our interview with former lawer and politician mark green. mr. green discusses his book bright, infinite future. a memior on the progressive right. memoir. this is your 23ered book. why did you write it? guest: i wrote it for ava and otis who are my grandchildren. there comes a point when you have to leave the world a better place than you had and i wanted them to learn lessons from my public life. i was living being a protoage of ralph nadir i was struck by two things. a famous conductor said in 1953, a liberal is someone that believes in a bright, infinate future. and bill buckley said for the mission statement for the national review foundnd in 1955 is a conservative is someone who stands for history yelling stop. i said that is it. a progressive believes in progress. as fdr said in his 1936 convention speech. government can error and help people but better it help people s life than be frozen in indifference. food stamps sound like good for them. who is giving food
environment. this is just under an hour. it is all downhill from there. my lawyer will take any complaints later. thank you so much and thank you for what you all do here. i have shopped here as a young washington monthly editor, shopped is too strong. we didn t have any money but you all may remember washington monthly editors were paid $10,000 a year which kate whoo-hoo won the national book award last night and adding to her amazing list of accomplishments, she used to say she actually graduated from the monthly when she could buy on tra appetizers in restaurants. i am a southerner, i am from tennessee, and i think understanding jefferson in his regional context and national context and political context is important. he was a master of politics, whether it was ideologically driven or geographically driven. there is something president about a ferociously divided atmosphere, big issues at stake, and a president whose tall, cool, sir regrow, pretty good at politics but do