books including her most recent, a biography of james madison. .. it just was from a different angle and it just seemed to me inappropriate and confusing to put out a book setting forth my ideas. it was such a hot topic for president bush, so i started writing a children s book and that was an amazing and gratifying thing to do. i love those books till today. host: you are a history buff. is that fair to say? guest: yes i am. host: you in your book, telling the truth which came out in the late 90s you wrote is sometimes said that a negative slant to what we are teaching now is overreaction to the two positive slant of the past and it is true that in the past we sometimes present a laboratory in our schools. guest: we did there s no question about it but i do think the reaction to that has been extreme. sometimes i think our young people, our children don t learn about the greatness of this country, don t learn about what makes us exceptional. host: the beginning
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