tonight, but also getting to nikki haley. i saw your coverage of nikki haley in the last hour. just a little before you started that. in new hampshire tonight. she was asked a pretty simple question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer that did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour, and explain why she gave that answer. lawrence, i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77-year-old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he dn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world, and while he
Adam. Im sure if you ask most people to write a book on their place of work, they would rather do just about anything else. So what induced you to want to write a book about the times . Good question. First, thanks for having me on the show. You know, i have always admired and wanted to work for the New York Times since i was a student in college and one of the books i read is as a college student, i think pretty early on was gay talese, his book at the times, and its something i always thought about the important you raise a really good point in your question. Im writing a history. So basically this book goes from 1977 through 2016. There are a bunch of advantages of that. For one thing, im not, for the most part, writing about people who are there, or to put it more directly. Writing for people i work with or about a few exceptions. But generally thats really the case. But more than that, in terms of approaching a project like this, there was a level of candor from the people that i
I have always admired and wanted to work New York Times since i was a student in college, and one of the bookses i read as a college student, i think, or pretty early on was a book on the times. Its something i always thought about. You raise a really good point, your question. Basically, this book goes from 19772016. There are a bunch of advantages of that. For one thing, im not writingwr about people who are there, or more directly, writing about people i work with or about. More than that,at in terms of approaching a project like this, there was a level of candor and also access to documents that i hoped i would have if i was writing about the present. If i was writing a contemporaneous book about the times, i dont see a way to do it while i was still working there, and i dont think i would want too do it e, actually. Ing as much as i expected and maybe more so the benefit of time has really been critical in terms of assessing what is important, what matters, what doesnt but also ge
We have here two very accomplished authors who are known in part their writing about the american south. And theyre both from the american south. And the occasion is the publication Howell Raines new book a silent cavalry, which covers some interesting ideas about how the white southerners have responded more favorably to the civil rights notes to the civil war, to not to the civil war, but where supporters of opponents of succession. Thats what im trying to say. How i was born in birmingham and got a masters from birmingham, southern, a masters from the university of alabama. He worked for three southern newspapers, joined the times in 1978. As of correspondent in atlanta. He then White House Correspondent and then became deputy Washington Correspondent Bureau chief to became then London Bureau chief, then became Washington Bureau chief. As you can see, he was moving up the ladder. Then he was editor of the editorial for eight years and. Finally, in 2000, one was named executive edito
We have here two very accomplished authors who are known in part their writing about the american south. And theyre both from the american south. And the occasion is the publication Howell Raines new book a silent cavalry, which covers some interesting ideas about how the white southerners have responded more favorably to the civil rights notes to the civil war, to not to the civil war, but where supporters of opponents of succession. Thats what im trying to say. How i was born in birmingham and got a masters from birmingham, southern, a masters from the university of alabama. He worked for three southern newspapers, joined the times in 1978. As of correspondent in atlanta. He then White House Correspondent and then became deputy Washington Correspondent Bureau chief to became then London Bureau chief, then became Washington Bureau chief. As you can see, he was moving up the ladder. Then he was editor of the editorial for eight years and. Finally, in 2000, one was named executive edito