i thought i'm not going to stop david horowitz. sure enough a couple of minutes later, i saw dick army gave him a hug. the whole center pivoted to dick and david. it's a good thing he's here. everyone seems to know him and like him. i went into work on saturday or friday, when i went into work on monday how could i let this happen. how would i let the interloper. the only thing is dick army seemed to be happy, if they are happy to see him, then, i guess, it's okay. i survived about six more years in that job. i was starting to get anxious and frustrated. i felt like we do this in any one of the nonprofit movement because we want to make a difference and have change and all of those corny things. but it's true. i was getting frustrated. i found out david was looking for an executive director. i remember david. i knew of david, of course,. and i thought the person assured me, david, will make things happen. if you are frustrated about not getting things done, david gets things done and then some. i was also warned about working for da

[applause] >>> david horowitz former editor of ramparts magazine is currently the president of the center for study of popular culture and the editor of front page magazine. he's also the author of radicals on the politics of bad faith and art of political war. to find out more, visit frontpagemagazine.com. up next reporter documentary film correspondent and author t.r. reid joins booktv for the three hour "in depth" interview. >> host: t.r. reid, you've written about computers, health care, international relations, ski resorts, the roman empire. how do you choose your topics? >> well, partly guess what i write for money. dr. johnson said no man but a blockhead wrote for money because it's hard work so i do try to look for topics that will sell. i don't always succeed. some of the books are flat, but i try to find a topic that looks complicated can be penetrated with some work and then i try to explain it in an engaging and understandable way. it's hard work but that's what i try to do, find some people say i will never figure that out like a calculator can add two plus two and i try to e