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An idea whose time has come looks at the political battles involved in passing the Civil Rights Act, 50 years ago this summer and regarded as one of the most significant legislative achievements of the moment. Todd burnham spent years at the white house as Diplomatic Correspondent Dan Los Angeles bureau chief, now National Editor of vanity fair. And david ship hells waking from the dream tracks the history of the Movement Since the death of dr. King. David chappell is professor of modern America...

Panel celebrating the publication of democratization and authoritarianism in the erab world edited by Larry Diamond and me and published by the Johns Hopkins university press. If im not mistaken, this is the 30th journal of democracy book at Johns Hopkins has published since the series began in 1993. These volumes, which mostly but not exclusively draw up on articles that previously appeared in the journal have addressed a very wide range of regional issues related to democratization around the ...

Havent understood that they are in this battle and youre not going to win a battle with much less a war if you dont know that you are in a war and so i think its very important for conservatives to understand the past, because if you dont understand the past, youre not going to know how to chart the future. We have had as a movement in my opinion our guns pointed at the wrong target. We have been focused on the democrats, pelosi, reid and obama and that has been a mistake because the opponent is...

Mind. You must fight confusion, you must fight fear. And this was when theres great physical fatigue and when theres great mental fatigue, your mind gets worn out. The ability to persevere through that mental fog is another test. And thirdly, to dominate your spirit, to drive your will, to constantly go forward. To be able to do those three things at the same time, there are individuals who can do one or the other or the third one. To really do all three is really extraordinary. And this culture...

Festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. Welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history ...

And indirectly led to a tyranny of exports. Lets call it that technocratic approach to Economic Development it is the idea that poverty is really just a set of technical problems. For example, from malaria there are a variety of Technical Solutions. One of them is bring at chemical called pyrethrum on the walls of peoples houses, on the inside of walls. That is a solution. Helps fight malaria. Another technical solution might be to convert land to higher value uses like food scraps that have low...

And my hunch is that now the problem is expose. And it can do what we need to do. And we do have one new regulation. And the two things that people in congress who are concerned with the issue should keep in mind, is that everything should be in the direction of genuine transparency. Are you previewing your next book . Are you previewing bigger better faster . The book ends it will take a long time to get to it. Riding along fiberoptic cable laid from chicago to new jersey to cut off two millise...

Wyoming. In 1954, when i was 13 years old about to go into the eighth grade, my dad moved the family to wyoming. He had a choice between wyoming or montana and it was a good day because lynn and i grew up together. I first took her out when she was 16 years old. We will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, august. [laughter] [applause] if dad had picked montana and wyoming, of course i would of never married lynn. Nixon invented before, sponsored by the Nixon Library when i had other books to...

It is for people my age disorienting. For people, my children and grandchildrens age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. The wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. If we were in new York San Francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coas...

Saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday, and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online youre kind of booktv. Org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. Welcome today to a booktvs live coverage of the 2014 texas book festival held in austin, the state capital. Over the next six hours will hear from nine authors on such topics as social change an instant, the Death Penalty, the global history of train travel. Author and profess...