my name is david brooks and we are here to talk about a book called the neoconservative persuasion selected essays, 1942-2009, and the book was written by or consists of writings written by irving kristol. irving kristol is not here because he died last year in september, but we are joined by his son, bill kristol who will probably need no introduction for anybody watching this. bill kristol grew up in new york i know your resume. used to be my boss at harvard university, taught at penn, worked for william bennett of the education department and dan quayle and edits a fine magazine rory stuart called the weekly standard . just go very well done. host: i thought we d start by you but your dad s life because they think neoconservatism and a lot of american conservatism flows out of his life and the first thing i want to ask you about was his upbringing, the social class he was raised in and what i guess your grandfather did because they think those roots informed a lot of