Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco
Happening in michigan right now so thats going to take longer for that to happen but it seems like it is accelerating. They keep wanting to run which isnt going to be anything effective here if you want real democrats to vote for real democrats. Its the Republican Party nationally doing the same thing in the Republican Party. Basically there are two theories. Theres the theory that Ronald Reagans pursuit which is im going to convince people they are on my side and then theres the theory im going to convince people im on their side. They want them to be successful and the one that republicans are pursuing is the one that tends not to be. We know you are on the left that we agree with you most of the time and they are trying to carve off the middle voter. We dont know anymore we are not in the United States. We are in the era of the turnout. They won the vote and lost by 5 million. Its about getting the base out and finding the base and having them turn out in enormous numbers. Who do yo
It cant be explained or afforded. Sed to be joined with you by the bestselling talkshow host ben shapiro, the people versus barack obama coming out in paperback this month and we will talk about that but whats on your mind clicks the president ial race is on my mind. If i have to watch Hillary Clinton faked being a human for much longer im not sure that i can take it. In the animation business it is to say if you ever watch polar express, it is realistic enough that it looks like human beings but not realistic enough while you are watching. Hillary clinton actually has an address and bought while jim her try to imitate human is slightly odd and you wait for the glitch to go off in her head and she turns in from star trek. On the republican side of the aisle its watching them each other and not thinking about the race for a few minutes. How unique are you in los angeles, young jewish, conservative, pretty outspoken. The Orthodox Jews felt right so they tend to vote and the secular cultu
Editor tricked me into starting to write it. I think he thought i would research it forever and never feel like i have the authority. I think when you dont go overseas you never feel like this is your story to tell. I knew when i wrote the manuscript that i had to be making mistakes because frankly its so hard to understand the military culture. There was a funny moment where they were trying to explain to me where she had lived in iraq. I said well was a in afghanistan . And she said no it was a chew. And she said no it was like a container housing unit. She said a shipping container. It required for attempts at translation before i understood what she was trying to say. Its that kind of gulp between the military and civilians. I could turn it around and say isnt it hard to explain what you lived through. Isnt that the reverse question . First i want to say you have every right to write about just as i do so thank you for doing it. You should know there is a continual of credibility i