Afterwords is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. The book is americas expiration date. You say, based on the findings that great empires only last about 250 years which means americas time could be up on july 4, 2026. Really . Im not the profit, or the sound of one, but the only thing we have heard is we learn nothing from history. This book of eight empires of great nations. The average length is 250 years. Some lasted longer like the roman empire. All followed the same pattern to decline. Among the characteristics that can attributed to those were Massive National debt. 23 million and growing. Just the interest on it alone is greater than the Gross Domestic Product of some nations. I like president state of the union speech the other night except for one thing. He did not talk about cutting a single government program. This is the only nonpartisan thing that happ
woodruff: margaret warner examines new warnings about the long term use of osteoporosis drugs aimed at rebuilding bones. brown: and gwen ifill talks with biographer robert caro about his latest volume on lyndon johnson, an epic story of history, politics and human rivalries. you hate to use words like hatred as a historian but hatred is not too strong a word to describe the relationship between robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. they hated each other. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we ve been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to sol
woodruff: margaret warner examines new warnings about the long term use of osteoporosis drugs aimed at rebuilding bones. brown: and gwen ifill talks with biographer robert caro about his latest volume on lyndon johnson, an epic story of history, politics and human rivalries. you hate to use words like hatred as a historian but hatred is not too strong a word to describe the relationship between robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. they hated each other. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we ve been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to sol
woodruff: margaret warner examines new warnings about the long term use of osteoporosis drugs aimed at rebuilding bones. brown: and gwen ifill talks with biographer robert caro about his latest volume on lyndon johnson, an epic story of history, politics and human rivalries. you hate to use words like hatred as a historian but hatred is not too strong a word to describe the relationship between robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. they hated each other. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we ve been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to sol