[applause] if you would help us by falling appears shares, the books are available at the front. Years. I am happy to sign them. Every weekend book tv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2. And watch any of our past programs online and booktv. Org. Sylvia dudes morris recalls the life of a conservative commentator. Her a election to congress, her tenure as ambassador to italy, and a political and personal life. His program lasts about an hour. Sylvia jukes morris recounts the life of the late conservative commentator and congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce. The author reports on lucs tenure as board to italy and her political and personal life. This program lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] i am the senior director of programs and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house, and it is my great pleasure to welcomeou here to it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to tonights very special discussion of price of
Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce. The author reports on lucs tenure as board to italy and her political and personal life. This program lasts about an hour. [inaudible conversations] i am the senior director of programs and chief operating officer here at roosevelt house, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you here to tonights very special discussion of price of fame the honorable Clare Boothe Luce, by sylvia jukes morris. Price of fame is the second in a twovolume biography of ms. Luce. The first volume was published 17 years ago, and as the wall street journal has written, both books are really models of a biographers art, meticulously researched, sophisticated, fairminded and compulsively readable. Now, we are, of course, gathered for tonights discussion here in the former home of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt where i think it is probably safe to assume that Clare Boothe Luce was not a regular social visitor. [laughter] mrs. Luces relationship with the roosevelts was, one might
Sundays in february, American History tv is airing a selection of oral history interviews with former korean war pows recorded by the korean war legacy foundation. First interview is charles ross who soon after enlisting in the army in 1947 became a sergeant in a small unit in south korea. He was captured by the chinese and held as a p. O. W. From 1950 to 1953 today at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time here on American History tv on cspan 3. February is black History Month and the cspan bus is on the road visiting the top historically black colleges and universities to speak with faculty and discuss Public Policy issues and highlight their role in americas education system. This tuesday will be in Fisk University followed by moore House College and Spellman College in atlanta. Historian and author of victoria kastner of William Randolph herself. Her story herself castle about reconstructing the estate in california. The author hosted this event in november of 2000. Now pleased to introduce to y
Stuart 10 minutes from now we will get the official announcement. Using the term fired. We will take you there live. Colonel ralph peters will be listening and. Commentary from him after the official announcement. Look at this. The dow closing in on 18,000. Charles payne is here. What do you think . This market just want to go up. I think you are on board. It could be the day after thanksgiving. We got so many wednesday morning. Personal spending, consumption, durable goods. Durable goods, i will be watching. To me, that is the key right now. Trillions of dollars putting it back into the economy. How much of it is coming at the expense of saving. How much of it is a real improvement in wages. Stuart i was coming down new jersey this morning, 2. 55 for a gallon of gas in new jersey. Starting to see these trends before gas so. I worked nine hours yesterday. On a sunday. Stuart look at oriole. 70 a barrel range. We are about 74, 75 a barrel right now. The real story is the price of gasoli
Enterprises that are designed to make revenue and not facilitate creativity and the people that work there are private employees not public servants. You also write, astra taylor, in order to find the world you are looking for other options would be to demand that radio and television broad casters play te rate for technology or maybe thy technology compatible. Guest there is an idea that the tool kits of the preinternet age like you know the idea of public broadcasting and public media and the idea of grants to fund things or i dont know the National Endowment for the arts or all of these things seem like they are obsolete because we leave in a digital age. And the internet is somehow technilogically behind regulations and i did go through basic examples and there are lots i dont talk about in the book but public subsaharsidies and the public isnt reaping the rewards. They are going into private hands at a disporportianate rate. We give it to Wireless Companies who pay less than the m