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Fred Thompson: Meet and Greet 11/24/04

2008-11-19T20:46:32Z

Fred Thompson
Meet and Greet
Ladson, SC 11/24/04

TRANSCRIPTION
FRED THOMPSON: That gets the job done, doesn't it?

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Re: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Booed off Stage

2008-10-26T09:30:03Z

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Marriage as a Status Symbol

2008-10-22T03:30:57Z

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Sociology professor Andrew Cherlin examines the modern status of marriage in the U.S. as compared to other western countries.

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The Changing American Family

The writings of social scientists and their popularizers reflect the dramatic changes that have taken place in marriage, child rearing, and family life in the United States. Where such writers once spoke simply of "the family," they now speak of "the diversity of family forms" and the rapidity with which those forms can change.

This panel offers objective and unsentimental views of the family and addresses basic questions about family life in the United States today. How do popular myths about family life compare with verifiable realities? What constitutes a marriage or a divorce? How do contemporary adult work patterns affect family life? Featuring Doyle McCarthy, professor of sociology at Fordham University and author of Knowledge as Culture; William Doherty, professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota; Arlene Skolnick, visiting scholar, Sociology Department, NYU and author of Embattled Paradise; and Andrew J. Cherlin, John Hopkins University professor and author of Public and Private Families: An Introduction - The New School

Andrew J. Cherlin is Griswold Professor of Public Policy in the department of sociology, Johns Hopkins University and author of Public and Private Families: An Introduction.

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Authors@Google: Sonja Lyubomirksy

2008-10-20T09:30:36Z

Author and University of California Professor of Psychology Sonja Lyubomirksy visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss her book "The How of Happiness: A Practical Guide to Getting the Life You Want." In her book, Professor Lyubomirksy uses more than a dozen uniquely formulated happiness-increasing strategies to detail a new and potentially life-changing way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. This event took place on February 26, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

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Dennis Kucinich - On Iraq

2008-10-24T15:29:48Z

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Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich gives his views on the Iraq War.

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Get to Know the Candidate: 2008 U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich in a conversation with Joseph Epstein hosted by The Commonwealth Club of California.

Ohio Congressman Kucinich engages in a wide-ranging conversation about his political views and background.

Dennis Kucinich is an American politician of the Democratic party. He served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1977 to 1979, a tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a battle against selling the municipal electric utility.

He today serves as the Representative (Member of Congress) for the 10th District of Ohio. It includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He ran for President of the United States in 2004 and has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. He is currently the chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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