The subtitle what keynes taught me about violence, drugs, love, and redemption. Professor leap from what did cain teach you and tell . Guest it depends on which of those you want to begin with, but what they taught me was out there is little difference between all of us. I know that sounds almost like a cliche, but what i derived and continue to learn is that they are not that different. Somewhere along the way they took a different turn. Host how long have you been working with gangs . Guest well, the second question is interesting and leads me into the first. It depends upon who you were talking to. If eager to the lapd or lawenforcement have a very strict definition of what a gang is, three or more people covered getting at a corner or in public playing with some type of criminal activity. You can get a very, very specific even down to the number definition. Three or more people. Remember, it is not just three people. Theyre making a plan to do something that does not fall merely in
[applause] if you would help us by falling appears shares, the books are available at the front. Years. I am happy to sign them. Every weekend book tv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2. And watch any of our past programs online and booktv. Org. Sylvia dudes morris recalls the life of a conservative commentator. Her a election to congress, her tenure as ambassador to italy, and a political and personal life. His program lasts about an hour. Sylvia jukes morris recounts the life of the late conservative commentator and congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce. The author reports on lucs tenure as board to italy and her political and personal life. This program lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] i am the senior director of programs and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house, and it is my great pleasure to welcomeou here to it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to tonights very special discussion of price of
Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce. The author reports on lucs tenure as board to italy and her political and personal life. This program lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] i am the senior director of programs and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to tonights very special discussion of price of fame the honorable Clare Boothe Luce, by sylvia jukes morris. Price of fame is the second in a twovolume biography of ms. Luce. The first volume was published 17 years ago, and as the wall street journal has written, both books are really models of a biographers art, meticulously researched, sophisticated, fairminded and compulsively readable. Now, we are, of course, gathered for tonights discussion here in the former home of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt where i think it is probably safe to assume that Clare Boothe Luce was not a regular social visitor. [laughter] mrs. Luces relationship with the roosevelts was, one might
Was from an 18th century english poet. It was an ode, and the last two lines were, a rage for fame attends both great and small; better be damned than not be named at all. and i realized that from a small girl, she had realized she wanted to be famous. So i thought that rage for fame is just a perfect title because her whole life after that was to that end. Cspan when was this picture taken . Guest that picture was taken about 1942, just after shed been elected to congress by the famous canadian photographer koschjoseph kosch. Cspan how old was she here . Guest she was only about 39. Cspan and how long did she serve in congress . Guest she served in congress for two termsfour years altogether. Cspan when did you first meet her . Guest i first met her in the fall of 1980 at her house in washington, but it was really a strange meeting because i had already conceived the idea of doing a biography of her. When ijust out of the blue, this invitation came from a hostess in washington, and i
We waited for them to do something but we didnt do anything. You have to do it yourselves. I think thats a good note to close on. Thank you everybody for coming tonight. [applause] bob will be signing his books in the lobby so please join us there. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im Michelle Easton present at the Clare Boothe Luce policy institute and i want to welcome you all to this special lunch featuring Wayne Thorburn and his great new book called red state and insider story of how the gop came to dominate texas. You may be wondering why is the president of the Clare Boothe Luce policy center introducing him . It was 42 years ago when i came to washington d. C. From new york after graduating from college and my first job was a Young Americans for freedom and my first boss there was Wayne Thorburn. Ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have known wayne and his wife judith for decades and waned by the way was a very good