well, tell arthur miller about that. he wouldn't be happy. that's right.[laughter] how would you describe your career? my career, or who i am as a playwright? that's an even better question. i don't know. i'm a playwright. i hope that my plays have something to do with how we live and how we could alter that, perhaps. i hope my plays are useful. i hope that my craft is getting better so that i can provide something that is both diverting and involving at the same time. but i don't think about myself in the third person very much. our guest has been playwright edward albee. i'm ken paulson, back next week with another conversation about free expression, the arts, and america. hope you can join us then for speaking freely. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. captioning by kathy at captionmax www.captionmax.com

miller. [bell ringing] >> louis jnacke, ii. [bell ringing] >> donned arthur peterson.rson. [bell ringing] >> mark david rothenberg. [bell ringing] >> christine ann snyder. [bell ringing] >> john talignani. [bell ringing] >> honor elizabeth wainio. [bell ringing] >> debra jacobs welsh. [bell ringing] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ of ♪ >> vice-president biden, president bush, president clinton, secretary salazar, speaker boehner, friends, families, and all those that chose to take time today to share in the bittersweet celebration of this memorial dedication, thank you for honoring the memory of the passengers and crew of united flight 93 with your presence. ten years ago, we first came to this hallowed ground. we were devastated. nearly broken. our lives had changed in an instant and in a time when we least expected the potential for such evil in the world. today, with the dedication of the flight 93 national memorial, we are assured that the enduring legacy of our loved ones and their collective actions on september 11th, 2001, will be preserved, providing comfort, inspiration,

miller. [ bell tolls ] lewis j. macky, ii. [ bell tolls ] donald arthur peterson. [ bell tolls ] gene hodeley peterson. [ bell tollsls ] christine ann snider. [ bell tolls ] john talagmani. [ bell it wills ] honor elizabeth wanio. [ bell tolls ] deborah jacobs welsch. [ bell tolls ] ♪ [ bag type ♪ [ bagpipes playing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> vice president biden, president bush, president clinton, secretary salazar, speaker boehner, friends, families, and all those that chose to take time today to share in the bittersweet celebration of this memorial dedication. thank you for honoring the memory of the passengers and the crew of flight 93 with your presence. ten years ago, we first came to this hallowed ground. we were devastated. nearly broken. our lives had changed in an instant and at a time when we least expected the potential for such evil in the world. today, with the dedication of the flight 93 national memorial, we are assured that the enduring legacy of our loved ones and their collective actions on september 11, 2001, will be preserved, providing comfort, inspiration, and education for future gene

miller, louis j. nacke, donald arthur peterson, jean hoadley peterson, mark rothenberg, christine snyder, john talignaninor elizabeth wainio, deborah jacobs welsh. [bagpipes] ♪ ♪ ♪ i w [applause] >> vice-president biden, president bush, president clinton, secretary salazar, speaker boehner -- friends, families, and all those that chose to take time today to share in the bittersweet celebration of this memorial dedication. thank you for honoring the memory of the passengers and crew of united flight 93 with your presence. 10 years ago we first came to this hallowed grounds. we were devastated. nearly broken. our lives had changed in an instant and at a time when we least expected the potential of such evil in the world. today, with the dedication of the flight 93 national memorial, we are assured that the enduring legacy of our loved ones and their collective actions on of september 11, 2001, will be preserved, providing comfort, inspiration, and education for future generations. it has been a long road to this very day. it seems to have passed in an instant. so many hurdles, so many steps to take, proce

under fed chairman arthur burns in the 1970s this was inflation, 6%. end of the '70s, inflation went up under mr. miller. '80s, paul volcker as fed chairman. inflation came down under paul volcker. it was alan greenspan in the late 1980s. until 2006, inflation stayed pretty low. under ben bernanke's chairmanship, bernanke, according to newt gingrich is the most inflationary fed chairman of all-time -- bink. that's his inflation record. it's kind of anti-climactic, right? again, in normalsville, if you were assessing the inflationary prowess of the guy furthest to the right in red on this graph, he doesn't really look all that inflationary. in normalsville, that guy does not look like your inflation problem, but in republicanland, he must be replaced. he must be fired immediately. he must even be treated ugly by an imaginary mob in the great state of texas because of his horrible, horrible inflationary measures. as represented, again, by bink, that tiny little last position on the graph. it's the same thing with the effect of economic stimulus. with the whole idea of whether government can do anything to