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He was definitely an engaging teacher and as you mentioned his experiments influence a lot of people including including you. [inaudible] this is a bit of a followon and im still trying to formulate what is probably a very elementary question but you talk about all the research you did and obviously he mixes in real historical characters with his primary fictional characte characters. Was he primarily using fiction to illuminate history and historical forces or using history to illuminate human ...

Of each other. I think after the early 1920s, they were not really friends, but the intriguing details for me, at least, in 1947, exactly the moment the case begins in public life, trilling publishing a novel called the journey, and its clear one of the characters in the book is based on Whittaker Chambers. He appears in fiction, the public sphere at the exact same moments, and trilling uses chambers to be a symbol for the infatuation with communism, move away from communism, and also as a lens ...

This month. Three or four books that i think particularly good. I wish i could take credit. And the Brilliant Communications director came up with this. No one is going to be interested in what i am reading. Surprisingly has become quite a bit. They like it. Interestingly, the kind of like to know what your thinking about. It is kind of refreshing. It actually reads a little class action. Thank you. It was fun. What are you reading this summer . Tell us what is on your Summer Reading list. Posta...

Thank you for coming. It is an interesting time for the Housing Market. I guess we could have said that any time in the last five years are so. Things are changing a bit. After more than five years of declining markets, we seem to be doing somewhat better. Home prices are going up. Foreclosures are at a fiveyear low. On the other hand, we are still suffering from a serious overhang from the crisis. More than 4 million households have lost their homes through foreclosure. This has been bad for fa...

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] good afternoon. My name is christine pelosi. I chaired the California Democratic womens party caucus. And it is my honor to introduce to you for members of my caucus who happened to be four amazing, powerful, effective leaders. We have with us today the very first africanamerican councilwoman, from antioch, california, and a graduate and executive of the womens caucus, Monica Wilson. [applause] next to monica is my former assemblywoman and ...

Say egypt has been a very important element in the stability of the middle east over the past 25 years. It is hard to calibrate. California gregoire they are, where theyre going. The president of egypt was proposing sweeping constitutional changes a few weeks ago. It is very unclear. Whether you freeze the kind of aid at this point or slowdown is a very legitimate question. Host the news of the morning, latest Unemployment Rate remains unchanged. 7. 8 . The economy adding 155,000 jobs in decembe...

You can also find us online. End us a tweet to [video clip http twitter. Com cspanwj. Also email us at journal c span. Org. Heres a headline from the new york time. S. Wall street journal the hill has a recent story this is from last week. The House Speaker prepare we would like to hear what you think. To give us some context, let us listen to what House Minority Leader Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said yesterday on nbcs meet the press. We have to use leverage and congress to get the p...

As we begin this new legislative year, we can now look ahead from sandy, ahead from the national recession, to a brighter day for new jersey. The author bern williams once said, man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. For all i have seen and experienced as your governor in this extraordinary year, one experience will be indelibly etched in my memory. Her name is ginjer. As i walked around the parking lot of the Fire Department in Port Monmouth in one of the days soon after ...

Reelection of the president. Well have live coverage here on cspan. [video clip] Vice President biden will preside over it. The question were asking this morning, will this congress be any different . You can join the conversation giving us a call at 2027370001 and 2027370002 for republicans and for independents is 2026280205. Join the conversation social media and facebook. Or send us an email. Well continue to show you the numbers. Lets look at some of the headlines on this friday morning begi...

And the public ceremonies will be held here on the west side of the capitol. And that swearing in will be held in about a week officially it will be held on the 20th but that falls on a sunday this year so the public ceremonies and parade will be held on monday 21st. Of course president obama and Vice President biden swearing in for their second terms will be the 57th inauguration and you can watch the public ceremonies including the swearing in at noon eastern here on cspan. Well also show you ...