complicated, you know, the electoral college and all of this mess that we have today that was even messier at that time in history, and that's how john came in third. as there was a tie between jefferson... >> okay. other questions? well, thank you very much for coming and hearing about abigail and john. thank you. [applause] >> edith gelles is the author of several books. she's currently a senior scholar at stanford university's institute for gender research. for more information visit stanford.edu/group/gender. >> acclaimed novelist ayelet waldman responds to the public outcry that branded her a bad mother for claiming she loves her husband more than her children. barnes & noble tribeca in new york city hosted the event, it's 40 minutes. [laughter] >> hi. okay, so i'm just going to launch into this. this is what we're going to do, we're going to read a little, then we're going to ask some questions. i want you to be thinking of your questions right now, here's why. there are stupendous prizes for those who ask questions, and you want to win a prize. you do, you know you do. i hope there'

things being complicated, the electoral college end of this mess that we have today that is-- was even messier at that time in history. that is how john came in third as there was a tie between jefferson and-- but john left the capitol city before the inauguration of thomas jefferson. he left at 6:00 in the morning, at daybreak and did not stay for the inauguration. he was so hurt. not only by losing office but his son, his second son had just died, and his son died that day. he learned that his son died the same day that he learned that jefferson won the presidency. he was not a happy camper that day, so he didn't stick around. are there other questions? well, thank you very much for coming and hearing about abigail incheon. [applause] >> edith gelles is the author several books, including "abigail adams: a writing life." she is currently a senior scholar at stanford university's michelle r. climate's institute for gender research. for more information visit stanford.edu/group/a gender.

competent, you know, the electoral college and all of this mess that we have today that was even messier at that time in history. and that's how john came in third as there was a tie. but john left the capital city before the inauguration of thomas jefferson. he left at six in the morning, at daybreak, and didn't stay for the inoculation of jefferson. he was so hurt. not only by losing office, but his son, his second son had just died. his son died the day -- he learned that his son died the same day that he learned that jefferson won the presidency. he was not a happy camper that day so he didn't stick around. other questions?

the economies that work are a lot messier. they combined, they combined sort of free-market ideas with ideas that are more sort of inward looking. so, you know, investing money is not sort of an ideal to free-market. investing money in education. that is how you make an economy work is sort of -- the first country that does it a giveaway will be the first country in history to do it, to be successful in making an economy work without making it productive, producing something. >> i would like to open this up to any questions for the audience but first i want to tell you a little rule that i learned in law school. they pounded this into us in law school. never, never, never, as a lawyer in a courtroom, never, never, ask a question over 15 words. so that's how you got goldstar in our law school class. so keeping the gold star rule in mind i would like to open it up to questions. for either jim or jon. >> i have a question for anyone of you. i'm a yellow dog democrat and i embarrassed by my party, and i don't know why the labor un

why not leave before things get messier? >> beto, thanks. >> eastern time. >> yankees and red sox.he yankees still looking for win number 1 against the sox in 2009. that game coming your way tonight. 7:10 p.m. on espn-hd. right now adam jones from 890 espn radio in boston joins us. focus in boston have to be feeling pretty good. the red sox 6 and 0 against the yankees. a big win last night. what was the red sox reaction in the locker room afterwards? >> i think they are treating it like they don't want to get to overhyped about what they are doing right now. the red sox have not done this since 1912. it doesn't happen every year in this rivalry. it's been balanced over the last 6 years since it started getting real competitive again. they had to split the games. the fact it's in favor of the red sox, i don't think they are coming out and celebrating right now. i think there is something to be said about what the red sox have done against the yankees team. it seems to be pitching. josh beckett has been on a roll for the last 7 starts. he did it again last night against a good yankee