On occasion metadata and its a fascinating thing. Its typically sometimes recommended to them and put together. I think that we are going to do lincoln this month and we are going to have three or four that are particularly good. But i wish i could take credit for that idea. I said nobody is going to be interested in what im reading and surprisingly its become a question i get in my district quite a bit. They like to know what youre thinking about and they hope its not just politics all the time. Its kind of refreshing. It actually has little connection between you and some of your constituents. Representative, thank you. Up next after words with guest host Juan Williams missed for the hill. This week syndicated columnist cal thomas and his latest book what works Commonsense Solutions for a stronger america. He argues that solving the countrys problems start with looking at what worked in the past and discarding politics. This program is about an hour. We are joined by couch on this in
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