host: and a barrel -- henry barrel is a professor. -- farrell. let's start with different definition so we have an understanding of what it is that we're talking about. let's start with socialism. that has been a word that has been tossed around. it started this summer with the various tea parties and people talking about health care reform and calling the president a socialist. from your perspective as a political science professor, what is socialism? guest: is usually thought of as the state have a large stake in the economy. you see and socialist countries traditionally like the state owning big mining companies, big growth companies, other companies like that and controlling the commanding heights of the economy, the big, powerful parts of the economy which tried things. host: another word that got a lot of use the last couple of months is fascism. guest: fascism is something that political scientists disagree on very the most usual definition of fascism talk about this as involving the heavy use of the state for its authoritarian purposes. t

on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will speak with clark kent ervin, henry farrell, and a look at the president vacationing in hawaii with ken walsh. >> a rare clips into america's highest court threw unprecedented conversation with 10 supreme court justices about the accord, their work. five days of interviews with supreme court justices starting on monday on c-span. get your own copy of the supreme court on dvd as part of c-span's american icon program. one of the many items available as c-span do.org/store. >> the center section. it is the primary entrance. it is where presidents arrive and depart from. blair house is on the inside block. 1 we 109 room, 70,000 square feet. to put into perspective, we have 5000 square feet larger in the white house is. >> the primary mission is to be a guest home for world leaders to come here. it is used for that purpose. it has never failed. >> since 1942, just about any world leader you can think of has a walk through this door. this is the same marble floor the have walked across. -- they have walked across. >> it is easy to look at it and s

host: and a barrel -- henry barrel is a professor. -- farrell.et's start with different definition so we have an understanding of what it is that we're talking about. let's start with socialism. that has been a word that has been tossed around. it started this summer with the various tea parties and people talking about health care reform and calling the president a socialist. from your perspective as a political science professor, what is socialism? guest: is usually thought of as the state have a large stake in the economy. you see and socialist countries traditionally like the state owning big mining companies, big growth companies, other companies like that and controlling the commanding heights of the economy, the big, powerful parts of the economy which tried things. host: another word that got a lot of use the last couple of months is fascism. guest: fascism is something that political scientists disagree on very the most usual definition of fascism talk about this as involving the heavy use of the state for its authoritarian purposes. typ

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talk to former homeland security inspector general clark kent ervin, political science professor henry farrell the president's christmas vacation in hawaii. " washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern every day on c-span. >> next on c-span, former cia analyst bruce grendell look said u.s. policy in afghanistan and pakistan. the muslim public affairs council discusses the fort hood shooting at their annual meeting. and william eggers talks about what government does and does not do well. later, a recent speech by secretary of state hillary clinton on human rights. >> beginning monday, a rare glimpse into america's highest court threw unprecedented on the record conversations with 10 supreme court justices about the court, there were, and history of the taconic supreme court building. five days of interviews with supreme court justices starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. get your own copy of our original documentary on the supreme court on dvd, part of the american icons collection, a three disc set including programs of the white house and the capital. one of the many items c- span.org. /store

on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will speak with clark kent ervin, henry farrell, and a look at the president vacationing in hawaii with ken walsh. >> a rare clips into america's highest court threw unprecedented conversation with 10 supreme court justices about the accord, their work. five days of interviews with supreme court justices starting on monday on c-span. get your own copy of the supreme court on dvd as part of c-span's american icon program. one of the many items available as c-span do.org/store. >> the center section. it is the primary entrance. it is where presidents arrive and depart from. blair house is on the inside block. 1 we 109 room, 70,000 square feet. to put into perspective, we have 5000 square feet larger in the white house is. >> the primary mission is to be a guest home for world leaders to come here. it is used for that purpose. it has never failed. >> since 1942, just about any world leader you can think of has a walk through this door. this is the same marble floor the have walked across. -- they have walked across. >> it is easy to look at it and s