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In the beginning of september, we are live from the Nations Capital for the National Book festival celebrating its 15th year. This is on book tv. Announcer tonight on cspan, q a with Michael Witmore regarding the Folger Shakespeare library. Then, progressives and campaign 2016 and a look at republican president ial primary tactics. Announcer this week on q a, our guest is Michael Witmore director of the witmore of the Folger Shakespeare library. Brian lamb Michael Witmore director of the Folger Shakespeare library. When did you first notice in your life all editions using shakespeares quotes l...

Director witmore it was hard to escape shakespeare, because politicians, whether they know it or not, are using and often saying shakespeares words. It is something that allows politicians to connect with audiences, and when they quote shakespeare, it gives the politician a certain kind of weight and heft. Brian lamb you said that robert byrd was probably the greatest senator to use the words of William Shakespeare in the senate. Director witmore yes, robert byrd was the cicero senator, and he used ornate clauses and that is one of the distinctive things about him that worked on the floor. Bri...

Emphasis on at all. Is that fair . Director witmore well, i think that politicians are using shakespeares words, whether they know it or not. He invented a lot of words. For example, he invented the word bedroom. So they are going to use a lot of words on the senate floor. I think that shakespeare is kind of in the bloodstream of our culture, and we often get him wrong, but we are close enough that people can hear that connection. Brian lamb we found this fun video on youtube. We dont who the man is, maybe you know the voice . But he does exactly what you talk about, putting quotes together th...

Theres all kinds of unfortunate overlap that seemed to press the apa to support military policy, uncritically and sometimes perhaps behindthescenes. Amy then Human Rights Watch accuses the Saudiled Coalition of dropping banned cluster bombs manufactured and supplied by the United States near rebelheld villages in yemen. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The britishbased syrian observatory for human rights has accused the u. S. Led coalition of killing 64 civilians in an airstrike on a syrian village controlled ...

Coauthors of the new report all the president s psychologists the American Psychological associations secret complicity with the white house and u. S. Intelligence community in support of the cias enhanced Interrogation Program. Theres all kinds of unfortunate overlap that seemed to press the apa to support military policy, uncritically and sometimes perhaps behindthescenes. Amy then Human Rights Watch accuses the Saudiled Coalition of dropping banned cluster bombs manufactured and supplied by the United States near rebelheld villages in yemen. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democrac...