he's a high chair and cultural studies here at aei and megan mcardle who is probably known to all of you, washington post columnist with a lot to say on this issue as well. tim is a visiting fellow here at aei and he's also the commentary editor at the washington examiner where he's been a columnist for a while and you are all aware of his columns to his previous books on cronyism are what any of you probably know him for. the big ripoff and obamanomics. but this new book alienated america is a new enterprise for him, adeep dive into what's going on in the heartland and i'm holding this book up because you need to buy it . it's easier for me to say that and for tim to say and you should go out there and pick up a copy on your way out if you didn't pick one up on the way in, they are for sale in the hallway know tim will give us a few remarks followed by this discussion and then we will allow time for engagement with you, for a question and answer period follow and our rules here at aei is that you are brief and your answer is in the form of a question so without further ado i'd like

coming and i couldn't think of to better people to talk about this with than charles murray and megan mcardle live written on these themes a lot. so thank you, guys and let's have a conversation. [applause] [applause] >> maginn, i'll let you go first. >> i have so much on what to say but this book which i loved, not just because my husband is thanked in the acknowledgments. full disclosure, i did not see this book before publication. he withhold it from me so i could penalize on it. i will read my favorite passage from the book because i think this really sums up both the insight in the challenge of what tim points out. talk about the death of diners. i saw this in my mother's home town. the dunkin' donuts opens up there's a drive to and as fast as a grandfather who got up at 5:30 a.m. for decades and decades and went to the diner to get his toast and his eggs, that place is slowly dying off. he says, tim says losing the diner means losing and meeting place. over the years this would weaken the connection between neighbors. you may say there's nothing keeping davis and getting together anyway