Colonnade signing books, so as soon as the session ends, well head right over there, and you can get your book signed at that point. It is a thrill for me, my names andy brennan, im with par nasties books, and when i got an advance copy of spain in our heart, i thought it was a fantastic and important book, and i told adam a little while ago that that wasnt the case with King Leopolds ghost. In that case his writing and the subject matter was so powerful that i found myself having to put it down regularly and take a breath before i could come back to it. But spain many our hearts in our hearts is an incredible book, and were very, very excited to have adam here. Without further ado, adam hochschild. Okay. Thank you, andy. [applause] and its good to see all of you here in nashville and to know that more of you are watching this on cspan. So my book is about the spanish civil war, and i want to set the context for it by rolling back the clock to the 1930s which was a grim time. As you kn
At issue was simply the difficulty in identifying it. Many would believe that innocents had died in 1692, but most also believed that guilty witches had escaped. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And now booktvs live coverage of the southern festival of books continues with historian adam hoax child and the hopings child and hoax child and the hocks child and the spanish civil war. A couple of quick announcements before he get started. As most of you know, the southern festival of books is free, and we are very thankful to our sponsors for that, but we also encourage all the participants to, please, donate to humanities tennessee, and you can do that at our web site or on our facebook page. The other thing i want you to know is that after the session, adam will be over in the colonnade signing books, so as soon as the session ends, well head right over there, and you can get your book signed at that point. It is a thrill for me, my names andy brennan, im with
Thank you calling and without further ado i thought id pose a question first to the judge alternating between the joint and biographer. Mister posner, when you were the age of some of these people as an undergraduate at yale, but biography tells us you are a fabulous yates scholar, interested in literature. What made you decide to go to law school . Law school is always the default graduate choice for any college graduate. And my father was a lawyer and he gave some thought to going to graduate school in english but decided it was not for me so i dont think i consideredanything else. Harvard law school seemed to have a permanent impression on you isuppose, seemed to change and launch your trajectory in many ways. Can you tell us about the Academic Experience there . Well, it was mixed. But they did something clever. They did attrition in their first year of law school so that was very good. I got a good start. And second and third years were not as interesting. Like the professors, i r
War. It drew mixed reaction from leaders in washington. This morning, we want to hear what our viewers thought of the address. Let us know about what you thought of the american first foreignpolicy that he sought to lay out yesterday. Republicans call in on 202 7488001, democrats, 202 7488000, independents, 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on social media. Twitter, facebook. A good thursday morning to you. A few of the headlines following that foreignpolicy speech yesterday. Trump to world America First. That is the New York Times this morning. For the front page of usa today, trump doctrine, dont speak softly. Times sets the scene yesterday at the address speaking blocks away from the white house. Ng ased a teleprompter telli reserved audience largely drawn from washington think tank establishments that his approach replaces randomness with purpose , ideology with strategy and chaos with peace. Heres a little bit more from the address on his approach to the use of military force.
And phd students. Reporter one of the students came to wocourt today. I knew he was very pompous and this was a big shock. Reporter prosecutors revealed in court they published a website on the rabbis case so possible victims can contact investigators. Emma and jeffrey reported her fears that she had been caught on camera and went public. As a result, they were shunned and made to feel like snitches at their synagogue in rockville. No one talks to us in that synagogue. The president did speak to us and said, dont expect an apology. Reporter this is how difficult this investigation is. Detectives have about 10 years of video they have to review, women who wonder if they were potenti potent victims are told to submit a head shot and then the detectives go through the painstaking process reviewing the video looking for them. Thats the latest at the d. C. Courthouse. Family and friends of a High School Student whos murdered will soon be gathering for a vigil in his honor. To the boys name