I am a id like to say veteran journalist as opposed to an old journalist. I spent many years in nashville, daily media, the now defunct nashville banner where Michael Mccall toiled at one time and later with the tennessean. You can boo in his if you want, but cannot wont hear you. So i ran off entertainment sections at both newspapers that had a full page of books every week. Those were the days, right . And now thank thankfully for chapter 16 and other we at Washington Post and and so on we can we can so you can you can get a bunch of book reviews lots of places, but they actually have a curated by folks with with a brand you trust is harder to come by a brand thats that much trusted. Is Holly Gleason. To my left whos author of said book. Whats the whats the full prime prime item . Prime preying on prime interviews and encounters and it it dropped just recently, correct . September the september 12th. So thats recent in my world. And well talk all about the genesis of the book and and
Who has written a book about the grimkes a family that included most slaveowners and abolitionists. Joining us now is beverly gage. Her newest book is genius J Edgar Hoover and the making of the American Century. You won the Los Angeles Times book award for biography last night. I did. Ask and you have already won the bancroft prize. Correct. In your speech last night you referred to J Edgar Hoover as complicated and terrible. Why do you use the word terrible . I think one of his main influences over this vast swath of time that he was director of the fbi were real invasions and violations of people as individuals, social movements, people engaged in perfectly legal activity. A lot of that came from his own ideas and desire to control what was happening. I think there are some of the worst things he did and major features of his legacy. How did he get started with the fbi and when . It was almost fainted that J Edgar Hoover would end up doing this. He was born in washington in 1895 and
You, if you walk out of room the parnassus tent is right in front of you. You buy your copies of this book, and our three authors will be signing at the very next tent behind it. So thank you all for your time coming today. And lets thank these three authors. My name is pat embry. I am a id like to say veteran journalist as opposed to an old journalist. I spent many years in nashville, daily media, the now defunct nashville banner where Michael Mccall toiled at one time and later with the tennessean. You can boo in his if you want, but cannot wont hear you. So i ran off entertainment sections at both newspapers that had a full page of books every week. Those were the days, right . And now thank thankfully for chapter 16 and other we at Washington Post and and so on we can we can so you can you can get a bunch of book reviews lots of places, but they actually have a curated by folks with with a brand you trust is harder to come by a brand thats that much trusted. Is Holly Gleason. To my
we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union 221 years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched america s improbable experiment in democracy. the document they produced was eventually signed, but ultimately unfinished. it was stained by this nation s original sin of slavery. i chose to run for president at this moment in history because i believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes, that we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. this belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the american people. but it also comes from my own story. i m the son of a black man from kenya and a wh
san francisco home. the attack was intentional. quote, not random. new details are emerging about the suspects blog posts. multiple senior law enforcement officers firmly with the case are telling nbc news that the posts take aspects of liberal anti establish ideas to more recent posts. they espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism. both sides of the aisle are reacting to the attack. that includes vice president harris. i think that we are looking at a time in our country where there is so much discourse fueled by hate and division. anyone who professes to be a leader, they have to really understand the meaning and impact of there words, their posture. also developing, vice president biden voted earlier today in wilmington, delaware. he was alongside first-time voter and granddaughter. the midterms were ten days away. more than 20 million americans have now voted early. let s lk at the breakdown by party. you can see it right there. 35 republican, 4