And the people inside of washington said our we cant shift power we have to do that. We have to have power in washington. So that is the battle going on. More power to the bureaucrats this is a struggle going on. This is the topic of power to the people the road to freedom and prosperity for the four, seniors and those most in need of the best healthcare. Peter is the author. This is book tv on cspan2. Joining us on booktv is the editor of the claremont review of books. That is the countrys leading and possibly journal of the conservative book review. If you dont see it that often but it is on the newsstands and you can find it at claremont. Org and its a conservative think tank. Tank. How did a beginquotes it again about 16 years ago because of the felt necessity. They are in the new york review of books and the sunday New York Times book review and new Republic Book review pages that were prominent and eminent place for liberals to review one anothers books but there have been no pla
There had been of leading liberal book review that was the sunday New York Times book review and the new republic which was there a prominent than a dividend plays to review one anothers books but noplace for conservatives have long for book reviews or essays about book ideas and also we felt there was conservatives were in need of that they needed in intellectual Playing Field where there is the debate what conservatism is our chevy to be thought out at a high level. Is it like the new york review of books that there are essays better not necessarily book related. Yes. It can be they are more comprehensive book review because they come out 20 times per year with a lot of power and money behind them and we do not but they set out really to review all kinds of books for all kinds of academic readers so they have a much more academic reading class to feed than we do. We are more concentrated of history and politics and philosophy religion war classic literature less current literature an
You may subscribe, and its a publication of the claremont institute, a conservative think tank here in california. Host how did the review books begin . Guest it began 16 years ago. Because of necessity, really. There had been for many years a leading liberal book review in the country, the new york review of book, the sunday New York Times book review, the new public pages. But there had been no place for conservatives to engage in longform book reviews and essays about books, and bookish ideas. And also we felt there was a conservatives needed that, point one. Point two, they needed an intellectual Playing Field where the debate still very much going on about what services is and should be, could be, fairly thought out at a high level among conservatives. Host is it like the new york review of books in the sense that there are several essays that arent necessarily book related . Guest yes, it can be. We do they are a more comprehensive book review than we are because they come out ma
And a lot of things are still working themselves out through american politics. You know, it is going to be different after this race, the Republican Party is going to be different from what it is before appeared the Democratic Party a little bit less. Im not sure what were the republicans are going to end up in 2017. Host are you a fan of Donald Trumps . Guest i dont admire him. I do find him interesting and to some extent amusing. I think he is hard not to watch. There is something about him which is attractive and fascinating in the way that makes you slightly ashamed of yourself for being so fascinated. Some of my friends are very upset by him and think he spells the doom of republican government in america. I dont think so. If anything, hes more interested in Caesars Palace in caesarism. I think though that he is probably if he were to be elect did, he would prove to be something closer to schwarzenegger but say. I dont think its a serious politician. If we do have a president , t
Lenovo sounds vaguely italian, but they did actually buy the ibm business. So its not hike the japanese wave in the 80 where they just buy stuff and hope it works out. Theyre more strategic, but there are some crazy things happening. U. S. Two weeks agomen bank en banc they already bought the waldorfastoria hotel. A lot of chinese entrepreneurs need to keep talent, keep brands. So a Company Called club med, they built the largest bought the Largest Insurance Company in portugal x. Then the chairman went missing for a couple of days, and we dont know why still. Its interesting. We heard about, like, the relationship between the government and the private sector and Companies Like theres kind of a glass ceiling. If china govtogov relations with the rest of the world, for example, southeast asia, are not great, how does that help companies . Alibaba just bought an ecommerce platform there, and yet the Chinese Government is having lots of friction with those areas because of maritime issue