Atlantic, the guardian, the new republic, the washington post, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. He lives in los angeles please join me in giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and it reads and talks about his book. [applause] thanks allie. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. [laughter] thank you all for being here but think to skylight for having me. I moved to l. A. A little over a year a ago people told me it rit away this is the bookstore youve got to come too. So here i am. Thanks for being here with me. I think what i am going to do is read an excerpt from the first chapter of the opening of the first chapter which is the first part i wrote for this book it was sort of the scene that sets the stage for the rest of the book. Im going to read a short excerpt from that and then im going to talk a little bit about the book itself the themes behind thend book, how i came to write it. Why i wanted to write it. Then i will read another short excerpt, i pr
Please join me in giving him a huge round of applause while they comes out and talks about his book. [applause] thanks. Thanks to come out of retirement for this event. And thank you all for being here. Thanks to skylight so much for having me. I moved to l. A. A little over a year ago, and people dont know right away this was a bookstore you have to come to. So here i am. So thanks for being here with me. I think what im going to do is im going to read just a little excerpt from the first chapter, the opening of the first chapter, which is a first part that i wrote for this book. It was a sort of seemed that sets the stage for the rest of the book. So im just goingng to read a short excerpt from that, at that im going to talk a little bit about just the book itself, the themes behind the book, how it came to ride, why i wanted to write it. And then ill read another little short excerpt. I promise they are very short. And then we will have audience q a. So the name of this book is an a
In los angeles in this is americas late news fox news at night. And breaking tonight the battle of the flags. The Palestinian Flag has flown on so many College Campuses this week but today administers at George Washington university ordered the large American Flag directly above a sea of pro Palestinian Protesters. You see right there flying high on the statue of George Washington. And earlier this week the nypd toward down a Palestinian Flag and raise the Stars Stripes once again on the university of new yorks campus in these unc Frat Brothers defended the flag amid pro palestinian protests on their campus. More on that later. Those of course our snapshots of the campus chaos that is gripped so many colleges this week. Campuses have been trash. Learning has certainly been lost in Graduation Ceremonies have been canceled. While many protesters argue a powerful point has been made. Certainly some universities will never be the same. Weve got Fox Team Coverage here in los angeles but fir
Colliding with a car. Dozens of colliding with a car. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. An increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers the promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Putting pressure on rishi rises. Putting pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative Party Conference. Jeremy hunt has told the times he wants to stop the vicious cycle of ever rising taxes , but ruled out tax rising taxes, but ruled out tax cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, whos organised the pledge , says whos organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word and all too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised, that is why this tax pledge