Its the Eric Metaxas Show although today not only Eric Metaxas Show but also cspans booktv. Why . First of all, why not . Secondly, because my guest today on the Eric Metaxas Show is David Horowitz. Weve had them on this program before but he has a new book out called mortality and faith reflections on a journey through time. Wouldnt it be nice if cspans booktv would let me interview him for the purposes and guess what, they did and here he is. Welcome to new york city. Are you not from new york . Originally in the 50s, 60 years ago. Thats originally. You have a new book out, so my books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative, but in your book radical son where you talk about your life story, you reveal a side of his that i as read would say, i would call a good writer. You would not just something with great ideas but you write will. In this book im probably not the first one to call it a lead geac. It has a beautiful tone to it, ruminations on mortality and
You have so many books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book, radical son where you talk but your life story, you reveal the side of yourself i as a writer would say i would call a good writer. Youre not just somebody with great ideas but you write well, and in this book, im probably not the first one to call it it has beautiful tone to it, resume nations, obviously on mortality and faith. Thats the title. When you decided to write this book well, let me ask you a simple question. Why did you write this book . People might assume radical son is your story. That was the story of my political transformation from a leftist, somebody who described himself as a marxist revolutionary to a conservative. At what point did you stop describing yourself as a marxist revolutionary, what year roughly. Roughly 1974, when a woman that i had recruited to keep the books nor black Panther Party was murdered by the panthers. That really was the end of my career
Wouldnt it be nice if the spandrel tv would letth me interview him for their purposes and guess what . They did. Here he is. Welcome to new york city. Arent you from new york . Originally. Fifty or 60 years ago. Thats originally. You have a new book out, so many books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book, radical son, where you talk about your life story you reveal a side of yourself that i, as a writer, would call a good writer. You are not just someone with great ideas but right well and in this book and probably not the first one to call it in elegiac. It has a beautiful tone to it, ruminations on mortality in faith and that is the title but when you decided to write this book let me ask you a simple question but why did you decide to write this book . A lot of people who read your book radical son maybe would assume that your story. That was the story of my political transformation, as it were from a leftist and someone who described as
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