the same way that totally eliminating robberies and other crimes is impossible. but we would reduce it a great deal and if we were given the necessary powers, in 6 7 months, we could say that we don t have racism. he s the author of 16 books, and has presented more than a0 documentaries on art, history, and literature. now, simon schama has turned his talents to writing about a subject all of us know after the last few years. foreign bodies: pandemics, vaccines and the health of nations a listen to what he had to say. i wrote this book a million years ago when abraham lakin president, not really, called landscape and memory. and i taught an environmental course for a while. and there is a sense actually, which is obviously extremely urgent now, that what we