two incidents are linked. two men are lucky to be alive after a close call with a train last night and hemlock overlook regional park in clifton. they jump from a bridge into a ravine after

a source says it stems from the improper use of textbook vouchers given to athletes. more on this coming up in sports. >> new charges for a university of maryland student who allegedly threatened to go on a campus shooting spree. he had just left a hospital where he had been undergoing observation. he was charged with misuse of e- mail and disturbing the peace. he warned on a website that he was going to kill people. he is now barred from the campus. >> we turn now to the republican race with trifecta wins for mitt romney. but that is not stopping his competition. romney picked up winds last night and is well ahead in the delegate count but there is a big prize ahead in three weeks and santorum hopes to cash in. >> today is a big day in this race. we are finally announcing romney has half the delegates he needs to win and santorum would have to take a 70% of the delegates to win. that is giving the race a very different feel. >> romney is going after obama. >> as candidates obama president obama and even failed to pass a budget. >> the president is going after governo

you had this in the textbook. little pellets of hydrogen. take all these lasers-- [makes sound] --wham. brute force smash these things together. and that should work too. sustained reaction, more energy out than required to operate the lasers? begin with an n. no. why? it's not our time. kind of a loose way of putting it. and there's another way, too. they've done it altogether without brute force. and i'm talking about cold fusion. i'm not talking about the utah experiments that caused all this publicity in 1989. i'm talking about--1988, was it? 1988? 18-- 1989, yeah. i'm not talking about those reactions, which, of course, were sort of the more publicity stunt than anything else. i'm talking about the cold fusion that's muon-induced. see, here's a problem with that. let's get into that just a little bit. let's suppose i got this proton over here, and i want to this proton to fuse into that. well, once i get beyond the electron here, there's gonna be an enormous repulsion. very, very tough to do. okay? because this positive charges repel. b

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the was the most influential textbook in the 50's and the 60's. he defined economics as being about traditional economic subjects, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, foreign trade, stocks, that kind of thing. that increasingly economics is being defined as say science of everything and that is where the language of incentives and incentivizing comes in and it's not restrictive to the economic textbooks, this language as you mentioned as now defined in corporate life, you find it among bureaucrats and politicians, among the corporate executives said they are incentivizing. president obama and the prime minister kim vernon burton used the language of incentivizing. and this is a new thing and reflects the subtle way in which this way of thinking about this kind of market thinking has come to suffuse our moral and political and i think that is a symptom of the marketizing to think we need to question and stand back from. >> host: some of the examples of incentivizing that you mention in the book here in new york city, your colleague professor f

that was the most influential textbook in the '50s and '60s. he defined economics as being about, well, traditional economic subjects; inflation, unemployment, interest rates, foreign trade, stocks and bonds, that kind of thing. but increasingly, economics is being defined as a science of everything, and that's where the language of incentives and incentivizing comes in. and it's not restricted to economic textbooks, this language. as you mentioned, now you find it in corporate life, you find it among bureaucrats, among politicians, among corporate executives, the language of incentivizing. both president obama and prime minister cameron in britain use the language of incentivizing. and this is a new thing. and it reflects the subtle way in which this way of thinking about this kind of market thinking has come to infuse the way we discuss policy. and i think that's a symptom of the markettizing trend that i think we need to question. we need to stand back from. >> host: so some of the examples of incentivizing that you mention in the book here

some believe that could involve athletes on starship who didn't use all of their textbook money for books. >> this is a serious problem and you have people here on scholarship and athletics. you're telling stops they can't continue at howard because they won't be able to get their scholarships through athletics. >> i know our sports teams are not well-known for the sports here but that is part of the school atmosphere and this is something we enjoy going to. the basketball games and football games, so, definitely our busiest time of the year is football season. the marching band and if there is no football game and we don't have anything to perform, i am on scholarship and if there is no athletics for the band to going to have a band program next year? >> a lot of questions and obviously, we're waiting for answers. the student athletes, band members like the drum major deserves answers. we're getting no responses. to the university officials and we're going to pass it on to you as soon as we get more information. >>> and a private career college in northern virginia abruptly closed its th

sources told fox 5 a misuse of textbook vouchers is at the center of this investigation. the school initially announced it was temporarily suspending all school sports. then a few hours later, it backed off that, saying the suspension will only affect some players. >>> a jury is awarding $600,000 to a couple whose dogs with shot by the sheriff's deputy. the dog survived the shooting but needs a leg amputation. >>> a group of former new orleans police officers may be headed to prison. the district officers were convicted in a 2005 shooting of up armed hurricane katrina victims just days after the storm hit. >> ainsley earhart has more. >> seven years ago, a tremendous injustice was committed against the people of new orleans, the victims and their families. this injustice was served withious today. >> reporter: five former new orleans police officers have been sentenced to prison. ed to they were all cop stricted for playing a role in the deadly shootings of unarmed resident in the days after hurricane katrina. >> today is a somber day for the city of northerly ends but to

reasons for this but several students tell fox 5 the investigation has to do with the misuse of textbook vouchers. howard university took the self- imposed actions citing possible violation of ncaa rules yesterday. most howard teams will continue to compete but a number of student athletes have been removed from competition penning the investigation. the reaction from students on campus, shock, deby leave and anger. the university hasn't publicly specified the details of its internal investigation or how textbook vouchers might fit in. some worry that any sanctions against the university could mean loss of their scholarship. >> it is a serious problem because you have people who are here on scholarship as far as athletics so you're basically telling students that they can't continue at howard because they won't be able to get their scholarships through athletics. >> no word from the ncaa on whether it has launched its own investigation into these allegations. one college sports expert says that howard university's actions are likely preemptive measures because they don't know just how fa

the athletes are allowed to have scholarship money to pay for the textbooks. but allegedly these students pocketed the extra scholarship money. that's a clear violation of ncaa rules. that's according to the "washington post." and it also reports that if howard university knew these violations existed, well, the school itself could face some severe penalties. a school spokesperson released a statement yesterday. describing this action as a self-imposed action. we still don't know though how many students are involved but we can tell you the teams are indeed still playing. howard athletic have had a history of ncaa problems. last season, eight teams were penalized for poor classroom performance and in 2008, 26 football players missed the season opener and 19 sat out the second game because of eligibility issues. and the parole ma'am was under -- program was under fire because of eligibility violations in 1991. so certainly there's a long history of troubles with howard university athletic programs. and the ncaa. however, still lots of unanswered questions at th

poor people to dismantling medicare and social security to idolise in the super rich all of it is textbook i and rand and all of it is contained in the paul ryan budget take a look at how c.b.s. is mike wallace defined iran's philosophy in an interview with her way back in one thousand. do you want to destroy. most every artifice in the contemporary american way of life judeo christian religion by the five government regulated capitalism ruled by the majority will the reviews of said if you store in churches and the concept of. these after effects is yes christ every important leader in man's history has taught us that we should love one another why is this kind of love that you want to bind it borrow it is immoral if it is the last place for oneself and then if i'm man is weak or a woman is weak then she used to. love you does not. need beyond there are very few of us spent in this world by your standards who are worthy of. unfortunately just a few. she agrees that she's out to destroy the values of compassion associated with religion she's out the steroid regulated capitalism she's out t

so i think is one of the reasons she is not in a textbook. her life doesn't intersect these women in a way others. they tended to know one another. so do -- who was her biggest influence? her mother. her mother was a big influence, and a staunch supporter. i think they generally a warm relationship that most of their lives although it was, it could be tense. agenda good role model and her mother as the. her mother was the founder of the red cross chapter in george. she was an author. she had done many things. so that was probably her biggest influence. and then she was friends, friendly with olave baden-powell and with agnes baden-powell. so she knew those wounded and then, of course, in girl scouting is where she found her biggest circle of friends. she had dear dear friends and girl scouting from among the chief lieutenant. nobody wants to ask about the deafness? >> how did her deafness work with her not being able to hear certain things that she didn't want to hear, and continuing on her, her vision? >> right. this is a store that girl sco

biology class is we have standard textbooks that is similar to any other state university. but i teach a class four upper level students. it had evolutions zero and 5.out where they don't get to the whole picture. also the world view aspects there are two main types. bacteria that does not have a nucleus with dna. we have plants but then those that do have a nucleus but, by their name they are carrying evolutionary baggage. because bacteria comes before the nucleus containing cells containing cells. other aspects of where they've refer to one organism to another common the evidence the gene is concerned, it is similar. all the evidence the genes are similar. one saying that i find people think of pollution is a fact but they don't recognize the assumption that is there. part of what i tried to do was emphasized evolution assumption to contrast with creation assumption. >>host: may talk with professor david dewitt at the chair of the biology department "unraveling the origins controversy" is the name of the book published by creation curriculum. >> lisa miller is a woman i m

several students tell fox 5 it has to do with the misuse of textbook vouchers. the allegations reportedly involve athletes who bought extra gifts with voucher and then returned the book for cash or used the vouchers to buy other items such as ipads or supplies. university will say it has withheld a number of student athletes from participation but isn't saying which sports are affected. one college sports expert says howard's self-imposed sanctions may be a preemptive measure against future ncaa sanctions. >> from the sounds of it, not to try to draw conclusions, but from the sounds of it, initially, by howard coming out and making such a sweeping statement to say we're going to suspend all of our athletic activities, i would imagine that that was a reflexive response to the notion that this could be really much farther sweeping than we realize. >> reporter: the university says it is working quickly to resolve this matter. many student athletes now worry any knew if you are sanctions could remove scholarships from the program and force them out of college. for n

want to be identified who said that usually the practice would be the schools would purchase the textbooksgive them cash. none of this has been identified or commented on from the university. reporting live from our university, jummy olabanji. >> the federal government is saying more about what a local college was shut down. the education department said that a.c.t. college violated the terms of a funding agreement it relied on for revenue. officials said the school failed to meet its obligations to students and taxpayers. college told students on tuesday it was closing after more than 30 years in business. >> later today we hope to get clarity on who hold the winning mega millions ticket in maryland. >> yesterday we heard from the lawyer of the woman who claims to have the winning ticket but that only added to the confusion. john gonzalez is in the newsroom with more >> . lottery officials will hold a press conference today in baltimore to clarify some of the rumors about the winning ticket sold in maryland. officially no one has come forward with the winning ticket. however, a woman has

one said it was because students are keeping money they got from selling their textbooks. students are shocked by the suspensions and hope the athletes can get back to playing soon. >> i hope that, you know, it just boils over and they are able to just fix the program and align it with whatever the incident or rules are and do whatever they have to do in order to bring the programs back. >> university officials would not say how long the investigation will take or how many athletes have been suspended. the ncaa says it does not comment on current or potential investigations. >> it is now 5:08. 53 degrees. ahead this morning. the mega mess in baltimore takes another strange turn. the bizarre news conference with [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity

the track team said bookit stems from vouchers, money the university athletes to cover the cost of textbooks. >> instead of just giving you aboutoks, they give you $750 toward the books. but they say any money that over was spent however wanted. a big oversight by the school. >> if you give student athletes it.y, they will spend >> if the money is being spent elsewhere, that is not within n.c.a.a. compliance. a spokesperson denies the book behinds are the issue us. is they are working aggressively? complete the investigation as and that allssible currently on the schedule will be played as planned. reporting. >> two penn state crimes at the university of maryland. noose was found at the computer building. and anti-semitic graffiti was an elevator in the biology and psychology building. this had students' concerns yesterday. everyone has the right to want, but thehey that it is hateful towards sad.ace or religion is >> the school president sent out a letter condemning the incident. suspectss.o >> a close call for two men in hemlock. there were walking on train t when they hadh from a bridge i

you saw the example in the textbook. if i pass these waves through a picket fence, maybe the picket fence can filter them out. it turns out, if i have a picket fence where the fence stakes are all vertical, i have vertical openings. and i shake my rope, and it goes right through the opening. it's like the opening weren't there, the shake goes right on through and the wave travels. that's easy to see. it is very conceptual. if i take the rope and shake it sideways however, it can't--the vibration can't get through the fence. and so what the fence does is it blocks it. and so that's a filter. and i have over here such a thing. here's a polarization filter, okay? and that's what this is. this will allow light to vibrate through going only one way, not another way. i don't know what the plane of this is. i can't see. but the-- and let's suppose it's like this. i have microscopic picket fences like that. i have in the back here a piece of white material that would diffuse light, so that when i shine light through it, it won't

it covers the cost of textbooks. >> instead of just giving you the leak it is about $750 toward your books. >> any money left over was there to spend however they wanted. they say that as a huge oversight on the part of the school. >> students, athletes, money is going to be spent. >> they would not be in compliance with n.c.a.a. rules. we asked a spokeswoman earlier tonight if the vouchers are behind this, she wouldn't go into detail only to say that they are aggressively trying to finish the investigation as quickly as possible. >> we're also monitoring a developing story of another local university tonight. police at the university of maryland are investigating separate hate incidents. the elevator was vandalized with anti-semitic images and the news was found in a separate location. much more on this story in just a few minutes. we turn to another big story the road to recovery. 24 hours after the tornadoes in dallas the clean up is just beginning. numerous homes and businesses were destroyed and people at the time we're talking with us tonight. they have their stories of surviva

tell abc7 news that howard is being investigated for money given to athletes to cover the cost of textbooks and the practice has been going on for some time now. >> the past two-three years instead of giving books that they give you $750 toward your books. >> howard officials are not saying whether the book voucher is the target of the probe. >> officials at the university of maryland are investigating two possible hate crimes. also anti-emetic graffiti was discovered inside an elevator. and the school president has sent out a letter condemning the incident. police have no suspects, and it is not clear if the incidents are linked. >> looking forward to the easter weekend forecast. is the weather when to hold? >> temperatures on the down swing right now. it will be a little bit cooler than the past couple of days. and we will rebound a little bit just for easter sunday appeared it getting to those details in just a second. this is at oakdale high school. notice the big, bright almost full moon. the sun rises on the opposite horizon from 6:45. high clouds ahead, the filtered sunshine we are e

. >> and that is seeming like a tough decision for textbook vouchers. is that -- the university talking or releasing a statement? >> karen gray houston is on campus and trying to get answers. the only thing that was told is the statement through the spokesperson. >> thank you very much, dave feldman. more on to come on this one. >>> another big story, the attorney for a baltimore woman who claims show has a winning megamillions ticket said he hasn't seen it and doesn't know why if the client has it. the attorney asked the media to leave his client alone. fox 5s john henrehan is live in baltimore county. john, didn't her name go public when she gave an introduce to the new york post? >> reporter: yeah. the post got a tip apparently and knocked on her door and asked her a few questions, she answer and the post scooped the country on this one and we should disclose it's part of the same company, news corporation. they beat everyone on the story and she did talk to another the station and the lawyer said media, leave her alone. they camped out and that is n

that is textbook form. that is an awesome tackle. the guy wanted to make the air and he did. the a's are losing to the orioles' 6-0. >>> he thought he had been given up for adoption but that's all i have the story at 630 meet the man who done themselves listed as a missing person how we put the puzzle together and the questions he and his long-lost father half. that's it for eyewitness news at 530 will see you in half an hour. the night.

. >> in times of economic uncertainty, this could mean them not buying a textbook or not getting computer programs for the classes. this is going to hurt students and erode the quality of education. >> for this of war who recently lost her father to pancreatic cancer, there will be a mental toll as well -- for this student. >> an additional $800 is one less book, one less class that i can attend. >> according to published reports, if they do not come up with the new budget, more than $60 million will be cut from state colleges and universities, which students can say critics say can literally change the way they approach their education -- which students they can literally change the way they approach their education. >> it will be more expensive to be here in general. >> we have to say no to the forces in annapolis. >> estate represented says he is optimistic about a special session. many ideas are starting to pile on the table. >> a tax increase might translate to $100 a family. in-state tuition rates would be $800 a semester. >> there is still no word out of annapolis this evening or f

a disorder the textbook for psychiatrists defines as a long standing pattern of mal-adaptive behavior, beginning in adolescence or early adulthood. >> makes no sense medically for people to be diagnosed all of a sudden after being sexually assaulted as an adult in the military to say no, youed that all along. >> this is a former marine and executive director of service women's action network. a veterans advocacy group. >> also extremely convenient to slap a false diagnosis on a young woman or man and then just get rid of them, right? so you don't have to deal with the problem in your unit. unfortunately, a lot of sexual assault survivors are considering problems. >> schroeder is not the only one. in fact, we spoke to multiple women in all branchs of the u.s. military who tell similar stories. >> my name is penya. >> these women reported sexual assaults they were discharged for psychiatric disorders. for schroeder the discharge was a mixed blessing. >> once i got it at that moment, i was just so relieved and just so happy that i was -- it was over. yeah. >> but it also came with a pric

. >> reporter: however, in a situation that seems to be a textbook case of irreconcilable differences, yvonne says her marriage is even better after. >> we share more. we're closer. basically inseparable. >> reporter: a whole new meaning to the vow of "for better or worse." for "nightline," i'm chris cuomo in new york. >> and when we come back, how kathy ireland went from a pinup in the dorm room to a brand name in the family room. [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, you know, typical alarm clock. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ if it's on the label, it's on your skin. new puristics works without those chemicals. it reduced the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in 97% of women in just 3 weeks. that's puristics: the power of pure. wow. this is new. yep, i'm sending the dancing chicken to every store in the franchise to get the word out. that could work. or you could use every door d

city paper that the suspensions were the result of students keeping money that they got for their textbooks. they spoke to students around campus who were shocked about the suspensions. >> our athletic department needs all the strength they can get. the su suspension is going to be kind of hard on us. >> as a student, i'm confused. i don't know why they're suspending athletics. >> we haven't been told what type offing athletes have been suspended. they won't say how long the investigation will take or how many athletes have been suspended. the ncaa says it does not comment on current or potential investigations. >>> an effort to recall d.c. mayor vincent gray over the probe of his 2010 campaign has been dropped. they say it will ultimately kick gray out of office, they say because of that funding a recall effort is a poor use of supporters' effort. effort was also struggling to gain signatures of a former recall. they failed to canvass many of the city's primary voting sites on tuesday. >>> this morning police are investigating two hate crimes. a faculty member also found a noose hanging in

the violation may be connected to textbook system where the students were allegedly pocketing the money. that of course is according to the "washington post." a school spokesperson released a statement yesterday saying -- >> reporter: according to the post students were picking up checks to pay for their books but keeping the balance of their scholarship money. that is a violation. if it is proven, all that cash has to be repaid before they can compete again in their athletic sport. some said that they were told some seniors i should say on some teams were told the violations date back to their freshmen year. >> that's a pretty big deal to penalize every sports team as university. >> we're not good anyways and i don't think the community will care but it really will hurt people who are looking to come to us. >> i think student registration will go down. >> i don't really know the extent of the allegations or what's going on. but i'd say that a lot of students who are here for sports. >> reporter: but guess what? this isn't the first time howard's athletic program has been under fire for

and then i would pick up textbooks and read as much as i could. but i had enormous respect for george and do today, and i'm enormously fond of him. >> when you come to the department, how long does it take for your -- before you find yourself thinkinging a and talk about the philadelphia plan? >> well, it was pretty quick. i should set the stage a little bit by saying george had recruited what he thought was a very talented group of assistant secretaries levels. and undersecretary jim hudson. i have to confess that arnie weber and i clashed almost from the beginning. arnie once said to me at a party at george's house that george had recruited an enormously tal ented group of people to run the department without regard to politics, until it came to solicitor and then he had to have a republican. it was true that i was the most republican of all the presidential appointees in the labor department, other than george himself and probably more conservative than george in some up respects. so it's with this background that i have perhaps undue influence

there is no textbook definition of the sharing economy. we will then begin the panel discussion which will last for 45 minutes or an hour, however long you want it to last. before i dived in here, raise your hand if you are familiar with at least one of these books. i highly recommend all of them. the one on the end is coming out in may. "share or die" -- i do not recommend that for marketing, but for a cause, we're trying to push a boundary and break a trail for new companies to follow. that is our perspective about what is at stake on a planet of finite resources with a growing population and growing per capita consumption. it should be obvious that we should be talking about sharing. this is a gigantic hole in our public dialogue. this panel and the working group and hopefully the book can fix that. see how this works. we face disaster unless we simultaneously reduce resource consumption and raise two million people out of poverty. this is the challenge we have in the 21st century. the growth the economy we are moving out of hopefully c

know it or not, a student of charles beard to some extent he influenced the people who wrote the textbooks you studied in high school and college unless you were lucky enough to just get someone who understood gordon wood's interpretation and not just gordon woods but douglas adair and others who began to reorient us away from that beardian thesis. i'm here to say actual ly it's even -- beard was even wronger than wood suggested in this first book and later the radicalism of the american revolution gets it right. our constitution was a radically democratic document for its time. beard gets it absolutely wrong. he must be really gifted because he manages to get you to forget the elephant in the room which is they've put the thing to a vote up and down the continent and they won. in state after state after state. they lost in a couple of places. they lost in new hampshire -- in north carolina. they lost in rhode island and in new york. it is a very near thing, a very close thing, 30-27. and it's not just that one year. they keep voting for the people who gave them the constitution, george wa

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