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Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by de ....
Luhansk. And police in the u. S. Town of ferguson say they have come under heavy gunfire, but protesters say they are the ones being mistreated. I have been harassed three times by the same officer for standing here handing out roses. Thats why people start to riot, because it makes people angry. A 24hour ceasefire in gaza has been broken. Just hours before it was due to expire. The Israeli Military has been hitting targets in gaza in response it says to rockets being fired from the strip into israel. Peace talks between palestinians and negotiators in cairo have also broken down, be Benjamin Netenyahu ordering the israeli delegation to return home. At least 2,016 people have been killed in gaza since the offense began on july 8th. 64 israeli solders died in the violence and three civilians. Speaking on the phone a hamas spokesman said israel has violated the ceasefire ....
Lyndon johnson was certainly an imperial president. I think what we see in johnson we start to see the cusp of the end of the imperial president s in the United States. There have been president s the acted in three fleet since then. The bush, no doubt about that. But he was the last person i think to understand the use and abuse of power. Unfortunately, he abused it in many respects. As did many of the president s who succeeded him. But he wasnt the last person who understood because of his constant demand of power within the United States he understood much better how to maneuver power overseas. He was less interested in what went on overseas and, unfortunately, his presidency was really defined by his adventure in vietnam which were almost less than in many respects. He inherited that. He did not making any better, no doubt about that but he did understand the use of power a ....
Establishment republicans. Tea Party Republicans were, however, favorable towards mitt romney, a 77. Paul ryan, a 79. Ann romney, 77. Even george w. Bush, 72. More favorable even than the Establishment Republicans. So this is consistent with the last paper that said, you know, as we got when they really had a rally behind their candidate, the feeling thermometer questions indicate that perhaps they did that. So whether those divisions are going to persist is when we looked add the media question. So im going to turn that over to jay morris. Well, its clear that theres a division on several issue positions and on how Tea Party VersusEstablishment Republicans view, um, certain candidates, certain issues. Do they get their news from differen ....