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- It is a regular feature in a publication
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Matthews on humanitarian and conservation efforts in Africa
Cathy Finkler Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:51:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews Earlier this month, I took two weeks off from the show and Kathleen and I traveled to South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland where I had spent two years back in the 1960s helping develop small business enterprise as a volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps. We got a fabulous chance to see the historic efforts some very good people are making to save the amazing wildlife of Africa. I've got to give a real shout-out to Greg Carr, an American who is working and investing...(read more)
A tribute to Tim Russert
Cathy Finkler Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:05:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews It was a year ago tomorrow that Tim Russert died at NBC News headquarters in Washington. He died on the job that Friday preparing yet again a broadcast of his remarkable, newsmaking, pacesetting Meet the Press. I think about Tim every day each day I arrive at work, but especially on Fridays, which remind me of him and his enormous place here in our work and lives. To those who trusted him and learned from him on the air,Tim was a strong partner in understanding...(read more)
Lessons of D-Day
Cathy Finkler Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:24:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews Tomorrow, on the sixty-fifth anniversary of D-Day, President Obama has a pair of tough acts to follow - his own speech yesterday and one given a quarter century ago. I remember getting up that morning in 1984 to catch President Reagan at Normandy. It was a real "morning in America" speech. I believe that Reagan's ability to connect with World War II was a reason for his enormous popularity. Here he was on the bluffs of France saying something very good about America:...(read more)
Matthews: Obama will be a president who does 'big things'
Cathy Finkler Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:12:00 -0000
By Chris Matthews President Obama held his much anticipated press conference Tuesday and delivered his most pronounced message since taking office. He wants to be a president who does more than muddle through. He wants to be a transformative president on the model of Roosevelt and Reagan. He wants to do big things.Tuesday's press conference showed he that he's president for celebrity or popularity. He was saying "I'm not going to be Bill Clinton and do school uniforms and family home leave, I'm...(read more)
Matthews: Obama will be 'the spirit that stirs the country'
Cathy Finkler Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:10:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews We, Americans, live in the time of our presidents. As Franklin Roosevelt was to the 1930s and '40s, as Ike was to the '50s, Jack Kennedy to the '60s and Reagan was to '80s, Barack Obama will be to the oncoming 2010s. Like his predecessors he will give his name to our era. His will be the spirit that stirs the country.Barack marked the instance of this new era late last night in Chicago. "Because of what we did on 'this' day, in 'this' election, at 'this' defining moment, change...(read more)
'What did Neville Chamberlin do?'
Cathy Finkler Fri, 16 May 2008 22:05:00 -0000
On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews had a discussion about President Bush all but accusing Sen. Barack Obama of appeasement for wanting to talk to enemies of the United States. Conservative radio talk show host Kevin James and Chris Matthews then had a disagreement about what constituted appeasement. Chris Matthews had the following to say on Friday: "Look, I'm a student of history, especially of the late 1930s when the world didn't stand up to Hitler and my hero Winston Churchill saw...(read more)
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Matthews on humanitarian and conservation efforts in Africa
Cathy Finkler Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:51:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews Earlier this month, I took two weeks off from the show and Kathleen and I traveled to South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland where I had spent two years back in the 1960s helping develop small business enterprise as a volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps. We got a fabulous chance to see the historic efforts some very good people are making to save the amazing wildlife of Africa. I've got to give a real shout-out to Greg Carr, an American who is working and investing...(read more)
A tribute to Tim Russert
Cathy Finkler Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:05:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews It was a year ago tomorrow that Tim Russert died at NBC News headquarters in Washington. He died on the job that Friday preparing yet again a broadcast of his remarkable, newsmaking, pacesetting Meet the Press. I think about Tim every day each day I arrive at work, but especially on Fridays, which remind me of him and his enormous place here in our work and lives. To those who trusted him and learned from him on the air,Tim was a strong partner in understanding...(read more)
Lessons of D-Day
Cathy Finkler Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:24:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews Tomorrow, on the sixty-fifth anniversary of D-Day, President Obama has a pair of tough acts to follow - his own speech yesterday and one given a quarter century ago. I remember getting up that morning in 1984 to catch President Reagan at Normandy. It was a real "morning in America" speech. I believe that Reagan's ability to connect with World War II was a reason for his enormous popularity. Here he was on the bluffs of France saying something very good about America:...(read more)
Matthews: Obama will be a president who does 'big things'
Cathy Finkler Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:12:00 -0000
By Chris Matthews President Obama held his much anticipated press conference Tuesday and delivered his most pronounced message since taking office. He wants to be a president who does more than muddle through. He wants to be a transformative president on the model of Roosevelt and Reagan. He wants to do big things.Tuesday's press conference showed he that he's president for celebrity or popularity. He was saying "I'm not going to be Bill Clinton and do school uniforms and family home leave, I'm...(read more)
Matthews: Obama will be 'the spirit that stirs the country'
Cathy Finkler Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:10:00 -0000
by Chris Matthews We, Americans, live in the time of our presidents. As Franklin Roosevelt was to the 1930s and '40s, as Ike was to the '50s, Jack Kennedy to the '60s and Reagan was to '80s, Barack Obama will be to the oncoming 2010s. Like his predecessors he will give his name to our era. His will be the spirit that stirs the country.Barack marked the instance of this new era late last night in Chicago. "Because of what we did on 'this' day, in 'this' election, at 'this' defining moment, change...(read more)
'What did Neville Chamberlin do?'
Cathy Finkler Fri, 16 May 2008 22:05:00 -0000
On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews had a discussion about President Bush all but accusing Sen. Barack Obama of appeasement for wanting to talk to enemies of the United States. Conservative radio talk show host Kevin James and Chris Matthews then had a disagreement about what constituted appeasement. Chris Matthews had the following to say on Friday: "Look, I'm a student of history, especially of the late 1930s when the world didn't stand up to Hitler and my hero Winston Churchill saw...(read more)
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