Almost every single one of them saluted back. It was an incredibly moving experience, and you always have to wonder when youre talking about faces and people that you remember how it impacted the lives of those young men. I guess, among many other things, ive always wondered were they able to rebuild their lives and to have good families and decent jobs and to really have a decent life. I want to interrupt then and tell an anecdote. Im going to take one second here. I was inside the pentagon working on the morning of 9 11, and as we came to understand the people who perished inside the pentagon, there was a man, older man, civilian, worked for the department of the army. His name was max bilky. You know who max was. Max bilky died in the pentagon on 9 11. Max as a young army draftee is listed in American History as the last combat american soldier out of vietnam, and he came home and he had a good life. Thats good. By all accounts. And he died that morning. So vietnam, its just its jus
That was more important. When in the middle of that situation, the thenpublisher didnt want to give us an option to buy it. He had it was for sale for 150,000. But we needed 1 million in order to go into business because it was losing a certain amount of money every year. I had told ham, its useless if you dont have an option because who knows what will happen. So edgar came to a meeting with ralph nader, a man named ping ferry, who is a marvelous guy, and his wife, and ham and me, to get the option. They spoke eloquently, with edgar leading the way on why he ought to give the option and how, et cetera. So they had a funeral this morning for the family, and what i said there is i blame edgar for the next 20 years of my life, because he was as responsible as anyone else for my getting there. So i came to the nation when, finally, the funding was in place and we got the opportunity to go there. I, of course, had not finished naming names. I spent too much time raising money along with ha
Record of the nation during the andod of Victor Navasky from the current period when katrina vanden heuvel is the editor and leader of the nation. It is a great privilege, to have the records of a journal of opinion. The strength of our democracy believe rests on the survival of opinion, and the opportunity for the expression of those opinions. To be in a position, to protect forever this material is a great privilege. We now have the opportunity to learn some of the back story, magazine, so writing its 150th anniversary. I promised victor that i would start by asking how the heck he ended up coming to the nation. Victor thank you. Edgarscame from funeral. He played a role that is not publicly known. Was thedgar when he editorinchief and then publisher of dial press where he i see in the audience marvin, he would go to he wouldd say put his manuscript on the desk. Edgar was working on what became the book of daniel, a great novel. I knew edgar from those days. We collaborated on a numb
Patrick when he was going to meetings and stuff but he was a rabbit to say the least. Hes in a good place now. He seems like it. Fabulist down. Is the family upset with him . Their are some who feel that never drink on the job. They didnt want anyone to miss understand. But he talks about his mom and she was a global loan a call at fullblown alcoholic as i remember. [inaudible] my brother, sister and i had a terrible argument that bout me talking but our debt and stuff. Its important to get it out. Just for yourself. [inaudible] he did it remarkably well. Is aching back after the plane crash, broken in 20 places. Young. Yeah. [inaudible] i would on the operating table for dinner hours, and its been a brutal combat. Its going to be another year before its all good. Great subject. Melody . Okay. What are you doing a . Im retiring after 40 years. Im trying to archive all my stuff that ended up at the jfk library and Penn State Library that once material for my career. Im trying to make su
To stand up and accept the title of heirs of freedom, or were going to hand freedom away, and thats what this book is all about. God bless you for writing in this, and thank you for being here with us. Well, i appreciate that so much. Thank you. You are awesome. [applause] thank you. Bless you. So nice. [applause] thanks, guys. Thank you. The standing ovation is more than appropriate, but im going to ask you to the take your seats again [laughter] for just a moment longer. Did our friends in the overflow room enjoy the programsome program . Its always, i thought so, i thought so. I do want to thank you both for being here. Governor, its awkward standing back behind you, but i need a microphone. Since you mentioned the book cover, i do have to say that is one of my few claims to fame, perhaps my only claim to fame, that, of course, the great john barleta was on leading the charge, and i was on horseback behind you, so my Left Shoulder made the book. [laughter] im sorry we crossed that o