Claire Berlinksi, author of “There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters,” joined us on today’s podcast. As Berlinski tells us, when Thatcher took office in 1979, Britain was “shabby and rundown,” and thought to be perhaps “ungovernable.” Obviously, Thatcher turned around England, much in the same way Reagan helped revitalize the United States in [...]
Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D., the author of “10 Books That Screwed Up the World,” joined us on today’s podcast. If ideas have consequences, then bad ideas have bad consequences, and that’s the premise of our discussion. (Wiker, of course, does not believe in burning bad books; he believes in reading them!) Wiker’s list of destructive books [...]
Larry Kahaner, author of “AK-47; The Weapon that Changed the Face of War” joined us on today’s podcast. Kahaner describes how the weapon was invented by a Soviet soldier named Mikhail Kalashnikov, who began work on the gun because he wanted to protect the Motherland from the Nazis. Kalashnikov’s gun wasn’t even used in World [...]
Joe McGinniss, the best-selling author who moved in next door to Sarah Palin to get the scoop for a book he is writing about her, is packing it in after three-and-a-half months in Wasilla. McGinniss said he’s leaving his rental home on Sunday, satisfied that he didn’t have unpleasant encounters with anyone in Wasllla, except [...]
On today’s podcast we are joined by Politico’s Shira Toeplitz and Maury Litwack, author of “The Capitol Plan.” Toeplitz, who closely followed the elections in Alaska, told us she was surprised by Joe Miller’s upset of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. She also argued that Sarah Palin wasn’t a major factor in Miller’s election, and that the [...]
Call it “Eat, Pray, Love, Lobby.” On Sept. 30, Elizabeth Gilbert — author of the monster bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love” and the heroine of the gorpy new Julia Roberts-Javier Bardem flick of the same name — will follow the path trod by countless other celebs seeking civic enlightenment: She’ll lobby House and Senate members on [...]
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