brian: brad snyder, your book is called "the house of truth." where did you get the title? mr. snyder: the title is what the people l

and another chance for q&a with brad snyder.ouncer: on wednesday british prime minister theresa may answered questions. in this rare hour-long session, the prime minister talked about the upcoming election, brexit to healthns, cuts services and delays in pension payments of two women who worked during the 1950's. wales and the uk. questions for the prime minister. mister michael fabricant. prime minister. >> thank you. the economy in the west midlands is performing well, businesses are continuing to invest and since 2010, and as a result, my honorable friend, there are more doctors, and strong public services, strong and stable leadership delivers a strong economy. >> mister speaker. i think what this nation needs is a strong and stable government. but isn't it the case that thanks to evolution we will not only just have, i hope strong and stable government, in the westminster, strong and stable leadership, the right choices made after may 4th. >> people in the west midlands have the opportunity to elect a strong leader overseei

brian: brad snyder, your book is called "the house of truth." where did you get the title? mr. snyder: the title is what the people who lived there called the house in a self mocking way to characterize their debates. the people in the house that there was such a thing as truth, and that if you could corral and it -- corral enough experts and get the facts, you could arrive at the truth. brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr. snyder: it was a political gathering place. not a lot of automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members of the cast administration began inviting very prominent and not so prominent people over for dinner to discuss political ideas of the day. their main political idea was they thought that taft was a horrible president, and the way to save the country was to bring theodore roosevelt back to the white house. brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of the

our guest has been brad snyder and we thank you. mr. snyder: all right, brian. it's been a dream. thanks. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available on c-span podcast. >> and the u.s. house back at 4:30 eastern time to debate several bills dealing with s.e.c. regulations and a bill setting up a commission to mark the 400th anniversary of african-americans in the united states. later in the week the house will take up a $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government open until september 30 and includes extra money

and another chance for q&a with brad snyder. announcer: on wednesday british prime minister theresa may answered questions. in this rare hour-long session, the prime minister talked about the upcoming election, brexit to healthns, cuts services and delays in pension payments of two women who worked during the 1950's. wales and the uk. questions for the prime minister. mister michael fabricant. prime minister. >> thank you. the economy in the west midlands is performing well, businesses are continuing to invest and since 2010, and as a result, my honorable friend, there are more doctors, and strong public services, strong and stable leadership delivers a strong economy. >> mister speaker. i think what this nation needs is a strong and stable government. but isn't it the case that thanks to evolution we will not only just have, i hope strong and stable government, in the westminster, strong and stable leadership, the right choices made after may 4th. >> people in the west midlands have the opportunity to elect a strong leader over

i am in the middle of reading a wonderful new book by brad snyder called "house of truths." it is about littman and a lot of intellectual of this period seeking to define the status of principles about civil liberties and free speech that comes out of the world war i period. we are germinating during the period of the 19 teens. it is important to think of this legacy and wilson's of what is in transition and what is being born and develop and rather as a static menu of policies that we can examine and either, you know, pass approval or rejection upon. in my remarks there and look forward to the conversation, thanks. >> so there are many things that we could continue to say to one another or places where i am attempted to chime in. i think the responsibility thing for me to do as moderator of this panel is open up the conversations to y'all and see where you would like to chime in. >> i would like to comment of the conversations of congre congress -- of racism specifically northern -- and oftentimes we focus on the racism and hearing from congress and from southern congressma