mother married him he married my mother, or my mother married him. but i was four. he played a big role in my life. he died when i was 37. very sad. but he was an amazing, remarkable man. he did everything. just everything. brian: someone who has never heard of him, what did he do? tyler: he was a remarkable journalist. he invented the washington, d.c., column, which is now occupied by i don t know how many people. and he wrote a column unlike men and he wrote a column, unlike men today or women today, seven days a week, every day of the year. he wrote a column. mostly about washington, but all kinds of things. he flew around the world. started out as a young man interviewing europe s 12 greatest men. that is how he actually started and made a name for himself. brian: where was he from originally? tyler: he was born in evanston, illinois. his father was a professor in english at northwestern. and his dad got a job at swarthmore college in pennsylvania. ien drew was about
he wasn t always right. in fact, he predicted that dewey would win in 1948. but he was right about world war iii. and he talked a lot about that later on in the book, the drew pearson diaries. it covers 1960 to 1969. several places in there, he talks about the danger of war and how the russians he doesn t think the russians really want war. he interviewed the biggest russian leader of that era several times, khrushchev. khrushchev works into his thoughts and dealings with the russians frequently. brian: there is a lot i want to just lay down some of the things he did and tell me if any of this is right or wrong. first to report of general patton slapping the soldier. tyler: 1943. brian: general douglas macarthur sued him for defamation, but pearson threatened to publish his letters from his mistress. tyler: yes. and macarthur backed off. in fact, those letters are still around. i got a call about them several years ago from a guy who just researched them because he was
the lives and careers of several family members including grover cleveland vice president adlai stevenson and two-time democratic democratic illinois governor adlai stevenson second. this originally aired in 1996 and it s about an hour. c-span: jean h. baker, author of the stevensons: a biography of an american family, what s the scope of this book? guest: well, it s pretty broad and it s a long book but it covers a lot of stevenson generations. and it also focuses on the most important, in some ways, of all the stevensons. and that s adlai ewing stevenson ii, who lived from 1900 to 1965 and, of course, was the losing democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. it took me a long time to do and i really was trying hard to look at layers of stevensons and different views of family life, etc., and not only do just a political biography of some of the best known stevensons. c-span: did you ever meet any of them? guest: yes, i did. the most prominent stevensons tha
relationship of the u.s. presidents in the presidents club: inside the world s most exclusive fraternity. and kevin phillips recounts what he believes was the most important year of the american revolution which was 1775, a good year for revolutions. for an extended list of links to various publications 2012 notable book selections, visit booktv.org or our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. in 2008 judge robert bork sat down with eugene meyer, president of the federalist society, on booktv s after words, an hourlong interview program. judge bork discussed a collection of his written works spanning nearly four decades. this interview was taped at judge bork s home in virginia. judge robert bork died on december 19, 2012. host: why did you, why did you collect a time to speak, and is this just a book for lawyers? guest: well, i tried to do the articles in one year or because the intercollegiate studies institute approached me and asked me to collect, to make a sele
the courts. good morning and welcome. i am dean reuter. it is my pleasure to welcome you here today. in the room, or watching on the live stream, or c-span. welcome as we mark the 40th anniversary of the federalist society. i say the word mark purposefully. some applause is appropriate but i am blessed interested in accolades. i am more interested in looking to the future. indeed, my prediction as a veteran of the federalist society is that the federalist society is poised to accomplish more in the next 10 years then it has in the past 40. but, that depends on you. not only is this organization yours, you are the organization. you are the federalist society. the federalist society is nothing more than its volunteer membership. well, maybe the donors too. [laughter] the donors are important. we are a nonprofit organization and we are good at being a nonprofit organization. so, donors are important. the theme of this year s convention is particularly topical. the current stat