Kjrv Longtime political journalist Cokie Roberts dies at age 75
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty whirlwind media tour swept through Washington, D.C., Thursday, the city he hopes to make his home a little more than two years from now.I ;m seriously considering it, Pawlenty said of a potential 2012 bid, before adding that he hasn ;t made a final decision.But, to hear Pawlenty speak, in this instance at a National Press Club luncheon, it not hard to imagine an announcement will be coming soon. Nearly every chance he gets, on almost every issue, he looks to contrast his positions with those of President Obama. Take the economy, for example. Just because we followed Greece into democracy doesn ;t mean we need to follow it into bankruptcy, Pawlenty says, a jab at what he views as government spending run amok.The stanley cup Republican also has sharp words for the president handling of his health care policy. Pawlenty accused the president of breaking his promise to enact legislation that would reduce health care costs. That is not what he delivered, Pawlenty contends, arguin stanley cup g what the president did sign into law is not going to work.In what has become a bit of a tradition on the path to presidential candidacies in recent years, Pawlenty press push is tied to the release of his new memoir, Courage to Stand: An American Story.In recent days Pawlenty has appeared on ABC Good Morning America, 8221 stanley cup ; sat down with the ladies of Dfaw WATCH: Biden lauds Fed s rate cut in speech at Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
In 2013, air max 1 Harvard professor Robert Putnam published an op-ed in the New York Times titled Crumbling American Dreams. That essay was the precursor to the book, Our Kids, released this week to high expectations, 15 years after Putnams first sociological oeuvre, Bowling Alone. But not everyone was pleased with Putnams New York Times piece. Especially not everyone in Port Clinton, Ohio, Putnams childhood hometown. In the op-ed and the new book, Putnam uses Port Clinton as a case study of how America has segregated socioeconomically in the past 40 years. He paints the rust belt town as a place where the American dream has gone to die but some say unfairly. At a community forum in 2013, locals criticized the New York Times for running a photo of a razed middle school certainly a sign of a crumbling opportunity stanley cup -for-all economy. But, in fact, Port Clinton education leaders clarified, the school had been demolished to build a new one. Joining the community meeting via teleconference, Putnam agreed that the Times shouldnt have used that photo. But thats not the only thing that angered Port Clinton residents. People felt like Dr. Putnam was bashing the city, said Tricia OConnor, a recent Indianapolis transplant to Port Clint adidas og on. Carol Clemons, a Port Clinton teacher and guidance counselor, felt that. I was pissed. Being a teacher, Im like: Seriously You took the ugliest shots of Port Clinton that you could probably take. To say nothings going on and nobodys hel