opinion semiliterate members of parliament getting so much credit for a degree of eloquence that samuel johnson knew only sammy johnson could achieve. johnson once said in the hands of as absentee journalism that he did not think he was quote, imposing on the world coming end of quote. six days before he died, however, he changed his mind. and on his deathbed apologize for this kind of reporting, root his duplicity. he went to his grave having been responsible for what was and i quote here from the book, the longest series of falsehoods ever assembled under the banner of fact in the history of reporting. a couple of decades later the americans samuel adams wrote a shorter but more insidious series of falsehoods and the boston gazette. his purpose was two inside his fellow americans to separate themselves from british rule, legislative be impossible if not and then a militarily. so among other things johnson wrote about violence, perpetrated by british soldiers are stationed in boston against american citizens. he wrote about and just as important inspired other publications to write about sever

of course, there will be many more books, when samuel johnson died there were a bunch of books. there was this friend, that friend, everybody wanted to get out there because they knew that a great man had left, they all had a take and wanted to get it down. two books, there will be 10 by this time next year. do we have time? time for more? i think i got the high sign. the brandenburg concerto will play. [applause] >> there are books for sale right outside. >> richard brookhiser is a senior editor of national review, he is the author of several books including what would the founders do? and john washington--george washington on leadership. he does the recipient of the national command these metal in 2008. for more information, visit the office website at richardbrookhiser.com. >> sunday on book tv, former reagan advisers martin and emily anderson on why reagan believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring an end to the soviet union. and then nicholas talks about 2 years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters and for the holliday, 3 days of book tv, including historian and

when samuel johnson died there was a rash of books. we remember boswell, who wrote the great book, and that leased, but everybody wanted to get out there and they wanted to get throughout because they knew that ha agreed man at left their midst and they all had a take on him, and they wanted to get it down. so, two books, there will be ten by this time next year. do we have time for -- how am i doing on questions here. time for more? okay. i think i got the high sign, so that's it. we're done. [applause] >> richard brook hires is a senior editor of national review. the author of several books, including, what would the founders do, and george washington, on leadership. mr. brookhiser was the recipient of the national humanities medal in 2008. for more information, visit the author's web site at richard brookhiser.com. >> this summer, book tv is asking, what are you reading? >> congressman cullberson, what are you reading this summer? >> i always have two or three books going at the same time. one person who i always read on a regular b

you know, samuel johnson died, there was a rash of books. we all remember boswell because he wrote the great book and that's the book that lasted but there is there were hester frail and there was this friend and that friend and, you know, everybody wanted to get out there and they wanted to get out there because they knew that a great man had left their midst. and they all had a take on it. and they wanted to get down. so, you know, two books -- there'll be 10 by this time next year. do we have time for -- how am i doing on questions here? time for more? okay. i think i got the hi sign. the concerto will play. i think we're done. [applause] >> there are books for sale right outside. it's a great book. >> thanks. >> richard brookhiser is a senior editor of "national review." he's the author of several books including what would the founders do and george washington on leadership. mr. brookhiser was the recipient of the national humanities medal in 2008. for more information, visit the author's website at richardbrookhiser.com. ♪ >> this summ

samuel johnson was quite lazy, by his own admission, quite physically unattractive, severely pockmarked face. he didn't like to go out in public. so that's why he did what he did. william randolph hearst was in the midst of a circulation war with joseph pulitzer's newspaper, the world, so virtually every instance in the book given of somebody who tries to create a myth has a different motivation behind it. but as i said, i think the worst thing to me is the behavior against hauptman, which was at its core, racist. >> your book couldn't come out at a better time, whether anything written can be fit or unfit. in your research, did you see increase of frequency or in terms of malfeasance, as it progressed in terms of time, like closer to our time, did it happen more or it happened more in the past? >> i think the more serious examples happened in the past. the state of journalism is, i don't think, to be commended much today, but largely for different reasons. i don't know that journalists in any large numbers in the past 10 or 20 years, have done anything to compare with some of the examp

johnson of georgia mr. goodlatte and mr. sensenbrenner are appointed managers on the point of the house to conduct the impeachment of samuel bkent, a judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas that a message be sent to the senate to inform theÑw sena of these appointments and that the managers on the x!p of the house may exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary in connection to preparation 4 and conduct of the trial, which may include the following. one, employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and encouraging such other expenses as may be necessary to be paid from amounts available to the committee on the judiciary under house resolution 279, 111 congress agreed to march 31, 2009, or any other applicable expense resolution on vouchers approved bit chairman of the committee on the judiciary. number two, sending for persons and papers and filing with the secretary of the senate, on the part of the house of representatives any subsequent pleadings which they may consider necessary. with the permission of the president of the senate,