She has written several books including her most recent, a biography of jane madison. Lynn cheney, what was your secret service name when you are second lady . Author. How did you get that. Well they picked a letter of the offer belt and every one on related details had a code name that start with the letter. Ours was a period so author just seems in nature and my husband was angler because his vision habits are well known. Use wrote seven books as second lady. Well it was a good way to stay at a trouble. Host did your writing style change while youre in office . Guest know but my subject matter to you. I had been working on a book on education when dick was chosen to be Vice President. It wasnt as though the book i was working on really contradicted anything that president bush was saying on the campaign trail and working on this president. It was just from a different angle. It just seemed to me, inappropriate and confusing to put out a book, setting forth my ideas on education since
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Books including her most recent, a biography of James Madison. It just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. It was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a Childrens Book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. I love those books till today. Host you are a history buff. Is that fair to say . Guest yes i am. Host you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. Guest we did theres no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. Sometimes i think our young people, our children dont learn about the greatness of this country, dont learn about what makes us exceptional. Host the beginning of telling the truth you are chair
It just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. It was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a Childrens Book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. I love those books till today. Host you are a history buff. Is that fair to say . Guest yes i am. Host you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. Guest we did theres no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. Sometimes i think our young people, our children dont learn about the greatness of this country, dont learn about what makes us exceptional. Host the beginning of telling the truth you are chairman of the National Endowment for the humanities. Guest yes, so