what i think is a duel, and long standing between henry wallace and the german of the democratic party and about america in the cold war, domestic communism, foreign policy abroad. it is also the year where this civil rights movement really gets a big boost. truman is fighting against wallace. he has got to get the blackfoot. the south is recoiling from that. there is an awful lot happening that year. >> is coolidge your favorite president or politician to write about? >> certainly. but also i am a big fan of ronald reagan and kind of grew up loving him from 1964 on. was there all the way at his inauguration, his funeral, when he lost his campaign at liberty island in new jersey. by god i love that man. >> is their a reagan book on the horizon? >> so many people have done it. so many people with greater qualifications. i would not mind doing it. i would not mind it at all. it would be very enjoyable. along the way i have written about a lot of scoundrels, and i would like to write about a man i admire a great deal. >> what are you reading these days? >> actually, what i tend to read, n