[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. I am a library to room i welcome all to the city of fairfax regional library. Thank you for coming. Todays event is part of the Literary Festival at the festival runs through friday, september 30th. Be sure to pick up a program or visit for information about other author events about the region. The website also has an app you can download on your phone or tablet. Please help us also by filling out a survey over there. At the end of this event, books will be available for sale and signing at the book sale table at the door there. Thank you all for providing us with the service. Claudia calvin is a local journalist and author who specializes in the field of medicine, Mental Health and science. Her articles have appeared in newsweek, smithsonian, Scientific American and numerous other publications in print and online. Features cover stories for newsweek for 17 years on a variety of subjects and reporting has won numerous awards including
Government. The book is called bureaucrat king origin and underpinning of america bureaucratic state and paul hills dale college is the author. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Welcome to tucson on booktv located 60 miles north of the u. S. Mexico border. It was founded by spanish missionaries in the 1600s. Today it is a population of over half a million people, and is home to the university of arizona and the national park. With help of our Cox Communication cable partner for 90 minutes explore with local authors. There are a number of misconceptions about arizona and history an one of them is that all of the mexicans here are immigrants from mexico. But like the out of town people, people say we didnt cross the border, the board or crossed us. The city destroyed 80 acres this is the most densely populated area in the city of tucson
The National Press clubs annual book fair and authors night in washington d. C. And later this month well be live from the Miami Book Fair on november 19th and 20th. Our coverage includes author discussions and callin programs featuring senator Bernie Sanders, fox news host dana perino and National Book Award Finalist coulson whitehead. For more information about the book fairs and festivals booktv will be covering and to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] well, thank you, everyone, for coming. Were so well, on behalf of rick mcarthur, harpers magazine and book culture, were so pleased to be here to celebrate born on third base a 1 er makes the case for tackling inequality, bringing wealth home and committing to the common good. That author is Chuck Collins and, again, were so happy to have him here for our talk. Harpers magazine has a vested interest in keeping important written word in circulationing, and
National review institute its president Lindsey Craig and fellow trusties including here and now rich lowery and stan, if i forgot anyone, you will let me know. I would like to welcome you about a conversation, an important new book, a torch kept lit, great lives of the 20th century. My name is jack fowler and im the publisher of National Review. [laughter] [applause] the institute is our sister organization, a nonprofit educational entity founded 25 years ago by William F Buckley, jr. [applause] its mission to advance the conservative principles bill champion, complement the mission of the magazine and support National Reviews best talent and preserve and promote the buckley legacy. Indeed, the institute that is formally launched a buckley legacy project and there was literature here explaining its plans and vision, in this last year the institute through this project haskell braited the anniversaries of two important and lasting aspects of the buckley legacy. The marvelous Interview
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