Cox richardson about her new book, how the south won the civil war, the continuing fight for the soul of america. And im a professor of history at yale university. And i will have a discussion with heather about her book and this is brought to you by the Community Outreach for over 150 years and thats some real history there. Now, on to heathers book. Her book has gotten a lot of critical praise. For example, tthe Washington Post writes, Heather Cox Richardson of Boston College describes goldwaters crusade in her masterful book. Perhaps the most important Political Coalition of the 20th century and Publishers Weekly says, though richardson underemphasizes the prevalence of racism, sexism and unequality of other parts of the country during the civil war she marshals more for the books title. Conservatives will cry foul, but critics will be persuaded. And first, i want to invite those of you out in the world listening to share your questions for heather, you can do that, typing in the a
Bring my brother and i said i want and that is why we are here. Alan day is your brother. What is his book about . For a long time he had the most in the country and he had two branches up in north dakota where he could take the sources and keep them. The federal government has the responsibility for them, so they paid something for the care of the horses and that was what happened. One of the first stories was the former chief justice and Thomas Jefferson were related and did not like each other we met. Yes, that is right. Is not amazing . It was amazing that they didnt like each other and it was so difficult to manage. But they did. The marberry versus madison case during president jefferson, exactly what did i case established . Well, i dont know that today we can say much of anything. Been established the court . Yes, and it was treated as an equal branch and given a lot of credibility when the court was still young. One of the things you write about in out of order is that it hang
He is selling and signing copies of his work. I encourage you to do that. And in addition to the bar is open after we leave. Thank you for coming and good night. [ applause ] [inaudible conversations] basic books is one of the imprint of the Perseus Group publishers. Lahar is the publisher of basic books. Lara heimert, what type of books to publish . Inequity nonfiction most by academics and experts in the range, not a broad range, history, biography, science, psychology, this is an economics. What did you get started in the Publishing Industry . I started as an Internet Yale University press in 1997 after i dropped out of graduate cool. From their . I stayed an unpaid intern for a long time and they went on briefly to work in the Publicity Department can i realistically that was not the job for me. Ended up back at yale press where he worked for seven years refers as an assistant editor and became eventually publisher for the trade commission reformulate to basic works as an executive
Democrats. Members of congress here here from both sides of the aisle to talk about wa happened today. Lets turn back to the breaking news, the Washington Post explosive report that the president of the United States is currently under a Criminal Investigation for the Obstruction Of Justice. Responding in a statement, a spokesman for the president s attorney did not dispute the post report, saying only the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal. Joining me now, the Washington Posts sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke this tire. Sari, this would seem to confirm what james comey appeared to indicate, what many have been sort of hinting at, but squarely you guys have nailed down that apparently Robert Mueller is looking at Obstruction Of Justice. Yes. Youre right, chris, that the former fbi director in his testimony did seem to be laying out a case of possible obstruction. But what we found out that, indeed, the special counsel, Ro
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