author, 'Don't Know Much about History' series
Author of the Don't Know Much about History series
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Kenneth Davis
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FROM Kenneth Davis
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Don't Know Much about Thanksgiving? Popular legend says all the passengers on the Mayflower were pilgrims who always wore black clothes with silver buckles and who celebrated the first Thanksgiving on American shores. Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much about History and America's Hidden History , joins us for our Thanksgiving reality check.
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What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.