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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLineup of tonight's Bill Maher show. HBO 10pm - then his show VICE - and repeat at 11:30
The Interview:Tom Steyer is a clean energy advocate and the Founder and President of NextGen Climate, a non-partisan organization focused on bringing climate change to the forefront of Americas political dialogue. In a recent blog post about his visit to the Canadian tar sands, Steyer writes, I have always firmly believed that Keystone XL unlocks even more carbon pollution in the Alberta tar sands, and my trip to the source convinced me even further that this is not an investment we can afford to make.
Twitter: @TomSteyer
The Panel:
John Avlon is the Editor in Chief of The Daily Beast and a CNN political analyst. In 2010 he helped found the nonpartisan organization No Labelsin order to combat the growing political divide in Washington.
Twitter: @JohnAvlon
Christine Quinn is the former Speaker of the New York City Council and candidate for mayor. She serves on the board of the Tyler Clementi Foundation and Athlete Ally. Her book is With Patience and Fortitude A Memoir.
Twitter: @chriscquinn
Charles Murray is the author of The Curmudgeons Guide to Getting Ahead. He is the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and writes for publications including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Murray recently wrote an open letter to the students of Azusa Pacific University after the schools administration cancelled his planned speaking engagement.
Twitter: @CharlesMurray
Mid-Show Guest:
Annabelle Gurwitch joins the panel mid-show to discuss her latest book,I See You Made An Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50. The New York Times says, Annabelle Gurwitch is a funny woman. Her amusing new book raises serious questions about aging. Gurwitch was the original host of Dinner & a Movie and the theatrical production of her second book, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, is now in its third national tour.
Twitter: @AnnabelleGurwitch
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Lineup of tonight's Bill Maher show. HBO 10pm - then his show VICE - and repeat at 11:30 (Original Post)
Mira
Apr 2014
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Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)1. Yes!!!
I can't wait to hear what he has to say about Cliven KKK Bundy...
Initech
(100,079 posts)2. Oh this should be good. Pass the butter!
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)3. Charles Murray is the idiot who wrote the Bell Curve and who thinks women are inferior
Greg Abbott's education policy are based on the rants from this idiot. Here are some comments from Juanita Jean on this idiot. http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/04/03/inferior-me/
Im a woman. Please forgive my small brain. I cant help it. I was born that way.
It is a well-known scientific fact that testosterone makes a brain bigger and therefore smarter. And, that toting around a set of ta-tas is a brain drain.
I am so glad to know that the man who wants to be our next Governor recognizes gender science as being valid and, you know, scientific. The Republican nominee for Governor, Greg Abbott, quotes Charles Murray in Abbotts education plan to cut pre-K and kindergarten programs in Texas to the tune of $200,000,000. But, all those zeros are justified because Charles Murray has set American straight about things like women, minorities, and the poor.
Especially women.No woman has been a significant original thinker in any of the worlds great philosophical traditions, he wrote. Women have produced a smaller number of important visual artists, and none that is clearly in the first rank. No female composer is even close to the first rank. Social restrictions undoubtedly damped down womens contributions in all of the arts, but the pattern of accomplishment that did break through is strikingly consistent with what we know about the respective strengths of male and female cognitive repertoires.
Yep, women be dumb. Duh dumb. And dont even get Charles Murray started on minorities.
In Charles Murrays world, white rich males are the smartest. So, I guess Im wondering how all these white rich males running our state government got us into the biggest damn mess Ive ever seen. Maybe theyve been over-bred, I dunno.
Honey, when all that stands between you and a rock bottom education system is the state of Mississippi, youre in big trouble. Two more rich white boys move to Mississippi and youre dead last.
Yall, this is just a heads up. I dont think Im going to make it to November without blowing a gasket. Youre gonna show up here one day and all youre going to see is my pounding forehead on the keyboard.
I hope that Maher gives Murray a hard time