[laughter] jeremy rabkin, george mason university, scalia law school, old friend of mine. and a brilliant scholar who will be joining me to discuss the book. jeremy, back to you.

[laughter] jeremy rabkin, george mason university, scalia law school, old friend of mine. and a brilliant scholar who will be joining me to discuss the book. jeremy, back to you. [laughter] >> well, i think i'm here because the last -- no? it's on. you're saying shout into the microphone. okay. i think i am here because the last chapter of in this really fine book is about justice scalia, and so we've got someone from the scalia law school to wave at it. the book is fun, the author is fun the. i'll say just a little bit about the author and the book, and then he has some selections, i guess, from the book. joseph tartakovsky, probably known to many of you here, has been associated with the claremont institute. he as has a law -- he has a law degree from fordham. he was deputy solicitor general of nevada. he now lives in san francisco, was born in the soviet union, right? so he's one of those people who has strong reasons to appreciate what the constitution has done for us in america, and i would give my summary of this book before he gives his own account of it. we ought to