At 10 00 p. M. , Michael Tanner on the national debt. And at 11 00, the life of president at assassin john wilkes booth. All next on booktv. Glenn beck in your most recent back, it is about islam what do you open with Thomas Jefferson and the library of congress . Guest because jefferson changed my life. He wrote a letter to his nephew, peter carr, and peter was i dont remember 13, 15, somewhere in there and he was his mother had tied. His father was about to die. And the father within to thomas and said, will you oversee the education of my son when i pass on. Youre he smartest man i know. He said sure. So when peter comes of age he writes him this beautiful letter and he says, in mathematics you have to learn these things. When it comes to literature, never read a birth out of its native tongue because you lose to much. Then he gets to last one is religion and he said, when it comes to religion, above all things fix reason firmly in her seat and question with boldness even the very e
Beating. And it stood. It cant keep doing this. Somebodys going to take advantage, and i think theres a lot of people that want to take advantage of this time, and if we dont heal ourselves we will fall. Lincoln was right. It wont come from the outside. It will have to be national suicide, and i think the outside hitting us, when were so divided, national suicide. Host it is about islam. The name of glenn becks latest book. This is booktv on cspan2. Now on booktv, michael oren talks about his year at israels ambassador to the United States and shares his reflections on the arab spring and the israelipalestinian Peace Process. [inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Good afternoon. Thank you for your patience. Im suzanne call, the director of events and program at the store, and on behalf of our owners and staff id like to welcome you to politic and prose. Please turn off or sigh veins your cell phones and after the event we ask you leave your chair, and youre welcome to stay. We have
Obedience in his will, recent i just moved out to dallas, texas, to be the president and ceo of the National Center for policy analysis. Who wouldve ever thought after i came out to speak to them us to convert that they would offer me that incredible position of a 31 yearold conservative policy center. I think it a listen for that spirit was the focus . Its tax policy, time and attention policy, health care, education, energy and ashes get a policy. Since they have an old paratrooper now we can delve into that more. National security is becoming a lot more prominent issue for the american people. Whats the advantage or disadvantage of being located in dallas spending and National Policy the Great Adventures that we are not inside the beltway so we are not dated by the political things that go on to the where part of the waffle house crowd. A lot of these things, you can talk in the world of think tanks and talking Academic Work but you have to get the everyday american citizen to under
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Has been occasions by bidding farewell forever to those with him most of us whom most of us have associated all our lives. Many people came over the oregon 1843, theeen beginning of the big migration that came west, most people walking the trail. Just imagine walking for 815 miles. It was six months of really tough, tough work. But diaries like this that are full of rich in detail and reflective of what is happening are just gems. And Abigail Scott duniway is an example of one of the great diaries. She describes what is happening between the people. She describes troubles that have been. Anddescribes the landscape the scenery and it is clear, you get a pretty good idea that she is a good writer. And that skill served her well later on in her career as a leader in the suffrage movement. Abigail Scott Duniway was i think the third of 12 children born to her parents. They lived in illinois. The father was a farmer and her mother a farm wife. It was a very arduous life to lead, especially