that's where i talk about margaret brent and ann hutchison. so i had the beginning and end of the story but i didn't have the middle of the story. the middle of the story is what this last volume is, separated. >> you've also written about the salem witch trials. >> i have. >> tell us a little bit more. >> well, i could go on and on forever. i think that my understanding of the salem witch trials was really changed once i realized in the course of my research that the absolutely crucial factor in explaining the salem witch trials was the concurrent indian war which very few people know anything about. but if you know that there is a major indian war going on that salem village and all of essex county, massachusetts, was actually filled with refugees from the maine and new hampshire frontier, which is where the war was raging, and that a number of the afflicted people were among those refugees and that you can trace their biographies, as i did, and find out that they had traumatic experience as young people. one of the things that i argue is th

. >> we heard from ann romney and from sheila -- shirley jackson late, senator kay bailey hutchison, president obama. our question for you is whether or not you believe in american exceptionalism. democrat from butler, new jersey, good morning. caller: i really enjoy your program. host: what do you think about america's place in the world and exceptionalism? caller: i think america is a truly great country when it is true to the progress of the values -- progress of the values that we treat people fairly and everyone has dignity in our country. that is what makes this a great country and i think every person in every country of the world has the right to think they live in the greatest country in the world. we, the people, americans and people all over the globe, it is up to us to make our country a great country. that is what i believe and i agreed with the guy from west virginia and i feel very sad when i hear callers like the lady from north carolina who was talking about the poor people living on government welfare. i am a social worker and i am familiar with the knowledge. you d