he serves as a mentor for isi's undergraduate honors program. he lectures on campus and at major events at our recent leadership conference in indianapolis. and participates of the studies center. his book "econoclast" he has had a wonderful reception. he has become something of a press celebrity. these matters are adequately described in the program that you have tonight. but let me just conclude by telling you what larry cudlow said about it. when brian was on his show says, the book that americans need to read now as our leaders rush forward to deal with the present crisis without consulting the lessons of the past is " econocl econocl econocl econocl econoclast." >> before i continue, yeah. >> speak up. >> speak up. you might want to visit the bar before i continue because a lot of what i have to say here is kind of going to be kind of grueling. maybe you'll want to pop a pill or have a loved one present and to hold on to something might be helpful because i'm going to mainly talk about the middle third of my book, "econoclast." the first th

>> isi books has been around since 1993. we are part of the intercollegiate studies institute, which does work with college students and college professors, newspapers and isi books to an extent facilitates that by writing books about intellectual and cultural events with the aim to restore some of the culture we have lost in the past 50 or so years. before that, isi also published books but not under our own publishing-- since 1993 we have have been independent within intercollegiate studies of cell. >> is the ideological, is there an ideological concentration? >> yes. more bringing back be underpinnings of conservatism. not so much this is what we need to do now and taking action but trying to bring back the thought and the culture into the movement and just get people to think about it it and ruminate about the topics we are seeing being played out. >> thank you

>> isi books has been around since 1993.re part of the institute which does work with college students, college professors, students papers. isi books facilitates that, providing books with intellectual cultural events with the aim to help restore some of the culture that we have lost in the past 50 or so years. before that, isi also published books but not under our own publishing, go outside. since 1993 within independent within to execute itself. >> and is the ideological, is there an ideological concentration? >> yes. more bringing back the intellectual cultural underpinnings of the conservative movement. not so much what we need to do now are taking action, but bring back the thought and the culture into the movement and just get people to think about it and think about topics were thinking being played out on the political level. >> thanks for your time. >> wesley smith, senior fellow at the discovery institute calls animal rights activism a quasi-religion that maintains equality between animals animals and people. the

>> before that, isi also published books but not under our own publishing area. we've been outside. 1993 we've been independent with the state institute itself. >> and is the ideological -- is there an ideological concentration? >> yes. it brings back the intellectual and cultural underpinnings of intellectualism. and to bring back the thought and the culture into the movement and just get people to think about it. ruminate about the topic we're seeing playing played out. -- played out. thanks for your time, christian. >> first, author and director of the richard nixon museum. takes booktv viewer phone calls. and nomi pim e from washington to wall street. >> so tim, thanks for joining us here at the "l.a. times" book festival on our set. what's the importance of a book festival like this in the world -- in the literary world? >> it's a pleasure. it serves a couple of purposes. the first it's proof that you can have a good literary discussion in good weather. the second is this is an opportunity for people to listen to authors talk about their books. talk about th

university in 1986, he first joined isi.student newspaper, and to receive the rich than waver fellowship for graduate studies leading to his phd from harvard university. now he's a professor at sam houston state university in texas. he serves as a mentor for the hono p

and it'll be out this fall through isi books. intercollegiate study institute. they are doing an amazing job. they really ramped up their offerings. that'll be -- it's kind of 20th century history book. looks at the long role of the communist movement in the united states and how the communist movement tried to get noncommunist liberals to support communist causes. >> just a reminder. the latest book on the shelf of yours is -- >> i guess the last one would have been 2007 the judge william p. clark and the hillary clinton "god and hillary clinton" came out in 2007. that's too much. i got to slow down. i got five kids at home. enough is enough. >> what are you reading these days? >> oh, boy, there's a book out by lawrence reese called world or with ii which i'm reading. fascinated by that. clarence thomas' book, interesting. i'm always reading about half a dozen books. i went back and digging into thomas murton from 1789. it's old. but timeless great spiritual autobiography. right now, these are the three books i'm working through. >> thanks very much for your ti

a couple showers, unfortunately, isis >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture.u. >>> this time the punk is on him. in his new movie "killers," ashton kutcher plays a hit man turned devoted husband, until one day everyone he knows starts trying to kill him. >> don't do it! sfwh ju sfwh. >> just shoot, please. >> are you crazy? >> ashton kutcher is here. good morning. and that's how your character's wife finds out that you're a spo former spy. >> yeah, it's a really relatable moving. >> he tries to get out of the spy thing. he's got to know that it will come back to haunt him. >> really it's more a movie about two people in a relationship that have this lie between them. and whether or not it's a good thing to keep things secret or not. and sometimes it is. there's some things that in a relationship you really just -- your partner just isn't like. >> like? >> like if it you're a killer. >> and the other scene i like is that, no, you don't have your mother's arms. >> but do i look good in these white pants? yes, you do. there do you ever have to lie in your marriag

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>> i am working on a cold war look and it will be out this fall through isi books, intercollegiate studies. they were doing an amazing book. donahey was the new book and read up the offering. it's kind of 20th century history book books that look at the long roll of the communist movement in the united states and in particular how the communist movement tried to get noncommunist liberals to support communist causes. >> just remind us the latest book on the shoals of yours is? >> i just -- the last one would have been in 2007, the judge william p. clark and the hillary clinton, got and hillary clinton came out in 2007 which by the way it was too much at once and i've got to slow down. i've got five kids at home. enough is enough. >> what are you reading these days? >> there is a book out by laurence three's called world war ii behind closed doors which i am reading and fascinated by that. clarence thomas's book very interesting. i'm always reading about half a dozen different books at once. i am going back to thomas's book the seven store remounted which i think was published in 48 or 49 so

even the hard-core militants see a isi as doing the bidding of the united states. the dynamic that existed there is beginning to fray. host: florida. kelly on our independent line -- caller: yu said the new generation is chaing, which means that we cannot control the middle east and what they are doing. our main purpose was to get osama bin laden. if we wanted him, we would that had him. anwhile, our borders are open for what ever, and every day we have to worry about a lunch box under a bench in new york city. we are wasting money and lives. these people have not changed clothes for t thousand years, and we are going to change their attitudes? i do not get it. guest: i understand your position, and i understand your anger. u.s. policy will not change the pakistan late taliban or the culture of pakistan, or the culture of the middle east. it has to evolve and change on its own. host: did it mean anything when president karzai talked about forming alliances with the taliban? did it have significance in pakistan? guest: i think present karzai is feeling beleaguered,

. >> that isy recollection that the red light of the uppermost light that i recall seeing and below that and what flights were there were green and yellow light side by side. furtherwer discussion about seen the captain and the captain going over to the bop panel. indeed you actually see someone active a e theate the eds? >> did not see the hutton pushed specifically. >> at some point after the captain and went toward bop panel, you said you looked at the panel and you still get the lights were no different. is that correct? >> glanced at the panel shortly after that. my recollection is that there were now red lights on what looked to me to be all of the green and yellow lights. where the green light off or on? >> i can't remember. >> were any lights plinking? >> i did not notice any blanket plight. >> when the plans said the panel, how long did you look at it? was it a quick glance at? >> i would consider that a quick look. a couple of seconds. o >>k. i believe that is all i have. thank you and ridd. clyde thank you. we reserve the right to ask questions when the witness appears in pers

even the hard-core militants see a isi as doing the bidding of the united states. the dynamic that existed there is beginning to fray. host: florida. kelly on our independent line -- caller: yu said the new generation is changing, which means that we cannot control the middle east and what they are doing. our main purpose was to get osama bin laden. if we wanted him, we would that had him. meanwhile, our borders are open for what ever, and every day we have to worry about a lunch box under a bench in new york city. we are wasting money and lives. these people have not changed clothes for two thousand years, and we are going to change their attitudes? i do not get it. guest: i understand your position, and i understand your anger. u.s. policy will not change the pakistan late taliban or the culture of pakistan, or the culture of the middle east. it has to evolve and change on its own. host: did it mean anything when president karzai talked about forming alliances with the taliban? did it have significance in pakistan? guest: i think present karzai is feeling beleagu

c e stock price logic, which isi one of four, it works within their computerized tradingmarke. platform. and as the market goes down orir up, if the order is in the book are going to be spreading so or much that there'll be a if the what's calledook are stoploss limit orders.at there'a it's a mouthful, but if there im a cascading that i believe goes, more than 6.5 points, then it there' will actually lost, give it fivt ilconds for more orders to comew in, and then it will, you know, it do an algorithm to trade off. that's what h appened right at the bottom of the market at 2:45. algorith the market traded up threeed at quarters of a point and then as it did, it moved up. >> welcome should a similar rule be applied to the other markets, equity? >> well, i think that chairman r eqties?o is talking with different -- there are different characteristics, but across the platforms to see whether there's something, i was a broadly similar though not identical.ber >> we're looking at individual across circuit breakersing that would operate to stop id ocks hg for a period of time so that