But the more i worked on this project that i became more and more convinced that as the war came to an end, that it was the americans who were not the good guys. It was instead the british and the spanish who were the good guys. The british and the spanish offered freedom to their slaves. The man who served with them and took them away from this land of bondage and for the americans, well, the americans will keep slaves and bondage until 1865. Next encore booknotes on booktv. Nina easton discussed her book gang of five in 2000 on cspans booknotes. Hourlong interview with ryan lamb ms. Easton offers interlocking portraits of many conservative figures including bill kristol and ralph reid. Cspan nina j. Easton, who isor who are the gang of five . Guest the gang of five arebill kristol, ralph reed, David Mcintosh, Grover Norquist and Clint Bullock comprise my gang of five. Cspan and who are they . Guest well, what i tried to do in this book was look at what i call the flip side of the bab
Yalls hospitality very much today. We will be talking about prodigal press. As john said, dr. Marvin olasky wrote this book originally 25 years ago, and its been widely used in College Classrooms around the country, but much has happened in the past 25 years. The 24 7 news cycle that john referred to is, of course, facilitated at least in part by the internet. When the original book, prodigal press was written and published in 1980, the internet, im fond of saying, was merely a gleam in al gores eye at that time. Since then, of course, the internet is really driving what happens in the news cycle. So we felt like it was due for an update. We started working on this book about three years ago, and it was just published in september. Weve been delighted by the reception of the book so far, and what im going to do today is to just share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. Want to talk a little bit about World News Group just to kind of give you an idea of who we are even tho
As far as this goes. That being said. [applause] next some booktv, encore booknotes. In 1994 or Liz Carpenter discussed her books unplanned parenthood the confessions of a seventysomething surrogate mother. The book focuses on ms. Carpenters experiences raising rates three teenage nieces and nephews at age 79. She also discusses her years in the white house working as press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson. This is about an hour. Cspan Liz Carpenter, you say early in your book that, by heritage and by profession, i am a storyteller. Where did you learn that . Guest i think growing up. I grew up in rural texas. Rural areas seem to you need entertainment, and so my family had been rooted in texas for five generations and they were full of tales that had been handmedowns. We heard them a lot around the fireplace while youre cracking pecans, and it grew. Then, of course, i just was propelled to be a journalist, and thats what i did. I went to the university of texas and came to washington w
Look for these titles in bookstores this coming week on booktv and booktv. Org. Now booktvs College Series continues with interviews from the Catholic University of america. Her besser John Kenneth White sits down with book tv to talk about his book Barack Obamas america. In the book are besser white looks at the demographic changes in the west since the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america how new conceptions of race family and religion ended the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. The cover was done by an artist in ann arbor michigan and i had nothing to do with the cover but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008. You have a mixture of white, black, hispanic men, women you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures in there i think of al gore. You have to really search for them. It des
Get host people focus on the appearance as well and so now you have democrats botch that often going on fox and republicans vow that often going on. Guest the media host cnn is struggling to find its way. Guest and as a reporter who really beliefs in this idea of the facts in journalism and this notion that you can ask questions and wherever the story takes you youre not trying to advance one side or the other i think unfortunately one of the legacies is that journalism is now seen as a way to advance whatever part of the agenda is on the left and the right and i hope perhaps my book will open peoples eyes tpeoples eyes to e encourage people to want to have more of a central clearinghouse to less than the data then they arent supposed to be advancing one side or the other. Host thank you very much gabriel sherman. Guest thank you for having me. The 24th news cycle that john referred to as facilitated in part by the internet. When the original book prodigal press was written the interne