>> in the coming weeks, harvard university professor will discuss how mass incar racing has impacted her family. progressive policy institute senior fellow david osborne will examine the charter school movement and offer his outlook nor future of public education, and this weekend on "after words," radio host mark levin warns against federal government expansion. >> this is something i struggle with all the time, which is, have we reached a point where we can't get back? are we now overwhelmed in the culture in politics, in the media, with this progressivism? centralized government. a phony egalitarianism? of the smoking of individualism? -- smothering of individualism? has it become so entrenched in

our institutions that there's in way to rip it out? i say this. we have to do everything we can to confront it, to debate it, to explain to our fellow citizens what is taking place. we simply have no choice. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous "after words" programs on our web site, booktv.org. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> i'm going to start by finishing up the essayist of mon mon tan montagna and then my research and studies i've been doing on the 1960s, particularly the '60 and the '68

election, and so i began there with gary wills' discussion of the conventions in miami and chicago and 68, and then fog cemetery and then a couple of michael crichton. >> what's the purpose of reading the first two book? >> the montagne book i'm reading because he is right at the nascent period of moving into the enlightenment era. very -- considered to be a prototypical humanist. i think to be educated on the western civilization, you should probably read montadne. the fooled firebrands and whatever else they're calling these folks, it's a look at the

new left, taking us through the -- from probably the 1920's forward and the new left and how that developed. >> how many books do you have going at one time? >> i think i have six books going. so,. >> how too you manage that? >> i don't sleep much. you read whatever you're in the mood to road. montagne, i'm mostly done with it but have 75-80 pays to go but i'm taking a few days off from him. might sneak a little early to the prague cemetery because that's a little bit more interesting in some ways. >> you have also gotture own book coming occupy. >> i've written a couple of books and two poock that were published. i'm working on another book right now, writing another book, but i have a book called the doctrine of liberty.

a theological look at the doctrine of liberty is in and of itself -- there is a doctrine of liberty within my faith the church of jesus christ of latter day saintses and i think there is, and the second one -- probably here more about this because jim demeant started working with a group to try to get an article 5 convention to rewrite aspect 0 the united states constitution, which i'm adamantly opposed testimony used to fight that all the time and debate that. i'm tired of debating. i'll just wrote a book, and i did, and it's called the con of the con-con. that's the book, yeah. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading his via twitter, or instagram, or post it to our facebook page.

the communicator is-on-capitol hill. this is for the consumer technology association's ces on the hill. minitrade show where tech companies bring concerns and technology to show to members of congress. this week on the communicators we'll talk with members of congress as well as some of the companies and also showcase some of the latest technology. >> the ceo of cca which is sponsoring the show on capitol hill. what is important to bringing