he's rothstein's attorney at the end, he's everything for him and arnold rothstein is shot at the park central hotel and is dying at the polyclinic hotel, which, by the way, valentino and marilyn monroe was treated at. and when rothstein, in his dying, kantor produces up at the deathbed and says arnold, remember that. will you ask me to prepare? a few weeks ago, and you never got around to signing? i happened. have it right here. sign. this was contested by arnold's relatives. but that that's the sort of fellow that morris was and the sort of people were often infesting politics at time, which is why tammany was about to collapse. they also had to vet arnold rothstein's papers, which randi may have with her. i don't know, though, she says. now was a was the 17th district court leader of of tammany and a guy named nathan berkin, the name of the tammany guys not dumb. berkin was the best entertainment lawyer in the country he represents. you name all the stars of the silent. you name all the studios. he represented them all. he was hot stuff was good. oddly enough, his grandson, jonathan

but surviving this mess is arnold ross rothstein and rothstein. there are many, many sites that one can visit which were associated with him in new york, most notably the park central hotel, very near to carnegie hall. big hall hotel still in business now, 200 west, 56th street. and he has killed in an upper room there by a another gambler named george mcmanus. well, that's my theory, anyway. and it was the it was the days of their theory as well, but not the juries. but pretty much, i think the fix was was in there, too, to let him go now. rothstein was involved in, like i say, rum running with loan sharking speakeasies is fixing things with he's great middle man of things. and and one of the men, middle man or. well, there's a there's an agile act or a detour from the rothstein, which i and he has a relative a relative of his is a cousin and is married to a guy named george ringler and george ringler was a sort of he would gather round in political again politics. you also worked for the new york daily news as sort a of a room for photographer a

he's doing it at the behest of arnold rothstein.e rothstein gets a cut, thea police get back cut, anything like that. being married to fannie brice, okay, fannie brice had been married earlier to ar guy named nikki arnstein, if you remember the movie. but the left out of the movie largely was nikki was a confederate and a great admirer of arnold rothstein. he was a con man in his own right. as a talked about jewelry robberies, there were also a lot of government bond robberies back then. the bonds were not come were bearer bonds so youou could just cash them in. so ifhi you got a shipment of oz wall street to the bank or something, they would be hit and then robbed. arnstein was involved in this. when on the lamp at one point and then got sick of being on the lamp, turned himself in and arnold rothstein gate in some advice. why don't you instead of just turning herself in in some boring way they would have a police parade down fifth avenue every year. why don't you get in a car and ride down in the police parade past the commissione

so we have that and, but surviving this mess is arnold rothstein and rothstein, there are many, manyt one can visit which were associated with him in new york city. most notably, the park central hotel, very near to carnegie hall. a big hotel still in business now, west 56th street and he is killed in an upper room there by another gambler named george mcmanus. well, that's my theory, anyway. and it was the d.a.'s theory as well, but not the jury's. pretty much i think the fix was in there to let him go. now, rothstein was involved in, like i say, rum running, loan sharking, bootlegging, speak easies, the great middle man of things and one of the middlemen-- or well, there's an adjunct or a detour from the rothstein story which -- and he has a relative, a relative of his is a cousin and married to a guy named george ringler and george ringler was sort of-- he would get around in political circles, again, politics. he also worked with the new york daily news as sort of a photographer and a go-to guy and a guy who would feed stories to the reporters and stuff like this. he showed up in

we have that but surviving this ms is arnold rothstein.nd rothstein there many, many sites one can visit which are associated with him in new york city. most notably is the park central hotel very near to carnegie hall big hotel still in business now 250 west 56th street. he is killed in an upper room there. by another gambler main georgia make manners. that is my theory anyway. it was the das theory as well. but not the jury. but pretty much the fix was in there. to let him go. i was involved in rum running, loan sharking, i'm bootlegging speakeasies. fixing things he is the great middleman of things. one of the middle men there is an adjunct or detour from the thatrothstein story. he has a relative of his is a cousin and married to a guy named george ringler. george ringler was a sort of -- you get around in political circles again politics. worked for the new york daily news. as a photographer and a go to guy and would feed to the reporters and stuff like this. who served as a summons. because there is an entertainer at this time by the

rothstein draws his gun, which he had a permit for. shoots three times, and shoots -- really wings -- miraculously doesn't hurt them but literally shoots three cops through the door. you would think one would go to jail for this. cops don't like that even if you mistakenly shoot them. but he has enough clout to get away with that, not be indicted, not have his permit yank, and the cop who makes a big stink is harassed and virtually thrown off the force for years. >> host: was he a known figure in american culture at that point in his life. >> guest: well, we see in the great gatsby, a character who is modeled on arnold rothstein. we also see in "guys and dolls" which comes later, damon runnion supposedly models nathan detroit on him. and there's a movie which stars spencer tracy which seems to go against casting. but, yes, he is well known, and the interesting thing about when he dies. you would thick the headlines would say, arnold rothstein, shot, and it's like none of that. that is way, way, way down, if at all in the stories becaus

who was arnold rothstein? >> guest: arnold rothstein was the father of modern organized crime. gangland figure. a mobster figure. but he is not one of those dees, dem, and does guys. he doesn't have a scar on his cheek or brass knuckles or commanding as part of his main business an army of thugs. although he will employ the muscle guys to collect debts and such. but he is, as one of his earlier biographers called him, the big bankroll, and he is a gambler when gambling is big and farcable and semi legal in new york and moves into so many things from there, as his big bank roll, where he is putting together the money for rum-running and bootlegging and financing both side of organized labor disputes, even financing at one point the folks from the communist party. i guess the shipment of cash had not come in fro moscow that month. but he is lending money to build broadway theaters and put broadway shows on and financing the modern drug trade so he is involved install -- involved in all of these things, no to mention fixing the 1919 world series, fixing a few high-stakes horse rac

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>> guest: rothstein is often not in favor of anyone. [laughter] [talkingver each other] >> guest: there's a great divide between conservatives and libertarian. i do know that there was some issue as to whether reagan should have had a little more control over the federal reserve, and in that case, rothbard. unless they had completely messed up, he would ask for them -- they would ask for their head. up until that point, he was kind enough to let them have their head. >> host: marine from san rafael, california, yuan with david pietrusza. >>aller: good morning for the day. my question is about the provenance baseball team in providence, rhode island. do you have any history could talk about as this version history of that team. 1898 through 1902, i know from postcards, there was not a lot from one of the players sent. >> guest: why your personal interest in this? >> caller: i had a great uncle who was a player and he wrote my great aunt and he was from the providence braves. that is all i know about him. there is a picture of him in a ba

rothstein is involved with protecting the crooked bucket shops.bucket shops were a phenomenon of, a pre-crash phenomenon. and, you know, it's one thing to gin up sales with, you know, just churning accounts. but what they would do at bucket shops is they'd say you should buy anaconda copper or something. and it was designed that it was going to crash. it was going to go down. but they would never buy the stock. and then they would, they would pretend to buy it and then sell it back or just give you part of the proceeds. and rothstein would be involved in protecting these things which were protected, also, by tammany hall, which were protected by tom foley who was the patron of al smith and one of the big ball club owners, horace stoneham's father was a big bucket shop operator. >> host: roger, you had a follow up? >> caller: yes, if i may. i wonder, also, what role did organized crime play in the '60s election? my sense has been they really backed both sides to protect their cuban interests. >> guest: i haven't heard of organized crime being invol

she is taken up by the gambler and political fixer arnold rothstein. if you were a sports fan, you remember him as the gambler who is accused of fixing the 1919 world series. if you are a musical theater. rothstein secret floating -- games inspired the broadway musical all guys and dolls. he he played a big role in boardwalk empire. if you watched that, who looked did a good job? i must say? arnold rothstein introduces you to all the up and coming bootleggers and criminals and gangsters that is rising big shots, names you like you might recognize, like lucky luciano meyer lansky, bugsy siegel likes diamond, polly's house very quickly becomes the favorite house of all the criminal classes. they're the ones who are rising and have money to spend and are dying to spend it somewhere that makes them fancy all makes polly more ambitious. as she said. i had always told my girls, if you have to be a prostitute, be a good one. well, same applied to me. if i had to be a, i would be a good madam. in fact, now she declares, i was determined to be the best -- madam

rothstein? >> no, but if hippa were followed to the letter that would have permitted the disclosure. >> do you agree with that to? does hipaa bar revealing information to the parents of a young adult living with their parents? >> no. >> mr. rodriguez? >> underserved some circumstances you might. it most circumstances there would be path to disclosure. >> doesn't allow to provide information for parents of young adult receiving health care and their parents health care plan to the age of 26 so if they are still dependent? can you tell me where the cut-off is? >> the cutoff in terms of the patient's ordinary ability to object to the provider's disclosure is whatever it happens to be in the particular state. >> so pages 14 of 14-year-old could decide if the information is too disclosed in another state would be 18. spare would assume it would be 18. >> are you demilio with the term anosognosia and what that term means? >> i am aware of it chairman because i actually read the majority memorandum for

became rothstein in the west end of boston. i'm from new york so i have to compare everything to new york it's like the lower east side of boston.is and he was like just a street kid basically selling papers, hustling, dropped out of high school, made friends with a dentist turned the key and they had kind of a colorful youth and the open one of the first drive-in movie theaters together in 1938 and defend the bookie kind of put the money up for it andd max rothstein was part of the front guy who would go to the newspapers and drive-ins ran into a little bit of trouble with world war ii, tire rationing and stuff so they went to nightclubs for a while and got the last ten quarters which is most famous because barbara walters that started the first one and then they sold it to him so they have this whole sort of night club time in boston and there were a lot of organized crimecl figures bear. and the book as a sort of whole section about what a crazy underworld that was, but they came out of world war ii and started after the boo

and and one of the most interesting characters was a guy named michael rothstein, also known as mick key redstone -- >> yeah. >> and i was wondering if you could tell folks a little bit more about him. >> sure. so i'm so happy that you picked up on that because, right, i didn't really set out to write a four generation saga even though, you know, easiest to say biography of sumner redstone. so mickey redstone, as he eventually became known, a sumner's dad, and he was born max rotestein, and that became max rothstein in the west end of boston -- i'm from new york, so i compare everything to new york -- it's like the lower east side of boston. and he was just, like, a street kid basically selling these papers and hustling and dropped out of high school and made friends with a dentist turned bookie. and they had kind of a colorful youth, and they opened one of the first drive-in movie theaters together in 1938. and the bookie kind of put the money up for it, and max rothstein, who he still was, was sort of the front guy who would go to the newspapers and tout the thing. and drive-ins ra

who was arnold rothstein? >> guest: the father of modern organized crime. he is a gangland figure. esharossish ch he doesn't have brass knuckles or commanding as part of his inusiness and myhugs scuyolct aloy t his aone of his earlier biographers call him the big bank roll and he is a gambler shble d i n isvery ts t b bankroll where he is putting together the money for rum running and bootlegging a nag h sides o nizeladis fcit pothe lkomnirt a shipment of cashad not come in but he is lending money to them. ea autshs toway ndanther vo i al f these things, not to mention fixing the 1990 world series, fixing aewig st h res, os rse ceaarga. this is very political because you see how all these things are tied intcan any ha in the teamofwe enn ix aor l? se, even when he shoots three tops. the reason he shoots three cops the big bankroll w rbe wh tim andomti a th t oest eab peenke g in a hotel. some guys come bounding in. he had a permit,hoot tee tianhe- don' an brloohr cohr too yoou think one would go to jail for this. cops don't like that even if you mistakly shoot them in the ayh, t id

as he eventually became known is some never's dad, he was born max roadstein and that became max rothstein in the west end of boston which is basically i am from new york so i compare everything to new york like the lower east side of boston. and he was a street kid selling papers and hustling and dropped out of high school and made friends with the dentist turned bookie and they had kind of a colorful youth and opened one of the first drive in movie theaters together in 1938 in the book he put the money up for it and max rothstein was the front guy, he would go to newspapers and tell them things and ran into a little trouble in world war ii with rationing and stuff. they went to nightclubs and got the latin quarter which is famous because barbara walters's dad, they sold it to him and they had a nightclub in boston and a lot of organized crime figures and what a crazy underworld that was they came out of world war ii and after the bookie was carted off to jail they started doing drive-ins again and that became national youth movement and viacom and the guy who by that company as nikki red

the color of law it forgotten history of how our government segregated america written by richard rothstein. it's an incredible in-depth look at how federal government policies literally lead to comic contributes to and supported segregation in housing. it was shocking to me how systematic this was really glad i read it will serving on the banking committee and the senate it's got great, great background. i felt in love with the brittany murder mysteries by john luke who followed an inspector needs tons of food, drinks lots of wine and also solve some murder mysteries on the side. >> when do you find the time to read? would you like to read? >> i love to read before i go to bed at night. specially more of the lighter fare. i fight back and forth to minneapolis to washington all the time. airplane readings really good pretty honestly do not time is much time to read a site did. but not time of the massive briefing books i get every night to read also. that keeps me pretty busy. >> what books are you planning on reading in the future? and why? >> i have to say i'm really interested in a book

so, mickey redstone as he eventually became known is his dad and was born as rothstein. i'm from new york so i compare everything to new york. he was like a street kid selling papers and hustling and dropped out of high school and made friends with a dentist friend turned the bookie and they had a colorful youth. the bookie kind of put the money up and max who he still was was the front run who would go to the newspapers and drive-ins ran into a little bit of trouble in world war ii with tire rationing and stuff so they went to nightclubs for a while and about the last quarter because what is interesting is barbara walters dad started the first one and they sold it to him so they have this whole nightclub time in boston and there were organized crime figures bear. in the bucket has a whole section about what a crazy underworld that was that they came out of world war ii and started doing after the bookie was cutting off to jail, they started giving drive-ins again and that became a national natil amusements which is still the company that controls cbs and sumner redstone

i and this is richard rothstein's book color of law really explores this in much depth that i'm able to talk about. but in a way to the extent that the federal government intervened with with respect to black housing beyond making the market to purchase homes very small, very expensive, very exploitative, a lot of federal effort was channeled to building public housing, right. housing people, but not letting them develop equity and wealth in in property unlike white people. this process incredibly complex african-american people. but how much more is that compounded? or are there ways in which this was easier for people of asian descent, for indigenous people? what the ripple effect on other racial communities. yeah, that's a great question. so for i indigenous families families, the from. about 1887, right up the start of the new deal, this was era that was known, the allotment era. so tribal nations had had their own territory. they had you know what we call reservations and i and there was a and they were owned in common by each nation. and in 1887, i there was a an act passed by

and then a book on the gambler, arnold rothstein, in new york city. so those were sort of transition books. he was charged with fixing the 1919 world series, and that was part of the subtitle of the book. so from there, i moved into doing these books on political elections, presidential elections, which is what i was trained to do. so i sort of felt like, again, a baseball reference, roy hobbs, okay? i was trained to be a historian historian and and not a baseball historian or anything else and had a b.a. and a masters, and life intervened. and then years, decade later i started -- my option book after rothstein was like, well, what are you going to do, and the inspiration was from a by of absolute trivia. it was going to be called the year of the six presidents, and it became 1920. and the subtitle the year of the six presidents which talked about how six presidents were in play in 1920 among them t.r., fdr, harding who wins, wilson who actually wanted the nomination -- he was somewhat delusional and sent his secretary of state to arrange it -- and,

a point general rothstein said earlier. this is not fundamentally about a training issue. there is no training that is not going to guarranty this problem won't occur. when you look at troops that committed these abuses some are among the best-trained troops in the world. we know that they have explicit components of sexual exploitation and abuse prevention in their training methods. so ultimately i come back to this as accountability issue. there is no troop-contributing country that is immune from these types of abuses. it is how they deal with them and how they deal with it in a fulsome way that provides prevention going forward. -- >> before we turn to the training question, since we got you, ambassador coleman, on this, how effective is naming and shaming? since a number of countries involved or implicated arere allies of ours that have troops trained and performing at highest level before we talk about those that lack operational efficiency. i think operational training becomes more effect tougher training. how effect

anybody see the last episode where the -- arnold rothstein, the guy who fixed the 1919 world series is preparing his legal defense. and one of the characters in the program says, arnold, you should be a lawyer. and he replies without sort of missing a beat, he says, no, i'd rather continue to make my living honestly. so, you know, there's a lot of -- there's a lot of lawyers in this country that sort of don't necessarily all shower praise on the legal profession but fortunately i've been able to be around the best and the greatest. and when i used to do my 50 best lawyer story for washingtonion ever year, it would occur to me -- and i would list three -- usually i would sort of limit it to three. and brendon would be on there and david kindle woodrow wilson be over there and sometimes i would rotate the third spot richard cooper i think would be on there one year and bob barr net was on there one year. and i was thinking, boy, i could put 10 william connelly -- there's at least 10 and brendon and david would say all 50. so i thought it would make a great book. and in the washingtonion

know if some of you are watching boardwalk empire, anybody see the last episode where the arnold rothstein, the guy who fix bed the 1919 world series is preparing his legal defense, and one of the characters in the program says, arnold, you should be a lawyer. and he replies without sort of missing a beat, he says, no, i'd rather continue to make my living honestly. [laughter] so, you know, there's a lot of, there's a lot of lawyers in this country that sort of don't necessarily all shower praise on the legal profession. but fortunately, i've been able to be around some of the best and the greatest e, and when i used to do my 50 best lawyers story if for the washingtonian each year, usually i would sort of limit it to three. and brendan would be on there and david kendall who's right over here would be on there and sometimes i would rotate the third spot, richard cooper, i think, was on there one year, and bob barnett was on there one year. and i was thinking, boy, i could put, like, ten. williams and connolly has about -- there's at least ten, and brendan and david would probably say all

i'm happy that you picked up on that with four generations so nikki from his dad and to become max rothstein i compare everything to new york. and to drop out of high school the dentist turned bookie and in 1938 and the fungi to so they went to night pubs for a while because that is where barbara walters dad started the first one and they were figures there and the book has a whole section about the underworld that that was in an apartment he was carted off to jail. and that still the company that controls cbs and viacom. . >> that is the other aspect of this book so it doesn't include any of the back story so with those stories of the hotel fire in boston to see the journalist to see more in that story than in the autobiography. . >> so the only of her own - - of the book is the autobiography. and with the plaza hotel in boston everybody knows the story. he smelled smoke under his hotel room door and was blasted by fire and then they burned him horribly. and then to start your own autobiography with this story. and then he is alone in the hotel room. and probably was not alone in that hotel

rothstein are far more pervasive than the questions of mental illness.here are americans taking care of their chronically ill older parents or other relatives and i can't tell you how many times i hear from family caregivers that have a parent in the hospital and the family member is expected to do multiple nominations to the conditions, monitor machines and do all of the care coordination in the community and when you ask about what do i need to know to do this and they say i can't tell you because of hipaa. is that wrong and why does it happen? the features that were already mentioned, there is a training that emphasizes the scary aspect of hipaa. it's often done in a way that if you say anything you are going to be in big trouble. and if the training doesn't say that, then the in formal communication among the health care providers particularly the middle level stuff which isn't necessarily physicians, but nurses, social workers, others were terrified kerrigan to get sued or lose their job. meanwhile laptop's lay all over the place and they aren't pay

chairman and members of the subcommittee, my name is mark rothstein. on the faculty of university of louisville and i testify today my capacity and again that they apologize for laryngitis. in my testimony this morning i want to make the following three points. first, the privacy rule is essential to patient care and public health and safety. second, exceptions to the rule permit disclosure of health information for important public purposes and to come additional measures could enhance the effectiveness of the privacy law. first, ever since the hippa, they've established positions to maintain confidentiality of patient health information without assurances of confidentiality, patients are reluctant to divulge sensitive information about physical and mental health, behavior and lifestyle that could be vital to the individual tree. the privacy rule codified this requirement necessary for ethical and affect of individual health care. health privacy laws also are essential to protection of public health and safety are to illustrate this afternoon i'll be

and wrapping up our look at publishers weekly's best books of 2017 is "the color of law," richard rothstein'sort on how local, state and federal legislation is responsible for america's segregated cities. >> today those homes sell for $300, $400,000, is your question. the african-american families who are prohibited from moving into those homes and rented apartments in the city did not gain 200, $300,000 in equity over the next two generations. white families gained that equity from -- and today those homes are unaffordable to working class people. $100,000 in 1940 in our terms, in 1947-48 was twice the national median income. working class families couldn't afford to buy homes with an fha mortgage. today those homes sell for seven times national median income. working class families -- and you all know this -- middle class families can't even afford to move the these suburbs that were created as segregated enclaves in the '40s and '50s. so today nationwide we have a ratio in income. african-american income on average is about 60% of white income. african-american wealth is 5-7% of white weal

one of this year's finalists is the economic policy institute's richard rothstein argues that local, state and federal legislation has been responsible for america's segregated cities. >> it is an honor to be here with richard for two reasons. i'm a journalist and what that means is my work is deeply dependent on reporting, talking to people, getting to know people, getting into people's lives, but it's based in people who have really the time and the inclination to do the kind of deep research that richard does and demonstrate its. for all the praise i get nor work die, i try to make it clear that it it's rooted in folks who do the deep, deep, research, that goes to bones of the country and unearths things we're not so interested in talking about. i'm deeply thankful to richard and just paying back the favor by being here in conversation with him. this second part is that there is a notion that i have been doing whatever i can to reverse in this country. for a long time we conceived of ourselves as a country with a quote-unquote racial problem and underneath of that is the notion th

and wrapping up our look at publishers weekly's best books of 2017 is the color of law, richard rothstein'sreport on how local, state and federal legislation is responsible for american segregated cities . >> today, those homes sell for 300, $400,000. the african-american families were prohibited from moving into those homes and rented apartments in the city. did not gain 200, $300,000 in equity over the next three generations. white families gained that equity from and today those homes are unaffordable for working-class people. $100,000 in 1940 in our terms to 1947 was twice the national median income. working-class families could afford to buy the median income with that mortgage. today those homes sell for seven times the national median income. working-class families can't even afford to move to these suburbs created in segregated enclaves in the 40s and 50s so today, nationwide, we have a ratio of income, african-american income on average that's 60 percent of white income. african-american wealth is 5 to 7 percent of white wealth. most families in this country gain their wealth throu

you into that area as he is trying, the first edition at that point, a book on the gambler, arnold rothstein, in new york city. those were transition books he was charged with fixing the 1919 world series. that was the subtitle of the book. from there, i move into these books on political elections, presidential elections which is what i was trained to do. i sort of felt like a baseball reference, i was trained to be a historian historian and not a baseball historian or anything else and had a ba and a masters and life intervened and years, decades later, why -- what are you going to do? the inspiration was absolute trivia, something called the year of the 6 presidents that became 1920 and subtitle the year of the 6 presidents which talked about how six presidents were in play in 1920 and how tr would have won and fdr, harding who wins, wilson who won the nomination and sent his secretary of state to arrange it and harding, coolidge and hoover so you have an immense cast of characters and issues and from then on, i was back to my first real love which was presidential history. other kids wer

richard rothstein is research associate at the economic policy institute. in the fall 2014 he published the making of ferguson, public policies at the the root of its troubles come a report documenting the racially explicit federal state and local public policies is segregated the st. louis metropolitan area. is the author grade education can the author grade education can make it in accountability writing class and schools using social economic and educational reform to close the black white achievement gap. his many other publications on education and race can be found at the economic policy institute website. cheryl and i follows president direct or counsel at the naacp legal defense and educational fund, the nation's premier civil rights law organization. her career has been committed to civil rights laws first as a fellow at the aclu and the young litigator at the lgf which he now needs. for 20 years, she was a tenured professor at the university of maryland school of law. she is the author and media commentator on matters involving race and civil righ

pietrusza, author of several award-winning books, including "1920: the year of six presidents"," rothstein," "1948 harry truman's improbable victory" and," 960" lbj vs. jfk vs. nixon, the epic campaign that formed three presidencies. he has appeared on good morning america, morning joe, the voice of america, the history channel, espn, npr, and c-span. so, would you please welcome tonight's speaker, david pietrusza. [applause] >> thank you. and thank you all for coming tonight. so glad to see such a nice crowd here. always have two excuses why a crowd doesn't show up. it's the weather, it's like either the weather is too nice or too bad. so the weather must have been right in the middle for all of you to find your way here tonight. last month i was up in hyde park at the fdr presidential library, and i had discovered when i got there that i had forgotten all my notes, left them on the kitchen counter at home. every spoke they said, don't ever bring your notes again. or maybe they said don't ever come again. i'm not sure. i'm still sorting that out in any case, since then i've gone completel

only recently there's another case in florida where the miami herald in reference to a gentleman, rothstein, did exact hi the same thing -- exactly the same thing. it's part of our subculture. it's part of our subculture in this country. how often do you hear jew him down? or jewing? how many times has anybody said that's unacceptable, that's bigotry? that's stereotype that doesn't and shouldn't be? and the antidefamation league, an organization i am privileged to head, i'd be privileged to head aipac if they asked me, diane -- [laughter] one organization at a time. [laughter] um, we receive, we receive of complaints i would say every couple of weeks somewhere whether in a middle school or sometimes at a basketball court, pennies are thrown. why? why pennies? well, you see, if you throw a penny if you want to identify and find a jew, throw a penny. only a jew will depend bend down to pick it up. and these are games being played in playgrounds, in middle school. we recently came across a couple instances of complaints in basketball games. i don't know to what extent you're familiar, but in e

he is a casey winning judge and jury and an edgar award finalist for his book on arnold rothstein. ladies and gentlemen, david pietrusza. [applause] >> thank you, natalie. it is great to be back here again. and the question that people always ask me about my books is why did you write this book? and americans claim to hate politics, but we love elections. we love sports. our sports background. your sports background, the whole country is crazy about it. we love the competition. 1162 game series and thing is going down to the seventh game of the world series. we love the home run, and we love bill buckner and mookie wilson. in 1948, it's one of those moments elections. this is win the underdog comes back and pulls it out when everyone has written them off. that is harry truman's improbable victory. that is the year that was, the election that was among the great surprise when the abundance are proven so spectacularly wrong. that is another thing we love. we love to be smarter than all the guys you see on tv and reading the newspaper columns. and harry truman who was just an ordinary