But i know what youre talking about. I was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, they said i always liked him because he was smart and funny. Now i also know that he is a beautiful human being. So i want to thank you very, very much, for this remarkable event. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. [applause] i also want to thank bob weisberg for a remarkable conversation as well. Thank you, bob. [applause] this is booktv on cspan two, television for ear juice readers serious readers. We have astrophysicist kneel degrass tyson lead as discussion on the universe. Mit professor Heather Hendershot, remembers william f. Buckleys firing line. We wrap up the lineup at 11 45, with author courtney martin, she talks about her latest book, the new better off. Reinventing the american dream. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Welcome to the Hoover Institutions washington, d. C. Office. My name is mike franc. Im the director here. It is my real pleasure today to be a
But i know what youre talking about. I was standing in the back and someone whispered in my ear, they said i always liked him because he was smart and funny. Now i also know that he is a beautiful human being. So i want to thank you very, very much, for this remarkable event. Thank you for being here tonight. Thank you. [applause] i also want to thank bob weisberg for a remarkable conversation as well. Thank you, bob. [applause] this is booktv on cspan two, television for ear juice readers serious readers. We have astrophysicist kneel degrass tyson lead as discussion on the universe. Mit professor Heather Hendershot, remembers william f. Buckleys firing line. We wrap up the lineup at 11 45, with author courtney martin, she talks about her latest book, the new better off. Reinventing the american dream. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Welcome to the Hoover Institutions washington, d. C. Office. My name is mike franc. Im the director here. It is my real pleasure today to be a
Managing the congress. It becomes a detrimental, but really when youre talking about structural legislative problems, that really is one way in which Lyndon Johnson was much better positioned than almost any president in modern memory. I think we have time for one more question. A question for both of you. It when you talk about being less critical of politicians going forward, are you talking about the number of times or just what our criticisms are . I think there will always be an abundance of things about which we should be critical of politicians, and certainly when i was talking about before in terms of inflated rhetoric in the sense that the public cannot take reality and truth is something we should ask more of from our politicians and do it in a concerted fashion. What i was trying to suggest as we hold them to re our standard in terms of understanding with the important issues are going to be in a moment whereas when you look back in history you really see that is beyond thei
Next encore booknotes. Jill krementz was a guest on booknotes in 1997 to talk about her book the writers desk a collection of authors and photos photos. Cspan jill krementz, photographer, you have a book out called the writers desk. Whats it all about . Guest its a collection of my photographs over it period of 30 years of writers and i photographed over 1500 rider so of course its not all the writers. My favorite pictures of a lot of the writers at their desks but they are all writers that there had desks or near their desks or behind their desks. Somewhere theres a desk in the picture. Literally or figuratively. Cspan why did you pick this for the covert . Guest i suppose because its one of my favorite photographs. I think its pretty recognizable now so people would know it was my book and because i think that it is a picture about a writer. Its a picture about a writers place and i think you feel looking at that picture that of course this is where she would write. Its like her writ
The days following september 11, 2012, the u. S. Mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. An email showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. Ben rhodes writing in an email two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy. Joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger. Matt kominski and columnist Mary Anastasia ogrady. Matt, i thought all the emails were supposed to have been released long ago. How did this turn up now . And so did congress. And all the media. This one came out of the request from judicial watch, conservative watchdog group, who put in a freedom of information act request, saying theres more stuff there, we want to see it. That they fought it, but they eventually released it last month, and among these 41 documents turn it over to committee, th