Brian tom fitton of Judicial Watch, your new book is called clean house. Why did you call it that . Tom we are looking forward. Theres been a lot of concern about the corruption and washington, d. C. , during the bushobama era, because i think that is way to think about it. People think the system is broken and there is inherent corruption and everything the government does. I tend to share that point of view and i think our success points a way forward. That there is a way of holding the government to account. Judicial watch is able to have these successes, in terms of getting government information and getting changes in the way government operates or the way politicians operate. And it is not all bad, and there are certain reforms and ways of approaching discussions of Public Policy in washington that ought to be thought about. We try to raise that in a forwardlooking way. You know, what struck me about working on the book is how irrelevant the election was to what we were doing and
In the 1930. You can visit us online for this weekends schedule. Booktv continues with paul dickson. He takes a look at the creation of words but by authors. This is about 50 minutes. Thank you, barbara. This is a special treat with you here today. Thank you. We actually did invent an authorism for our 450th birthday, 450th anniversary, and i did that by going to the editorinchief at merriamwebster, and they got the staff to come up with a name. Whether that makes it in the dictionary or not, at least it made it in my book, and now its on it will be shown elsewhere. This business of what gets in and what doesnt get in is a fascinating subject because a lot aaron mckeon once said words are simply a piece of communication, an element of communication and just because its not in the dictionary doesnt mean its not a word. She used to say you dont need a pedigree to be a dog. And so thats sort of the way to look at it. One thing i find thats really interesting is a lot of writers, especiall
Of times hair and mccain once said about words that words arent simply a piece of communication and element of communication. Just because its not in the dictionary doesnt mean its not a word. That is to say you dont need a pedigree to be a dog. Thats sort of the way to look at it but one thing that i find this interesting is a lot of writers especially contemporary writers love to create their own words. My favorite example is Calvin Trillin the humorist and new yorker writer. He actually created a couple of words which i give them full credit for. Wonky as one and the other is the buffalo chicken wings which were called before that spicy chicken wings and when he wrote the book called alice let eat they become buffalo chicken wings because he had them in buffalo new york when he was on a pilgrimage about food. The guy that is funny to me is when i was doing research on the book i found Sinclair Lewis would invent words and send off letters to merriamwebster. The letters are in files
Little earlier. That was my mima. Ok, i have to go. Thank you all so much. I hope you all buy the book today. I will be around. [applause] we need your support. Thank you so much. And i am sorry. [applause] i knew maggie would be a tremendous it with this audience . She is amazing, amazing. Next, cspans coverage of campaign 2014 continues with the colorado governor debate. Then, a 1991 interview with ann dlee, who ben bra passed away this week and then we will show you the women of color empowerment conference from lauderdale, florida. With the 2014 Midterm Election just over a week away, cspans Campaign Debate coverage continues. Monday, the Illinois Senate debate with some dirt dick oberweis, jim followed by the coverage of the Massachusetts Governor debate. Then at 9 00, the georgia Senate Debate between david purdue, michelle nunn, and amanda swafford. At 10 00, the minnesota Senate Debate, with al franken and mike mcfadden. At 11 00 eastern, the hawaii governors debate. Tuesday ev
They have set this newspaper on a path that is the best there is. What are you going to do . Im going to do so many different things. This, ias contemplating talked to a number of people. Jokeya lot of suggestions. Dont go to the post office and safeway on the same day. Be a director of the Washington Post and the herald tribune. I have a contract to write two books. Im going to be a Vice President of the newspaper. Not quite sure what that means. I have just finished a documentary Television Film that the post has made about how we got into the gulf and the first place. Nothing to do about the war but how we got there. Do when youto , you cant do pro bono things. That shows you are a partisan of something. I have not done any. My wife and i are going to take on the capital funded drive for Childrens Hospital. 40 million, we are going to try to raise in five years. We are indebted to that hospital. Our kid was sick. They saved him. I have a couple of other things. Some people have aske