lippmann:? mr. snyder: lippmann. i felt like walter lippmann was out for walter lippmann. i think i would have liked him the least. brian: how much did you find that had already been written about him? much? mr. snyder: oh, yeah. there's been a lot written about him. others are still writing about him. but i think what makes my book different than other books about lippmann, about holmes, about borglum, frankfurter is their relationships with each other. and how these relationships with each other impacted their lives. brian: you are married and where did you meet your wife? mr. snyder: i met my wife in washington in dupont circle not not far from the house of truth. brian: how long ago? mr. snyder: 10 years ago. brian: how many children do you have? mr. snyder: two. brian: how old are they? mr. snyder 4 and almost 6. brian: clearly they have not read your book. mr. snyder: no. they are my house of truth. they help me keep it real. brian: the name of the book is "the house of truth: a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism." our guest has bee