Weekend barton swaim on his experiences as a speechwriter for former South Carolina governor mark bamford. An account of the lives of people in the gulf coast during the American Revolution and a British Council turn spy in charleston, South Carolina and the lead up to the war. For war. For complete schedule visit book tv. Org. Book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. Now on book tv, and interview with amy admin of democracy now. We talk about the human rights violation happening in mexico, and the efforts to bring justice to the perpetrators. Thank you i want to start by saying im sure all of my students will be really happy to get this assigned reading instead of some of the other articles that they have to read to learn about womens humans rights. Its really a very exciting book, telling a very difficult story but in a way that i hope will make people understand better how human rights abuses affect everyday life and what it means to defend
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by aj fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. S ssoranio woodruff the days major headline in the president ial race came far from the campaigns front lines. As the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he wont join the hunt, now or later. I do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. The declaration came from House Speaker paul ryan, in washington hes not running for president , under anywa circumstances. Count me out. I simply believe that if you w
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by aj fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. S ssoranio woodruff the days major headline in the president ial race came far from the campaigns front lines. As the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he wont join the hunt, now or later. I do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. The declaration came from House Speaker paul ryan, in washington hes not running for president , under anywa circumstances. Count me out. I simply believe that if you w
, lozada. And, at 7 00 this morning we open our phones and take a look at this mornings headlines on the washington journal. Announcer this week, Carlos Lozada talks about the books written by the 2016 president ial candidates. Brian Carlos Lozada of the Washington Post. A while back, you went through a whole bunch of books written by president ial candidates. Why . Carlos it started with donald trump. When he launched his campaign this summer, he kept talking about his 1987 book the art of the deal. He kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. It sort of embodied who he was. So i figured i would read it. I never read art of the deal. I thought i might write something about it for the post. I learned he had written many books. Three memoirs, Business Advice books, even a golf book. So i decided to pick a few of them. To see what i could learn about the guy through his own writing. Brian why did he interest you, other than the obvious . Carlos a lot of politici
About his 1987 book the art of the deal. He kept saying we needed a president who could write a book like this. It sort of embodied who he was. So i figured i would read it. I never read art of the deal. I thought i might write something about it for the post. I learned he had written many books. Three memoirs, Business Advice books, even a golf book. So i decided to pick a few of them. Brian why did he interest you, other than the obvious . Carlos a lot of politicians memoirs tend to be sort of formulaic. They are prescreened and scrubbed. They project sort of this bland wholesomeness and all americanness. Trump wrote his before he intended to run for president ever. The first was when he was 41 years old. I thought they might tell me something about him. I thought he would be more interesting than reading all the other sort of longterm politicians, which is the same reason i ended up reading ben carsons books too. Brian what is the number one reason candidates write these books in yo