the cree credential experts as well, and the reason for that is in the complex and inter connected circumstances of the 21st century, the promises of american life could no longer be filled by the amateur working of the american. it demanded our national life be turned over to knowledgeable experts in the sciences of society that enabled us to manage the growing webs of interdependence, those social engineers would be devoted heart and soul to a grand vision of national purpose or national community, a vision that was all too likely to elude ordinary citizens trapped as they were in shabby local communities still clinging to parochial moral and religious myths. by the early 90s, we had seen the result of the crowley vision. once proud self-reliant citizens were turned into passive, helpless clients dependent on social services, lavishly funded, but poorly designed and ineffectively delivered. if this helped fuel the congressional elections of 1994, how much more is it true th
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the world but one heavily informed by abraham lincoln and american founding. as a result of that is conservatism looks different when it is not pursuing the traditional or economic liberty at the highest end of human endeavor. we are in favor of limited government and the great ideas of the west and our book reviewer is an intellectual one after political, philosophical subjects, religious and historical subjects, it takes a high tone towards ideas and politics. how far are the campuses from where we are? 35 miles. basically the last city going east in los angeles county. as soon as you pass through claremont you arrive at san bernardino county. we have the american enterprise institute, somebody we know quite well in washington d.c.. this is what you write. this is what he writes. he writes conservative intellectuals in particular are in eclipse at the moment. the leading figures on the right tend to be the media celebrities of talk radio and cable tv and make up in de
.. we don t want tor whereby enemy. you attacked americans, and now we re there and we re not leaveing until we get the job done. mark, your book talking to terrorists is a book i can recommend. i want to say thank you for chatting with me and enduring my question. it s been a pleasure. thanks a lot. and that is book tv s live coverage of the los angeles times book festival. it s the largest public literary festival in the country. now in its 15 year. the l.a. times book festival is expected to atrack 13,000 people over the next two days. book tv will be here live covering panels and bringing authors on our set for call. ins. kick off with tim-and-a-half tally. he s the author of several books and serves as the director of the richard nixon library in nearby yorbalinda. then nomi prins. it s a book about the 2008 financial crisis. she is also based in california. then our first author panelful day. it s called history ride rising above oppression. and during
discussion in good weather. the second is that this is an opportunity for people to listen to authors talk about their books, talk about the ideas that inform their books and respond to questions. you know, when you write a book, you re not sure who s going to read it. you put a book out there, and it move ofs around and goes to public libraries, some people buy it, so this is not a one-way street here. this is not just authors talking at people, it s people who have read their books asking them questions and sharing their stories and explaining how their books, what their books meant to them. so it s a love fest. host: well, as a presidential historian i want to ask about a couple of recent books that have come out and get your take. david rem nick s is writing a new biography out of this world, about barack obama. are these important books and what do they add to the lexicon of knowing more about president obama? guest: well, you know, history proceeds in stations, and
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