Translated into nine languages. And a finalist for the competition and the edgar award. The lunatic express was one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal the ninth marks why are circus. Nurser on the Rachel Maddow show and author of maddow law and those that appears in the New York Times in washington monthly, the american prospect, salon. Com and other publications. For his Rachel Maddow he has received two emmy awards nominated anymore. And his new put the imposters how they stopped governing please join me to welcome them to the stage. Thank you. It is great to be here. I had a chance to read it last weekend it coincided with the rnc it was an interesting experience to watch and see the book at the same time that dovetailed with the book is a republicans are acting much employers basically the country and i picked up on the same kind of theme reading what people were saying to you at the rallies do you think those threats tie together . And if so what does tha
Highlight of some of the top religious and secular stories of the previous year. I did that last year with two of my colleagues and friends. I have invited them back. I will come again reverend Dale Witherspoon of eastern hill United Methodist church. Great to have you. And reverend jim hopkins of lakeShore Baptist Church. Good morning. Great to be here. Some people know your churches and where you are, but what i discovered that i did not ask you is your family background. And some of your family. I know that you have spouses and you have children, so tell us, beginning with you, dale. Im married to reverend debbie weatherspoon. She is working harder doctorate of ministry. I think in the area of engaging faith in the public square. I have two sons, teenagers, wesley who is a senior, graduating senior at El Cerrito High School and his younger brother justice is a freshman el cerrito. Also have a brother and sister that live in the sacramento area. My cousin lives in oakland. Im a nativ
This program is available as a podcast. All after words programs can be viewed on our website at booktv. Org. Booktv recently asked a republican senator of West Virginia what are you reading . Im reading two books, leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin which gets into the leadership styles of four of our president s, to roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and lyndon johnson, and then i am also reading the order by dan l. Silva. Would you plan on reading in the future and by . I plan to move to more historical types of books with historical perspectives. I dont have any titles in mind right now but i like to read nonfiction and i think that is probably what i will stick with. How do you pick the books read . Sometimes i get suggestions from friends. I used to be in the book club back in the day and i will get there selections and pick from d from that and then i will just read the book review sections of the newspapers to see whats good and whats considered page turning so i tried to mix it up. Do
Know scott does, too, with the letters and diaries in private journals so when i found these letters, i realized they had become friends in the early 30s. An odd couple. Teddy marched around everywhere during wrestling and boxing. Weighing between 250 350. Not doing much wrestling or boxing at that time but they liked each other. Opposites almost attractive. So he brings him into his cabinet and becomes the most important person in his cabinet. They want him to run against taft in a Brutal Campaign and because there are two republicans running so then he runs on the bull moose thirdparty Campaign Opening the door for the democratic win so the heartbreak was much greater because of friendship was stronger i love writing about these emotional things it was more than a straight linear story. Woodrow wilson came into the picture and then went back to progressivism. Wilson went back to progressivism big time taking the foundation that was there and built upon it. And what wilson wanted to d
Guest that is exactly where i went. I went to Public School and go to ccd wednesdays and send that got my confirmation in 1955. Spring training. I would go to spring training to write some sort of article and play around and see the players in a relaxed setting. I wrote an article about his quest for the batting title and turned out to be an extraordinary story because i got close to his sister, his mother, his sister and his family, his sister was a big history buff so she came to concorde, my hometown and i took her around and we became friends as a result and in 1986 the year the red sox almost won the world series we were talking, i mentioned wade boggs had a broken rib and we didnt think the doctor was taking good care of him, we have to get him to another doctor, they said he should go to a different doctor and what happened is the mother called wade boggs, he told her he loved her and then she was killed in a car crash with her mother, his grandmother and mother were gone and fo