This evening, it is my pleasure and such a treat. First of all, any time to come out to this neck of the woods, but certainly to get to participate this evening with todd wilkenson and you this evening. I want to start with, you have other properties. Youre all of the world, but you have for here in montana. What brought you out here and make you fall in love with this country . It is just a beautiful place. The people look beautiful. The weather is great. It is just the closest thing to have and that i have found on the surface. [applause] i like the rocky mountain. The conservation easement is a big one on the flying properties. What possessed you to preserve that much land . Temporary insanity. No. I loved it and i did not want to see it developed except for wildlife and nature. What about obviously you had been at the forefront of returning that creature to our native landseer. What made you fall in love and then decide to do the kind of work, breaking down the fences, restoring th
This week on q a, pulitzer prizewinning author and columnist, gretchen morganson discusses her new book with Joshua Rosner titled Reckless Endangerment. Cspan gretchen morganson, in your book, Reckless Endangerment, next to the picture of James Johnson county rate this the calculating political operative, johnson was an ominous architect of the homeownership rate that almost destroyed the economy in 2008. Why so much on his shoulders . Guest brian, we have to go back in time. A crisis doesnt happen overnight and if you want to understand what happened to create this mortgage bubble and the ensuing crisis, you have to go back to the early 90s when fannie mae and freddie mac were under a little bit of pressure from congress because the the s l crisis. Congress was concerned maybe there were losses sitting in these Mortgage Finance giants that were caused by public, was a pirate. The republican at the government had started them, that they had private shareholders, said they were operatin
Host how far was your boyhood home . Guest i was born in South Central, picot union which is a pretty heavily hispanic area. And then my dad moved up to South Central. We were the second black family on the block, and within five years the whole block was all black. Host larry elder, theres a picture on the front of your book, very quickly. And i promise then well go to calls. What is this a picture of . Guest thats a picture of my dads restaurant. And if you can look very closely in there, you can see my dad leaning over there. Its one of the rare only photos we have of my dads cafe. Thats where i was born, in that little house right there. My dad tore it down after the place was zoned for Light Industrial and built the restaurant there. Lousy location. You cant see it, but the food was so good, people found their way. Host and you hated working there. Guest i wouldnt stand working for you. He cursed at me. He would get volatile and start yelling and screaming. You can see how small i
Host our guest, larry elder. Radio talk show host, columnist. The firms are up on the the numbers are up on the screen. Were talking about his most recent book which is a memoir. Mr. Elder writes a lot about politics as people who follow him know. If youd like to dial in and talk about that as well, 2025853885 in the east and central time zones, 5853886 if youre in the mountain or pacific time zone where we are right now on the campus of usc. Mr. Elder, chapter two, if norl was hate. My hatred for my father was not the kind where you get a spanking, seethe for a bit and things go pack to number go back the number because you realize he punishes you because he loves you. Norm was intimidation. Normal was tense. Normal was wondering if you would Say Something that could set him off. Normal was hate. Yeah. When people look at me and im smiling, they often wonder why is it that im so sort of nonchalant about it. Im writing that from the perspective of a child, andering seems romantic, ever
Part i agree with the criticism for not paying much attention to the Legal Profession and for not paying much attention to the professional needs of their, of the students, the future graduates. On the other hand u, the Legal Academy, i think, can also be faulted for not being sufficiently critical of the Legal Profession. So we cant respond to the first problem of inattention by simply servicing the needs of the Legal Profession. There should be a distance between the Legal Profession can and its needs and the Legal Academy and its goals and its isles. Host and this is booktv on cspan2, and weve been talking with georgetown law professor robin west. Teaching law justice, politics and the demands of professionalism is her book. Is there a Nonfiction Author or book youd like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email at booktv cspan. Org or tweet us at twitter. Com booktv. Political strategists mary matalin and James Carville talk about their lives since the 1992 president ial electio