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[inaudible conversations] prose. [inaudible conversations] >> and that concludes our coverage of the 2011 annapolis book festival from the key school in maryland. for more information on the book festival, visit the key school.org and search for annapolis book festival. >> now on booktv, walter olson, the author of "schools for misrule," in which he argues that poor policy ideas born in law schools have migrate today the status of national policy. the discussion takes place at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. and runs about an hour. >> what is taught this law schools in on...

>> some of you may not believe this but this whole journey started so innocently. i was in july 2008, a correspondent sent me a list of excerpts from the claimed 1995 of barack obama called dreams of my father. i had not read it to that point. i had not been paying that much to the campaign and i found myself stuck in the detroit airport awaiting a flight delay on america's least glamorous flight detroit to buffalo. i went into a bookstore, audacity of hope, dreams of my father. there were obama coffee table book. it was like the obama store and so i bought a copy of dreams for my fa...

The assistant director of admissions rights for those students who come to yell, we expect them to be first in issues of social justice. according to walter olson and your "wall street journal," yale does not count skipping classes for protests like we've seen lately against the applicant. no problem whatsoever. check this out, the dean of admissions at tufts university, her name is karen richardson, after the park when shooting issued the statement to applicants. she said i want to assure you that tufts is a place where civic engagement is not only tolerated, it's encouraged strongly. so when...