handwritten notes from blankenship it wasn t even e-mailing, he probably had a quail and some parchment. i would just say that s traditionally how prosecutors go after people there is something else there for generations people were dying in the mines in west virginia and this is the first time they went after them. you mentioned individual prosecutors within the office and said were going to go after this and get the. rights and actually i don t know him but steve ruby who is an individual prosecutor i think his father was involved in the mining example. i really thank you, i thank you for your patience and thank you for coming, and thank rob and thank public citizen and. and this is the book why not jail? rena sizer make sure you get it thank you all very much. [applause]. here s a look at some authors recently featured on book tvs weekly interview program and afterwards. we heard heard from michael tanner about the national debt and entitlement report. ralph
school history teacher and i will try and probably feebley fail to do him justice in describing this beautiful room you ve chosen for your 25th lecture. you have chosen a remarkably historic room. but first, i have to thank the offices of the senate cure rater and historian who prepare histories of our art and rooms. without them this introduction simply wouldn t be possible. so to begin. in the early 1900s the house and the senate decided they had outgrown their space. they commissioned two architects from new york. to build them a house and senate office buildings. those have now become the cannon house office building and the russell senate office building. interestingly, if you know they re sort of mirror images from above. but those two individuals were educated in paris and a part of that education brought this beautiful art that you see around this room. they took great care to design this room. in fact, they spent over a year finding this black vained marble that came