Books and authors. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on booktvs after words, our weekly Author Interview program. Manhattan Institute Senior fellow Heather Mac Donald looked at the state of policing in america. Ney that would ya holt profiled the women instrumental in the development of americas Space Program in the 1940s and 50s. And historian pamela haig looked at the history of gun ownership in america. In the coming weeks, karen greenberg, director of the center on National Security at fordham university, will report on the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. Eric fehr will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. Also coming up, wall street journal columnist Kimberly Strassel will argue the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. And this weekend republican congressman darrell issa talks about his time as chairman o
Separation of powers, the legislative power clause of the constitution giving Congress Power to make laws, the story behind that, why we didnt want a king, and how the system of government was set up, how we stood up and proposed we have a king and the Founding Fathers objected to this idea, soundly rejected it. Too much power in one person or group of people in the drift away from separation of powers is something incompatible not just with the constitution itself but stories behind it. Booktv wants to know what you are reading. Tweet of your answer at booktv or posted on our facebook change, facebook. Com booktv. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. I direct Foreign Policy institute and im delighted to welcome you to this evenings Foreign Policy institute conversation with Michele Wucker, she produced an excellent book, the gray rhino how to recognize and act on the obvious dangers we ignore. It is wonderful to welcome michelle, i am grateful to her for putting the site
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