I am from florida and i tell you a little bit about myself even if you might care i was born in Fort Lauderdale florida my background is a newspaper journalist i still write a column for the miami herald. That is my excuse for my novels. I dont know anything in the weirdness of florida is my daily reality and everybody is moving to florida and out now which is a lot more material for me. Now he is down there golfing. The material is priceless. I talk about one of the first books i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tour season. They were traditional thrillers ripped out of our notebooks. One of the first reporters in beijing. Those were kind of a straight thrillers. We have to sit down and plan and collaborate on fiction and it was a challenge. Bill and i have very different writing styles. We would just each head chapters and characters. They would be facing typewriters like they were pns. And they would rip each other stuff apart. Before there was computers or anyth
Tonights big who served, and and counsel to the house energy and commerce subcommittee and Commerce Consumer protection as a member of president clintons task force on healthcare reform. Thanks so much. So what were going to do is start with a conversation between us and then over to audience to ask questions directly. And in the process, i know that their appetites for reading this book will be seriously whetted. I spent the weekend reading it and it is, indeed, terrific. Let me start where you start in the book which is to describe the various kind of shaping forces that help shape our culture and our politics and the way in which they led to the moment were in today, the political moment, the social moment, the cultural moment were in today. And you start by arguing that throughout our history, theres been this ongoing tension in our sense of ourselves between rugged individualism on the one hand and a commitment to community, to collectivism on the other. Say a word about that and
At the inventions that have the greatest impact of todays economy. It is author carl hiassen on his writing career. [inaudible conversations] we welcome carl hiassen. [applause] [inaudible conversations] high. I have two microphones. Can you hear any of them . Good. We will wait a second for everyone to put away the flag and have a seat. I am from florida. I will tell you a little about myself, if you care. I was born in fort lauderdale, florida. My background is newspaper journalism. I still write a column for the miami herald. I have never lived anywhere but florida and that is my excuse for my novels. I dont know anything. The weirdness of florida is my daily reality. Everybody is moving to florida which is a lot more material for me. Our newest e and, former resident of manhattan apparently. Now he is down there golfing. The material is priceless. One the first book i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tourist season. I wrote another novel that was ripped out a re
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