have studied under sowell sowell .nstead, he left and went to hoover and has been churning out books and columns. others say they would not trade anything for those books and columns that has expanded economic literacy to a lot of people. when sowell retired his column in 2016, i wrote that some people just lost the best professor they ever had even if they never went to college. it was interesting getting different perspectives of people who wish he had stayed in teaching. susan: he arrived at the hoover institution in 1980. the report he was sought after for a cabinet position that ultimately he did not accept. what was the thinking about politics as opposed to academia? jason: i think tom realized early on that he did not have the temperament for politics? . he speaks his mind. when politicians speak their mind they have misspoken. tom realized early on he was not cut out for politics, but he did indulge some offers. particularly there was an offer to at the department of education, he said it was an issue he cared

cornell west are better known than thomas sowell. i think he quite frankly has written circles around those individuals. they be all of them combined together. the range and the depth and the rigor of his thinking is something that i don't think they come close to matching. so, one of the reasons i wrote the book is to raise awareness to the younger generation. >> jason riley with his book, maverick, state -- sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are joined by jessica mendoza and samantha laine perfas, who are the host and producers of the podcast "stronger." they are here with us this morning to talk to us about how the pandemic has affected women. good morning to both of you. guest: good morning. thank you for having us. guest: hi. host: i will start with you, jessica. tell us what prompted it and what the stronger podcast is all about? . guest: by the time 2021 rolled around, it became clear that the pandemic was having a disproportionate impact on women, especially women

one of the reasons i wanted to write the book into the documentary was to raise awareness about sowell to younger generation. announcer: jason riley with his book sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: the pakistani ambassador to the united states talks about taliban control of afghanistan and the effects of pakistan's relationship with the u.s. the stimson center hosted the event. it is just over an hour. >> good morning to all those joining in the united states and good evening to our friends in south asia. my name is elizabeth and i am a senior fellow and director at the stimson center south asia program. it is a privilege to welcome you all to the conversation focused on u.s.-pakistan relations after the taliban takeover. we are pleased to have the pakistani ambassador to the united states, dr. asad majeed khan, who played a role in a variety of roles. also with this is the stimson center senior fellow colonel smith. he has invested decades in the bilateral relations between pakistan and the u.s

his writings have inspired conservatives and libertarians for a half-century. >> i don't think sowell is as well-known as he should be. it is unfortunate, if not tragic, an individual like ec coats, cornell west are better known than thomas soul. he is quite frankly written circles around them, put together. and it is not only the volume of his work that is unmatched by their own, but also the range and the depth, the rigor of his thinking is something i don't think they come close to matching. one of the reasons i wanted to write the book is to raise awareness, particularly to a younger generation. >> jason riley with his book "maverick," sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can also listen as a podcast wherever you get your spot -- get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> are you thinking it is a committee or something? it is way more. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers. students with low income families can be ready for anything. comcast supports c-span as a pu

it is unfortunate if not tragic that individuals like cornell west are better known than thomas sowellk he has written circles around those individuals, maybe all of them together, and it is not simply the volume of his work that is unmatched, but also the range in the depth and rigor of his thinking is something i don't think they come close to matching, so one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was to introduce sowell to a younger generation. >> jason riley on his book maverick tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's monday. you can also listen to the podcast. >> on monday, election night in canada with announcements of the result why but 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch live on c-span. or listen on the receipts. radio and. -- c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪

not tragic, the individuals like nicole hannah jones and cornell west are better known than thomas sowellink he quite frankly has written circles around those individuals. they be all of them combined together. the range and the depth and the rigor of his thinking is something that i don't think they come close to matching. so, one of the reasons i wrote the book is to raise awareness to the younger generation. >> jason riley with his book, maverick, state -- sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are joined by jessica mendoza and samantha laine perfas

. >> i don't think sowell is as well-known as he should be.uite unfortunate, if not tragic, that individuals are better known than thomas sowell. i think he has quite frankly written circles around those individuals, maybe all of them put together. it is not simply the volume of his work that is unmatched by -- but the depth of his thinking is something i do not think they come close to matching. one reasonably to write the book into the documentary is to raise awareness to a younger generation that might not have known him. >> jason riley with his book, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. can also listen to q&a as a podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. >> "washington journal" continues. host: paul barrett of new york university's stern center joins us. he is the lead author of a new report titled "fueling the fire." mr. barrett, start with the first half of that title. how do we quantify political polarization, and why is social media any worse in intensifying it than past mediums of communication? guest: academics quantify

known than thomas sowell. i think he has written circles around those individuals. maybe around all of them put together. and it is not simply the volume of his work that is unmatched by their own but also the range and the depth and the rigor of sowell's thinking is something i don't think they come close to matching. one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was to bring awareness to a younger generation. >> jason riley with his book maverick, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern c-span's q & a. you can also listen to q & a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >>> next, a hearing on efforts to foster bipartisanship and civilian in the legislative branch. this sharing a little over 90 minutes. >> do i need to press anything? >>> okay. here we go. can you all hear me over this. does it echo a little? no? okay. the committee will come to order without objection. the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. i now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. so the view from the chair seat looks a little different to

quite unfortunate, if not tragic, that individuals such as cornell west are better known than thomas sowell. i think he has written circles around those individuals. maybe around all of them put together. and it is not simply the volume of his work that is unmatched by their own but also the range and the depth and the rigor of sowell's thinking is something i don't think they come close to matching. one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was to bring awareness to a younger generation. >> jason riley with his book maverick, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern c-span's q & a. you can also listen to q & a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >>> next, a hearing on efforts to foster bipartisanship and civilian in the legislative branch.

sowell to a younger generation. >> jason riley on his book maverick tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's monday. you can also listen to the podcast. >> on monday, election night in canada with announcements of the result why but 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch live on c-span. or listen on the receipts. radio and. -- c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> later this week -- earlier this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing to center president biden's nominations. the hearing is about two hours and five -- and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this hearing will come to order. today we hear from four nominees, justice ruth-- pardon me, beth robinson, jennifer sung to the 9th circuit. dr. rahul gupta, national control policy. elizabeth prelogar. with this slate the biden administration and senate democrats are advancing nominees well-qualified that bring diversity

it is not the volume of his work that is unmatched, but also the range, depth, the rigor of sowell'something they don't come close to matching. so i wanted to bring awareness to younger generation that may not have come across his work. >> jason riley with his book maverick, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can also listen to q and a as a podcast wherever you get your podcast. >> monday night, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, analysis of the canadian election. you can also listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> you could be part of a national conversation by participating in c-span's student cam video competition. your opinion matters, so if you are a middle or high school student, we are asking you took create a five or six minute documentary that answers the question, how does your government affect your life? your documentary must show supporting and opposing views and using c-span video clips, which are easy to access at c-span.org. the studentcam competition has $100,000 in total prizes that you have a grand shot to win the grand prize of thousand dol

>> it would be a great time for all americans to pick up at copy something about thomas sowell, the roadlure of western europe european socialism in cuba and the soviet union, i was there in 1991 and the former soviet union way to begin to collapse, i've seen the despair in the trying to import that sort of thinking into the united states under a false fairness this is about the destruction of the united states and no more moderate democrats anymore that are not in power it is a radicals on the left side ticket of the democrat party and trying to make a socialist or further than that, this is about grinding down an exceptional country, when were stronger, the world is a better place. >> we need a strong free market economics. david: it is a thin volume and does not take a lot of time to read, it's a brilliant book and everybody should read it because that's the road that we may be close to be getting on there's still time to get off, i hope you agree with that, thank you for being here i appreciate it meanwhile a different kind of shopping strategy, why so many retailers are embracing by

unfortunate, if not tragic the individuals like coats and jones and west are better known than thomas sowell i think he has written circles around those individuals. maybe all of them put together. it is not the volume that his work that is unmatched by their own, but also the range and depth and rigor of his thinking. something i don't think they come close to matching. one of the reasons i wanted to walk -- write the book and make the documentary is to raise awareness to the younger generation who may not have come across his work. >> jason riley, with his book maverick, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. you can also listen to q&a as a podcast wherever you get your podcast. >> weekends bring you the best in american history and nonfiction books on american history tv's lectures in history, add discussion on the new african-american history museum in belton charleston, south carolina. with former mayor, ronnie bunche and professor carrie taylor from the citadel meant -- military college. find the presidency come up with retired admiral. and is the author of the book inside camp david, th

sowell, whose politics have inspired libertarians were a half century. >> i don't think he is as well-known as he should be. it is quite in on -- unfortunate that figures like cornell west are better known than him. i think he is quite frankly, written circles around those individuals and all of them together. it is not simply the volume of his work that is unmatched by their own. according to the depth and rigor of his thinking, i don't think they come close to matching. one of the reasons i want to write the book and do the document is to raise awareness for him is for young people who may not come across his work. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q and a. you can listen to us as a podcast, wherever you get your podcast. >> u.s. gymnast simone biles and others testified before the judicial committee about abuse they endured against the former dr. larry nassar. they accuse the fbi agents of misrepresenting and covering up their claims of abuse. this is just over two hours. pyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is respons

not tragic, the individuals like nicole hannah jones and cornell west are better known than thomas sowell quite frankly has written circles around those individuals. they be all of them combined together. the range and the depth and the rigor of his thinking is something that i don't think they come close to matching. so, one of the reasons i wrote the book is to raise awareness to the younger generation. >> jason riley with his book, maverick, state -- sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back and we are joined by jessica mendoza and samantha laine perfas, who are the host and producers of the podcast "stronger." they are here with us this morning to talk to us about how the pandemic has affected women. good morning to both of you. guest: good morning. thank you for having us. guest: hi. host: i will start with you, jessica. tell us what prompted it and what the stronger podcast is all about? . guest: by the time 2021 rolled around, it became clear that the pandemic was having a disproportionate impact on women, especially women