and brzezinski veldt this is a terrible idea. i wrote the letter. we were ready to go and he checked with the state department and normally i attended to be on vance's site of the split in the carter administration. this time i was very much on brzezinski's cited the state department put the caboshed on this idea and it never happened because they were worried about the affect of questioning the legitimacy of the soviet union. because that is what this had gone. now, i think that carter's human rights policy as hovel believe this had a very large impact on the process that led to the disintegration in the fall of the soviet empire and communism in europe. i have to admit now, well, let me go back and talk about reagan for a minute because reagan turned to be a surprising figure. the first reagan that came along was of scary certain to be character, and he didn't seem to understand if it was between communism and liberalism. he had a manichean view seemingly. he called the soviet union the evil empire which at the time i disapproved of. i thought it

mika brzezinski what are you reading? >> "the glass castle" and jeannette used to work at ms nbc.do you know her? she grew up in west virginia under the most unbelievable conditions and she writes about it. and hashish use her live through a glass castle of this existence with a very mentally ill mother and a very poor existence. and it's a book that i'm sure with my daughters. and then she has another book out just now. i can't remember the title of it but i'm going to move on to that one. i have to get her first win under my belt. >> you also are writing a book. tellis. >> is out on january 5. i'm a little nervous. is called "all things at once." and it is about the search for the ability to admit to myself that i love to work. and it is important to me, as my children and my husband. and how my time off looking for work forced me to realize that, sort of a mental journey to get there. but along the way in this book there are a couple of other messages about the female identity and this day and age. and how you kind of have to really push through a lot of things not to lose sigh

. >> mika brzezinski. >> "after words" with stephen debra and steve and levet continues. >> im as recline and we're back with stephen doppler and steven levitt. before what to break would begin to get a little bit into the most controversial section of the book which is the piece on global warming. our listeners have heard about cap-and-trade and they will hear about carbon taxes. but the book advocates a different solution which is using new technologies to reengineer or to engineer, to manipulate the very climate of the earth. back when i was a kid, would get you a quick visit from the justice league. but here you are saying it is the answer. what convinced you? >> we have to be careful. we have to be clear about what we're talking about. the question we try to answer is, if we decided the earth was way too hot, it is too hot and we wanted to cool down quickly, how should we go about doing it. that's a question that i think we as a quite effectively in the book. there's other questions you might want to answer like what kind of legacy do we want to leave for our children. is it wrong fo

would take it because the ninth circuit ruled, a short ruling, favoring the law school, judge alan brzezinski, a relatively conservative judge. the court is willing to second- guess a judge who is highly respected in conservative circles, it is certainly striking and perhaps might mean they want to move a lot of little bit. host: othe underlying issue, and the echo of the supreme court voiced doubt decision a dozen years ago in terms of members who are homosexual? guest: of there have been a number of variations of this. you get questions about a group that, you know, once to associate with people who believe the same things and are involved in some way, either public money or public support, and in that case, the boy scouts 1 and in this case, given the court agreed to pierre the appeal from the christian group one might think they may have a leg up to start with. host: scranton, pennsylvania, kevin on the democrats' line. caller: how are you? did anyone ask you about the corporate finance case? i don't know the name of it. host: corporate finance case? the one -- does that tell me a little

would take it because the ninth circuit ruled, a short ruling, favoring the law school, judge alan brzezinski, a relatively conservative judge. the court is willing to second- guess a judge who is highly respected in conservative circles, it is certainly striking and perhaps might mean they want to move a lot of little bit. host: othe underlying issue, and the echo of the supreme court voiced doubt decision a dozen years ago in terms of members who are homosexual? guest: of there have been a number of variations of this. you get questions about a group that, you know, once to associate with people who believe the same things and are involved in some way, either public money or public support, and in that case, the boy scouts 1 and in this case, given the court agreed to pierre the appeal from the christian group one might think they may have a leg up to start with. host: scranton, pennsylvania, kevin on the democrats' line. caller: how are you? did anyone ask you about the corporate finance case? i don't know the name of it. host: corporate finance case? the one -- does that tell me a little