Which countries Engel talked about do you think are most important? Leave a comment below.

I’m not a betting man, but I think the Democrats will nominate Hillary Clinton. And I am not a religious man, but I pray the Republicans nominate Rand Paul.

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Borowitz also shared his experience in high school sexual education. His story of his classmates understanding of menopause is classic:

One kid defined menopause as the break a prostitute takes between customers.

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I was annoyed that these people were going to end my life…I wasn’t so much afraid of the pain and the death and all of this. I was mostly annoyed like ‘this is how it’s going to end? I’m not going to get another shot because these guys are going to kill me for no particular reason.’

Amazingly, even after his ordeal, Engel told the audience he and his crew are on their way back to Syria:

“I’m going to be traveling with one of them back along the Syrian border in a few days.”

“The odds are that the Republicans will maintain control of the House.”

Do you agree with Axelrod?

To me that movement has been not only politically suicidal, it’s been wrong for the moment.

The New York Times columnist David Brooks spoke about the Republican Party’s move to the right on April 21, 2013 with PBS’s Jeff Greenfield. To Brooks, it really comes down to which party is solving the problems for those struggling in the middle and lower class:

If you’re not offering anything to a 24-year-old mom making $25,000 dollars a year as a waitress…you’re not solving the essential problem of the country. And the Republican Party really isn’t offering much of that.

Do you agree with Brooks that the GOP needs to change its outlook in order to succeed? Leave a comment below.

If you mention the name Ted Cruz to other senators, you just get titanic oceans of eye rolling.

The New York Times columnist David Brooks sat down with PBS’s Jeff Greenfield on April 21, 2013 at 92nd Street Y. In this clip, Brooks discusses some of the more controversial new Republican lawmakers, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz:

“You’re a freshman, you don’t go in and take over hearings, you like hang around and learn how it’s done.”

Brooks went further on Cruz’s behavior:

“It’s like the most un-conservative act to come in two weeks into the job and decide the Senate exists for you to take it over.”

Brooks concluded with a comment on the links being made between Cruz and former Senator Joe McCarthy:

“It doesn’t help that he has a face that looks a little like Joe McCarthy.”

Do you agree that new lawmakers should learn the ropes rather than making political waves right away? Leave a comment!

As part of our interview with her, Ashley spoke to 92Y’s Jordan Chariton on the importance of spreading awareness for autism.

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Carmon was unwavering in her support for gaffe coverage.

I’m pro-gaffe. A gaffe is important when it tells us something really fundamental about what the person thinks.

Carmon used examples like controversial former Congressman Todd Akin, who infamously made comments about “legitimate rape” during the 2012 senate race. She also touched on former presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Do you think the media is covering “gaffes” too much or giving them the right amount of attention? Leave a comment below.

The moment that you bring looks into it, you’re bringing something that women constantly have as this double edge sword, a catch 22, so I think the President should know better.

Carmon also stressed the double standard in place for male vs. female emotion, using crying as an example.

“When it comes down to things like crying…women when they engage in that kind of emotion, people have this kind of ‘can she do this question?’ but where as when a man tears up they think ‘oh what a softy.’”

And on whether a potential President Hillary Clinton will change the lives of women?

“It will mean a lot in terms of symbolic representation, but it won’t mean that every single struggle is over.”

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