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BY AN INTERN AT THE NEW REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER WHERE I USED TO WORK, HOW DO I GET TO BE A NATIONALLY-SYNDICATED COLUMNIST?
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I SAID, FIRST, YOU GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. IT WAS PRETTY UNPLANNED. I INTENDED TO BE A
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PSYCHIATRIST. I PRACTICED FOR THREE YEARS. THEN I JUST HAD A TUG, A FEELING THAT THERE WAS A WIDER WORLD OUT THERE I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED N. I HAD...
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AAL BERLIN CALLED THE FOUR ESSAYS ON LIBERTY. ONE OF THEM WAS TWO CONCEPTS
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| 00:01:22 |
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OF LIBERTY IN WHICH HE SO FAR MADE A DISTINCTION, WHICH WAS WHAT YOU CALL POSITIVE LIBERTY AND NEGATIVE LIBERTY, AND IT WAS SO FAR A LIBERAL CREDO....
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JOHN PLAMINAT
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WHO MADE ME READ THE GREAT POLITICAL REQUIRED,
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HOBBS, LOCK, ONE A WEEK AND WRITING HIM AN ESSAY EVERY WEEK. I REMEMBER I HANDED
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HIM MY FIRST ESSAY ONE WEEK, AND I CAME IN TO SEE HIM, AND HE SAID KRAUTHAMMER, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR CREATIVITY, BUT YOU ARE CERTAINLY CREATIVE IN...
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TIME. >> NOW, IS THERE
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ANY DISTINCTION FOR YOU ABOUT
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GOING TO
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BAYLIO COLLEGE AT OXFORD? >> IT WAS WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS HAD GONE. IT HAD -- IT WAS RATHER SPECIALIZED IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, WHICH IS WHAT I...
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| 00:04:25 |
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ONLY ONE IN TOWN THAT WAS CO-ED. THAT WAS ITS HIGHEST DISTECKS,
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AND THAT'S WHERE I MET MY WIFE, WHO WAS A STUDENT AT ST. ANN'S. >> IS HER NAME ROBIN? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND WHAT PROFESSION IS SHE IN? >> SHE WAS...
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SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED WITH US
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GIVEN THEIR
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INVESTMENT IN OUR
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. >> WHAT WERE YOUR PARENTS -- ARE THEY STILL ALIVE, BY THE WAY? >> MY MOTHER IS. >> AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PARENTS. WHERE DID...
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| 00:05:22 |
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FRENCHMAN. HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL THERE AND WAS A LAWYER. DURING THE WAR, WORLD WAR II,
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| 00:05:26 |
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HE FOUGHT WITH THE FRENCH ARMY. YOU KNOW, THAT ONLY LASTED SIX WEEKS. AFTERWARDS HE WENT TO CUBA AND BRAZIL BACK TO FRANCE,
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| 00:05:34 |
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AMERICA WHERE I WAS BORN AND ULTIMATELY TO CANADA WHERE I GREW UP. IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY. BY THE END OF HIS LIFE HE SPOKE NINE LANGUAGES, AND BY...
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| 00:06:08 |
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UP IN NEW YORK. SHE WORKED FOR THE FREE FRENCH TRANSLATING AMERICAN ARMY MANUALS INTO FRENCH FOR THE FREE FRENCH. MET MY FATHER IN CUBA. LONG STORY....
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| 00:06:44 |
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HOTEL INTERNATIONAL, AND THE REST
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| 00:06:47 |
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IS JOURNALISTIC HISTORY AND A LOT OF OTHER HISTORY. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS? >> I HAVE A BROTHER BORN IN BRAZIL, LIVES IN L.A., A PHYSICIAN....
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| 00:07:10 |
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ON ME. IT WAS A
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| 00:07:13 |
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VERY WORLDLY UPBRINGING. MY PARENTS HAD BEEN EVERYWHERE.
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| 00:07:19 |
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THEIR FRIENDS IN NEW YORK AND CANADA HAD ALSO BEEN EVERYWHERE. NOT BECAUSE BY CHOICE, BUT SO FAR SCATTERED BY THE WAR.
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| 00:07:28 |
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THAT SO FAR CONFLUENCE OF INFLUENCES I GREW UP WITH. THE OTHER THING YOU GREW UP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE JEWISH, YOU ARE ALSO POST-HOLOCAUST. YOU GROW...
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| 00:08:45 |
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LIVES. IN A SENSE I LEARNED MY POLITICS
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| 00:08:49 |
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WHEN I LEFT HOME. >> AND WHEN DID YOU LEAVE NEW YORK, AND WHERE DID YOU LIVE IN CANADA? >> MY FATHER MOVED US TO CANADA WHEN I WAS 5. I GREW UP IN MONTREAL....
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| 00:09:12 |
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HERE. I WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL IN BOSTON, AND THEN LATER I CAME DOWN HERE. >>
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| 00:09:16 |
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DID YOU HAVE A SHORT TIME AT JOHNS HOPKINS? >> NO. >> SOMEWHERE I THOUGHT I READ THAT. >> NO. >> YOUR WHOLE MEDICAL EXPERIENCE WAS AT HARVARD? >> YES....
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| 00:09:37 |
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A FEW PAPERS ON BIPOLE POLAR
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| 00:09:39 |
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DISEASE, AND THEN
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| 00:09:40 |
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CAME TO WASHINGTON IN 1978. >>
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| 00:09:42 |
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ON SO WHAT YEAR DID YOU GET
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| 00:09:44 |
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OUT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL? >> 1975. >> IF YOU ARE A PSYCHIATRIST, ARE YOU FIRST A MEDICAL DOCTOR? >> YES. >> WHEN DID YOU CHOOSE PSYCHIATRY FOR YOUR EARLY...
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| 00:10:03 |
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OF POLITICAL THEORY, AND I THOUGHT PSYCHIATRY WOULD BE THE
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| 00:10:07 |
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PERFECT COMPROMISE BETWEEN
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| 00:10:08 |
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THE BROAD THINKING
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| 00:10:11 |
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OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ON THE ONE
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| 00:10:13 |
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HAND, AND THE PRACTICAL ASPECT OF LIFE IN MEDICINE. IT
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| 00:10:17 |
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WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT I -- IT TURNED OUT IT WASN'T EXACTLY WHAT I HAD HOPED IT WOULD BE, SO IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I LEFT. >> WHAT IMPACT HAS PSYCHIATRY...
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| 00:10:45 |
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A PSYCHIATRIC DEGREE, YOU HAVE AN ADELPHIC INSIGHT INTO WHAT
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| 00:10:50 |
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MAKES PEOPLE TICK. WHAT PSYCHIATRY DOES IT IS GIVES YOU KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MENTAL ILLNESS, SO WHEN YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T WELL, YOU HAVE INSIGHT...
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| 00:11:44 |
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HERE. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. >> WHAT YEAR DID YOU MARRY ROBIN? >> 1974. WE WERE MARRIED NOW 31 YEARS. >>
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| 00:11:53 |
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WHAT YEAR DID YOU HAVE YOUR DIVING SNKS >> 1972. I WAS A FRESHMAN IN MEDICAL SCHOOL IN MY FIRST YEAR, AND ENDED UP BEING HOSPITALIZED FOR A YEAR AND...
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| 00:12:07 |
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MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ONE OF THE SWIMMING
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| 00:12:10 |
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POOLS OF THE HOTELS AT THE COMPLEX, I ENDED
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| 00:12:14 |
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UP DOING
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| 00:12:16 |
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MY YEAR PLUS STINT AS A PATIENT IN HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS, SO THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO MY SECOND YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE HOSPITAL AS A PATIENT...
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| 00:13:03 |
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STUDENT AND THAT WEEK STUDYING
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| 00:13:06 |
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NEUROLOGY -- THIS IS RATHER IRONIC. THE BOOK I HAD WITH ME WHEN I WAS HURT WAS NEUROAN AT
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| 00:13:15 |
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MY. I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THE SECOND IT HAPPENED, AND I
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| 00:13:18 |
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KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE
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| 00:13:19 |
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CONSEQUENCES WERE, AND I KNEW WHAT THE FUTURE WAS. I THINK THAT WAS A HELP TO
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| 00:13:22 |
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ME. I NEVER HAD ANY ILLUSIONS. A LOT OF MY -- MY -- THE BEDMATES I HAD ON THE WARDS WHERE I WAS HAD A LOT OF ILLUSIONS, AND I DIDN'T HAVE THEM, WHICH...
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| 00:14:23 |
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WEIGHTLIFTING AND ALL THAT. THEN IN THE EVENING I STUDIED. I -- MY DAY WAS TAKEN UP. >> SO SINCE
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| 00:14:31 |
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THAT TIME, WHAT'S A DAY LIKE FOR YOU? >> IT'S LIKE YOUR DAY EXCEPT IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER. YOU KNOW, ALL THE ROUTINE STUFF TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER....
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| 00:14:51 |
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HAND CONTROLS. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. >> IT'S ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL VANS WHERE YOU
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| 00:14:55 |
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ROLL INTO IT? >> EXACTLY. IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK HAS BEEN DIFFERENT ABOUT YOUR LIFE BECAUSE...
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| 00:15:08 |
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IN
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| 00:15:09 |
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MY TEENS, I SPENT 80% OF
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| 00:15:11 |
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MY WAKING HOURS DOING
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| 00:15:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 00:15:15 |
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SPORTS. THAT -- I MISSED OUT ON -- THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
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| 00:15:20 |
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THAT YOU LOSE, BUT, ON THE OTHER HAND, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR CROSS.
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| 00:15:26 |
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EVERYBODY HAS A CROSS. MINE IS PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS ONE, DIFFICULT ONE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I NEVER ASKED THE QUESTION WHY ME? I MEAN, WHY NOT ME? EVERYBODY...
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| 00:16:27 |
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AGE. PARTLY BECAUSE I THINK HE GREW UP IN THIS TOWN AND EXPOSED
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| 00:16:31 |
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TO POLITICAL
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| 00:16:32 |
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IDEAS AND THOUGHTS
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| 00:16:33 |
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FROM A YOUNG AGE, BUT, YEAH, HE
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| 00:16:37 |
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IS QUITE REMARKABLE. >> DOES I WANT TO DO WHAT YOU
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| 00:16:40 |
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DO? >> I DON'T THINK HE HAS A CLUE WHAT HE WANTS TO DO EXCEPT PERHAPS I THINK HE KNOWS HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A DOCTOR. THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING HE...
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| 00:16:59 |
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WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? >>
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| 00:17:02 |
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1981 I JOINED THE NEW REPUBLIC. HI WRITTEN A FEW PIECES AS A FREELANCER FROM THE OUTSIDE IN 1978, 1979. >> IN 1908 OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE YOU WENT
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| 00:17:14 |
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TO WORK FOR JIMMY CARTER. >> YES. WHEN I CAME TO WASHINGTON WHEN I
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| 00:17:18 |
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LEFT PSYCHIATRY,
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| 00:17:20 |
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I WAS AT THE
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| 00:17:23 |
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NATIONAL SNULET OF MENTAL HEALTH AS THE DIRECTOR OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. SO FAR A CONTINUATION OF MY EXPERTISE. THEN THERE WAS A NONPOLITICAL
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| 00:17:32 |
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APPOINTMENT. IT WAS -- BUT AT THE TIME THROUGH A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS
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| 00:17:35 |
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I ENDED UP BEING ASKED TO BE A SPEECHWRITER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT, WALTER MONDALE, AND I DID IT. THEN WHEN THEY -- WE LOST THE ELECTION IN 1980 AND...
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| 00:18:18 |
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AT THE TIME. YOU HAD PAT MOYNIHAN, HENNIE JACKSON, THE GREAT
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| 00:18:22 |
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SENATOR FROM WASHINGTON STATE, AND LATER ON THAT ELEMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHRUNK TO NOTHINGNESS. AS IT DID, I WAS WITHOUT A HOME. I REMAINED...
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| 00:19:05 |
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YORK CONSERVATIVETISM ONCE SAID WAS MUGGED BY REALITY. THEY EVOLVED
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| 00:19:12 |
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IN TIME INTO CONSERVATIVETISM. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. IF YOU ASK ANY NEOCONSERVATIVE HOW DID YOU VOTE IN 168, HE WOULD SAY LYNDON JOHNSON. IF YOU ASK A...
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| 00:21:35 |
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HE RANKS HIGH NOW, BUT ULTIMATELY -- I ALWAYS HAD A SENSE THAT YOU CAN ARGUE ALL YOU WANT, BUT IN THE END HISTORY WILL DECIDE WHO WAS RIGHT AND WHO...
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| 00:21:50 |
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WAS RIGHT OR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
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| 00:21:52 |
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WAS RIGHT, BUT WE'LL LEARN IN 10 YEARS OR SO IF IRAQ WAS A SUCCESS. I THINK IT WILL BE. ASSUMING THAT THIS BUSH DOCTRINE OF CHANGING THE MIDDLE EAST,...
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| 00:22:46 |
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WITHOUT A DOUBT, HE STANDS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE OTHER. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS
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| 00:22:50 |
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SOCIAL POLICY? >> I THINK HE DID WHAT HE HAVE TO DO WITH SOCIAL SECURITY. IT WAS A GREAT TRIAL. IT SUSTAINED THE WHOLE TWO GENERATIONS. IT TOOK THE ELDERLY...
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| 00:23:09 |
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OTHERS DID NOT, WAS NECESSARY IN AN AGE WHERE CAPITALISM
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| 00:23:12 |
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HAD CREATED A CALAMITY, AND WHERE THERE WERE THE SIREN SONGS OF OTHER IDEOLOGIES, UNDEMOCRATIC IDEOLOGIES IN EUROPE READY TO SWEEP AMERICA. THEY SWEPT...
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| 00:24:09 |
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POST" ASKED ME TO START A COLUMN, AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT IT WAS SYNDICATED NATIONALLY. >> WHEN DO YOU WRITE AND WHERE DO YOU WRITE? >> I
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| 00:24:19 |
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WRITE IN ONE PLACE ON ONE MACHINE IN ONE OFFICE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IF I'M ANYWHERE ELSE, I CAN THINK -- I WRITE IN MY OFFICE, WHICH IS IN...
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| 00:24:36 |
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18 YEARS AGO.
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| 00:24:42 |
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AND ON WEDNESDAY MY COLUMN GOES SYNDICATED NEWSPAPERS THURSDAY AT 11:00, AND IT APPEARS IN WASHINGTON IN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. >> THERE'S SOMETHING...
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| 00:25:16 |
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CHICK SEXEN OCCASIONAL CROW. STPWHRY HAVEN'T
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| 00:25:19 |
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GOT A CLUE. >> 2 DOESN'T SAY. >> I KNOW WHAT THAT MUST
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| 00:25:25 |
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| 00:25:26 |
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BE. THE IDEAL PRESIDENT CANDIDATES
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| 00:25:28 |
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HAVE TO ENDURE TO BE CROWNED KING. >> THE SECOND ONE.
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| 00:25:34 |
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AFTER ENDLESS DAYS OF COMMUTEING ON THE FREEWAY TO AN ANT SEPTIC SEALED WINDOW OFFICE, THERE IS A GREAT URGE TO BACKPACK IN THE WOODS AND
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| 00:25:42 |
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BUILD A FIRE. >> SOUNDS POETIC, BUT IT DOESN'T
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| 00:25:47 |
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SOUND LIKE ME. UNLESS I WAS HEADED SOMEWHERE WITH THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S TRY THIS ONE. EVERY TWO YEARS THE
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| 00:25:53 |
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AMERICAN POLITICS INDUSTRY FILLS THE AIRWAVES WITH THE MOST SCURILOUS, WALL-TO-WALL CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF NEARLY EVERY POLITICAL PRACTITIONER IN...
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| 00:26:05 |
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THAT AMERICA HAS LOST TRUST IN ITS POLITICIANS. >> THAT ONE I
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| 00:26:10 |
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RECOGNIZE. IT IS TRUE. I THINK IN THAT COLUMN I WAS WRITING THAT IF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRIES RAN ADS AGAINST EACH OTHER THE WAY THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS...
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| 00:26:30 |
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INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE COMPETING SIDES JUST DESTROY EACH OTHER EVERY TWO YEARS AND THEN PEOPLE ARE PUZZLED WHEN THE TURNOUT IS LOW AND PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTED...
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| 00:27:06 |
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IS I LEARN SOMETHING -- WHEN I WAS A PSYCHIATRIST
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| 00:27:09 |
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AT MASS GENERAL, WHEN YOU DISCHARGED THE PATIENT, YOU HAD TO GIVE A DISCHARGE SUMMARY, AND IT WAS VERY LONG IN PSYCHIATRY. ABOUT EIGHT SINGLE-SPACED
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| 00:27:19 |
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PAGES. AT GENERAL MASS YOU WOULD
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| 00:27:21 |
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DO IT BY PECKING UP A HOUSE PHONE AND SPEAKING INTO A MACHINE. NOW, I NEVER MASTERED HOW TO PAUSE OR STOP THE MACHINE, SO I JUST HAD TO GO, AND IT WAS...
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| 00:28:46 |
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END OF THE
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| 00:28:47 |
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YEAR. >> IN THE MIDDLE AGES PEOPLE TOOK POSSESSIONS FOR THEIR AILMENTS, AND IN THE 19TH CENTURY THEY TOOK SNAKE OIL, CITIZENS OF TODAY SHINEY TECHNICALLOGICAL...
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| 00:29:10 |
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MEDICINE, PARTICULARLY OVER THE COUNTER STUFF. I THINK IT WAS AN ATTACK ON HOLISTIC MEDICINE. I'M RATHER SCEPTICAL ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF. I BELIEVE IN...
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| 00:29:29 |
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MERELY GAWKED AT THESE UNFORTUNATES. DONAHUE'S GENIUS IS TO GET THEM TO TALK. >> I REMEMBER THAT ONE. IT WAS MY FIRST MAJOR PIECE FOR THE "NEW YORK POST."...
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| 00:29:44 |
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CONFESSION," AND I WAS WRITING ABOUT THE FASHION WHICH, OF COURSE, AT THE TIME WAS NEW. DONAHUE WAS A SENSATION AT THE TIME. GETTING PEOPLE TO COME...
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| 00:29:55 |
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ABOUT THEIR SINS BASICALLY. AT LEAST SINS IS THE WORD YOU WOULD HAVE USED A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO. AND TO DO IT AS A KIND OF PUBLIC DISPLAY, WHICH I FOUND...
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| 00:30:45 |
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OF PRIVACY IN PUBLIC LIFE. IT SCARES AWAY A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE. IT ALSO JUDGES PEOPLE IN PRIVATE LIVES IN A WAY THAT'S UNFAIR. ALL OF US HAVE OUR...
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| 00:30:56 |
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ANYONE'S, YOU CAN DESTROY HIM OR HER VERY EASILY. I FIND IT TOO EASY A SPORT. YOU SEE IT GOING ON IN HEARINGS ON THE HILL P. YOU SEE IT GOING ON WHEN...
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| 00:32:09 |
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HE WOULD HAVE TO RACE BACK TO GET IT TO ME IN TIME FOR ME TO RECEIPTED IT AND ANALYZE IT AND WRITE ABOUT
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| 00:32:14 |
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IT FOR THE NEXT MORNING. NOW YOU GO ON-LINE AND HAVE IT INSTANTLY. EMAIL INSTANT REACTION FROM YOUR READERS, AND THE BLOGS WHICH TO SOME EXTENT ARE...
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| 00:33:04 |
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INVASION OF KUWAIT IN 1990. MY LIFE IS SO FAR PEGGED
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| 00:33:09 |
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TO EVENTS THAT TRIGGERED EVENTS IN MY OWN LIFE. AT THE TIME THEY ASKED ME TO GO ON THE SHOW, WHICH WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 1990, AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT...
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| 00:33:40 |
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FOX REGULARLY, AND I HAVE, AND I HAVE ENJOYED IT A LOT. >> OF ALL THE PLATFORMS YOU'VE -H
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| 00:33:45 |
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WHICH ONE DO YOU GET THE MOST REACTION FROM? >> THE MOST REACTION FROM IS PROBABLY A TIE BETWEEN FOX BECAUSE IT'S NATIONAL, AND "THE WASHINGTON POST"...
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| 00:34:04 |
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BOARD FOR WASHINGTON, SO HERE EVERYBODY WHO IS INVOLVED IN POLITICS
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| 00:34:09 |
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AND, YOU KNOW, POLITICS IS TO WASHINGTON AS STEEL WAS TO PITTSBURGH. IT'S ONE INDUSTRY IN YOUR TOWN F. ARE YOU INVOLVED IN POLITICS, YOU READ THE OP-ED...
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| 00:34:50 |
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POSITIONS. THE MOST RECENT HEAVY REACTION WAS WHEN I WROTE A COLUMN VERY CRITICAL OF "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST," THE FILM. I GOT 2,000 EMAILS. I REMEMBER...
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| 00:35:45 |
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AND I TRIED TO POINT OUT WHERE IT DEEVE ATED FROM THE GOSPELS IN BEING
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| 00:35:48 |
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RATHER NEGATIVE TOWARD THE JEWS AT THE TIME, AND PI HAD THE IMPRESSION IT WAS DELIBERATELY SO, SO I WROTE-T AND, OF COURSE, BEING A CONSERVATIVE, I HAVE...
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| 00:36:28 |
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GRANDIOSE, SO I'LL TRY TO BE AS MODEST AS I CAN. I GREW UP IN A JEWISH TRADITION, ORTHODOX HOME. I
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| 00:36:37 |
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VERY STRONGLY JEWISH. IN TERMS
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| 00:36:40 |
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OF MY THEOLOGY, WHICH LUCKILY JUDAISM DOES NOT INSIST
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| 00:36:45 |
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ON THEOLOGY A LOT. JUDAISM IS A RELIGION OF GOOD WORKS, NOT OF BELIEF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BELIEF TO BE SAVED, ETC. BUT IF IT'S A RELIGION THAT...
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| 00:38:48 |
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I WOULD STILL BE A DOCTOR. IT'S AN EASIER LIFE AND I DON'T
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| 00:38:52 |
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HAVE TO TAKE THOSE RISKS. AWE ONE OF THE THINGS TON BIOSHEET THAT I WANTED YOU TO ANSWER MORE ON IS YOU ARE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER OF WASHINGTON'S SHARESH...
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| 00:39:30 |
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SCHOOL WHERE THEY WOULD GO ON SUNDAY EVENINGS AND THEY WOULD LEARN TEXT. LITURGY, THE BIBLE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND THE COMMENTARIES ON THE BIBLE. >> BUT...
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| 00:40:03 |
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A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM AND IT THRIVES. >>
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| 00:40:07 |
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IN ADDITION, YOU SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PRO MUSICA, A SOCIETY FOUNDED BY YOUR WIFE. >> THAT IS A FLEDGLING ENTERPRISE IN WHICH THE IDEA THAT SHE HAD...
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| 00:40:28 |
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RELIGIOUS. NOT FOLING. NOT THE KIND OF STUFF PEOPLE KNOW. NOT FOLK. BUT
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| 00:40:34 |
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CLASSICAL WORKS WRITTEN BY JEWS. FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A GROUP OF STUDENTS AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHO WROTE IN THE JEWISH TRADITION, RUSSIAN...
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| 00:41:32 |
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1980'S. THAT WAS THE CLOSEST I
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| 00:41:35 |
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EVER GOT TO
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| 00:41:36 |
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HIM. MY THEORY IS NOT WITH PRESIDENTS BUT
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| 00:41:41 |
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WITH PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THAT CLOSE PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT MAKES IT HARD TO BE OBJECTIVE AND CRITICAL. I'M NOT ONE WHO DEPENDS...
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| 00:42:24 |
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STRUCTURED. WELL, HE IS A BIG BOY NOW, SO NOW I BASICALLY THINK THAT I'M TALKING TO FRIENDS AT DINNER
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| 00:42:33 |
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AND TELLING THEM WHAT I THINK ABOUT CERTAIN ISSUES AND YOU ARE MORE INFORMAL AND THE LANGUAGE IS LESS STILTED. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT GIVES...
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| 00:43:01 |
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CLUE WHERE A LOT OF THEM LAND. >> WHAT ABOUT FEEDBACK FROM APPEARING ON FOX? >> GET A LOT OF EMAIL. THAT GETS THROUGH FOX, AND I AM SENT A LOT OF THAT,...
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| 00:43:11 |
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READ. BUT
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| 00:43:12 |
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AGAIN, IT IS IRREGULAR. >> IS FOX FAIR
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| 00:43:15 |
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AND BALANCED? >> YES, I THINK SO. I THINK THE REASON THAT IT
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| 00:43:23 |
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HAS RAISED THE IRE OF SO MANY PEOPLE
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| 00:43:27 |
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IN THE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE IT OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA WHICH FOR GENERATIONS WORKED JUST
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| 00:43:36 |
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OBVIOUSLY IN CLEARLY LIBERAL. I ONCE
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SAID, IN FACT, I AM QUOTED IN THE ECONOMIST -- I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY GOT THE QUOTE BECAUSE I SAID IN IT PRIVATE TO A FRIEND, THAT THE GENIUS OF ROGER...
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AND OLD STYLE MEDIA
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HAD, THE LIBERAL MEDIA
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HAD WAS
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BROKEN. PEOPLE HATE LOSING MONOPOLIES AND THIS IS THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A MONOPOLY SHATTERED. >> YOU WERE BORN IN 1950. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH...
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THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE? >> I WANT TO WRITE THE BOOK ON FOREIGN POLICY. I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE NOT A MEMOIR, BUT A COLLECTION OF INCIDENTS IN MY CHILDHOOD,
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PARTICULARLY MY PARENTS' GENERATION WHICH WAS A PICTURESQUE AND INTERESTING
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GENERATION. ALSO, YOU WANT TO LIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THINGS TURN OUT. THAT IS THE REAL DOWNSIDE OF DYING. YOU DON'T FIND...
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STUFF. YOU'D HAVE AGING WITH A FEW MINOR
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EXCEPTIONS. IT'S HAD NO IMPACT ON MY LIFE
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IN TERM OF HEALTH AND IT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON LIFE EXPECTANCY. >> YOUR FATHER DIED AT WHAT AGE? >> HE WAS 83. >>
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HOW OLD IS YOUR MOM? >> SHE'S 83 AND DOING WELL. >> LIVES HERE? >> NO, WE ALL LEFT CANADA IN THE 1970'S. SHE LIVES IN NEW YORK AND MIAMI. SHE IS A...
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SIGNED THE LETTER
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AND THE PROJECT FOR A NEW
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AMERICAN CENTURY. >>
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I DON'T THINK I DID. >>
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WELL, -- >> I'M PRETTY SURE I DIDN'T, BRIAN. >> IT IS IN THE DATABASE. SOMEBODY THINKS YOU DID. >> THAT DATABASE
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| 00:47:08 |
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HAS BEEN INCORRECTLY -- I AM NOT DEFENSIVE ABOUT IT. >> WOULD YOU HAVE SIGNED THAT -- >> LOOK, TELL ME WHAT IT WAS ABOUT AND I'LL TELL YOU. >> IT WAS...
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A LOT OF OFFICIALS IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION THAT SAID GO GET
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SADDAM. THAT'S REALLY SHORTHAND. >>
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I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I DIDN'T. IF
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I DID, IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
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THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING DONE THAT. IT WAS THE --
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1998 WAS
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THE YEAR IN WHICH THE CONGRESS PASSED
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THE LAW PRECISELY TO THAT EFFECT AND PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED THE LAW WHICH WAS THE REGIME CHANGE ACT
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| 00:47:44 |
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IN TERMS OF IRAQ. SO IT WAS ALREADY NATIONAL POLICY. THE ONLY QUESTION WAS HOW YOU WERE GOING TO DO IT. AND THERE WASN'T ANYBODY IN 1998 WHO HAD ENVISIONED...
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HADN'T HAPPENED, IT NEVER
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WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. 9/11 CHANGED EVERYTHING. WOULD WE HAVE INVADED
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AFGHANISTAN IN THE ABSENCE OF 9/11? NO. WOULD THERE BE A REVOLUTION IN LEBANON IN THE ABSENCE OF 9/11? NO. I MEAN ALL THIS IS BECAUSE THE WORLD CHANGED...
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WORLD AND WHAT WE HAD TO DO. AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE, WHICH WAS THAT WE HAD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ORIGINS OF 9/11 HAD TO DO WITH...
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| 00:50:56 |
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THE REAL REASON WAS NOT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. IT WAS, AS I EXPLAINED EARLIER, TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH WAS A RISKY ENDEAVOR....
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I NEVER ASSUMED IT WAS A SLAM DUNK. TO CHANGE THAT CULTURE IN ORDER TO CHANGE AND THE CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE TERRORISM AND AL QAEDA AND 9/11. I...
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| 00:52:25 |
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KUWAIT, ALL HEADING TOWARDS DEMOCRACY AND SYRIA IS THE BAD ACTOR DESTABILIZING EVERYBODY. DESTABILIZING LEBANON SUPPORTING THE TERRORIST AND PALESTINIAN...
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| 00:53:24 |
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THINK IF ISRAEL WERE EVER DESTROYED, IT
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WOULD BE ON COURSE CONSCIOUS IN THE WEST FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE HOLOCAUST. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO US AND HOW MUCH MORE MONEY CAN THE COUNTRY SPEND...
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ARABS TO BE ANGRY WITH AMERICA AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE ANSWER IS NOT TO THROW YOUR FRIEND INTO THE SEA.
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THE CHINESE ARE ANGRY WITH AMERICA OVER OUR DEFENSIVE OF TAIWAN. IT IS NOT TO THROW TAIWAN INTO THE SEA, BUT IT IS TO TRY TO FIND ACCOMMODATION. I THINK...
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ONE DAY. THAT IS
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WITHOUT A DOUBT THE ISSUE OF OUR TIME. I THINK WE WILL PREVAIL. I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ARE NOW PURSUING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE ARAB SPRING WE...
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| 00:56:19 |
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DEATH IN A DECK OID OR TWO OR THREE, AND THIS COUNCIL
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| 00:56:24 |
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IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER PROBLEMS ARE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS. >> ARE YOU OM THE SAME WAVELENGTH ON GEORGE BUSH? >> ON THESE ISSUES? >>...
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CELL RESEARCH. AND I SUSPECT THE LINE THE
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PRESIDENT DREW, WHICH IS A LOT
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STRICTER, IS
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| 00:56:56 |
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NOT GOING TO HOLD. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AHEAD TO 2008 IN POLITICS, ANY SENSE IN YOUR OWN MIND OF WHAT REPUBLICAN WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE FILTER AND...
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| 00:57:19 |
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T VICE PRESIDENT. EISENHOWER HAS NIXON. ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO CLINTON HAD GORE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE CHENEY IS NOT RUNNING. IT IS WIDE
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| 00:57:29 |
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OPEN. I LIKE CONDEE RICE, BUT SHE APPARENTLY WANTS TO BE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NFL INSTEAD. >> YOU WROTE SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU WERE WRITING ABOUT CONDEE...
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IS EXTREMELY SMART AND CLEVER. AND KNOWS HOW TO POSITION HERSELF. >> WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT WOULD SHE BE? >> PROBABLY A DISASTER, BUT I
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HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE. >> ON THAT NOTE, CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> A
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PLEASURE. . [APPLAUSE] . >>
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THANK
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.