we'll kick things off tomorrow with mona charen. >>> welcome to old cow town museum, wichita, kansas. in wichita, brent and trace waking up the city for 2 years. we think we've got a heck of the start. that's why the mayor comes in every wednesday. today he's going to talk about the problem we're having in the city with taxi cabs. so 9:20 hang on for that, if you will. >> june 2nd and 3rd. book tv and american history tv sploer the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> a rather modest looking paper wrap binding. but what it contains is an alphabetical list of members of senate and the house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only, as it says here, for the members' immediate use only. not that they had xerox machines, but they were not supposed to loan this out because, as you can see, it would tell you exactly where everybody lived, so you could go and buttonhole them and punch them if yyou didn't like them. >> watch for book tv and american history tv in wichita on june 2nd and 3rd on c-span 2 and 3. >>> witnesses at a senate energy committee he

you have joined us for the spotlight on columnist series, you know it started on saturday with mona charen. and matt lewis and s.e.cupp of "the new york daily news." we are joined by a columnist for the nation and welcome. >> hi. thank you for having me. >> for those who don't know you, could you explain the people you write for? who's your audience and what topics do you frequently write about? >> well, i write a lot about -- i write about politics, books, culture. i write about feminist issues and women's issues. and things that are in the news, but every now and then i review a book or a movie. it's pretty much what i want it to be. as far as who reads it, well, of course, i hope i reach an audience of millions and millions but realistically i mostly reach people who are on the left end of the political spectrum. >> your column most recent deals with the topic of wage theft. for those who haven't had the benefit of reading it, can you encapsulate what you were talking about in the column? >> oh, yeah this is the shocking thing. as if it's not bad enough that low-wage workers are very lo

on saturday mona charen. sunday colbert king. monday matt lewis. tuesday clarence paige who writes for the "chicago tribune." on wednesday s.e. cupp who has a show on glenn beck's website. and the series wraps up thursday with katha politt of the nation. watch starting at 9:15 a.m. on c-span. in looking ahead news makeers this sunday, democratic national committee chair debbie wasserman schultz talks about the presidential race, the political landscape for the u.s. house and senate this year, and money in politics in the 2012 cycle. that's on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. then on monday c-span's live memorial day coverage begins with president obama at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. speakers including defense secretary leon panetta and actor tom selleck will be live at the vietnam veterans memorial for an observance at the wall. our live coverage begins at 10:50 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i want people to get from the book is a better understanding of who she was, what she was like because there have b

journal, our guests include daniel mekstroth from the manufacturer's alliance, david kramer, and mona charen. >>> life is incredibly precious and it passes by far too quickly. so during your time here, use all of your unique god-given talents to serve one another as that will be the true measure by which your life will be judged. follow the golden rule. >> memorial day weekend, watch commencement speeches on c-span, politicia politicians, white house officials, and business officials share their thoughts with the graduating class. saturday through tuesday. >>> the public policy center held a discussion on fact checking and the 2012 presidential election at the national press club in washington, d.c. journalists and political checkers examined claims made by and about former governor mitt romney and president bashar al assad barack obama. this portion of the event runs an hour. >> thank you, kathleen. thanks to all of you for sticking around for the final panel today. these are the guys who on the news side take these commercials and truth test them. and i think that's an important part of th

we began on saturday with mona charen. clarence page joins us today.hank you so much for joining us this morning. guest: happy to be here. host: 1989 pulitzer prize winner. how to pick a topic for columns? you never know about president obama and gay marriage. where do you start? guest: i look at the headlines. a fellow columnist was always meditating over column ideas and i did what i call the pundit walk, talking to reporters. they have to be objective. that is my job. if i hear a good gripe, i will go with it. it is not hard to find ideas. ideas are all over the place. look at the headlines today. there are lots of things you can have opinions about. what do you want to write about today? what is a burr under my saddle? then i go from there. after a finish writing, i have a postpartum depression. host: what is undermined right now -- what is on your mind right now? guest: the details of marijuana smoking of president obama when he was a teenager on the mountaintops. this has come out in a new book. the president wrote about being a pot smoker. bill

on saturday, we had mona charen of the national review. today we have matt lewis of the daily caller. we're joined now by matelots. explain to us what the daily caller is. some people have called the conservative answer to the washington post. guest: i think a better model with the conservative politico or huffington post. it has only been around 2 1/2 years. our goal is to break news. we also have commentary from a center-right perspective as well. i do some of that. a lot of breaking news. the perception has been that the media is skewed leftward and in some cases, vetting was not done from the center right perspective. we have focused on operation pressed and furious, a look into the case for attorney general holders with gunrunning into mexico. that is the kind of story that 20 years might have been largely ignored by mainstream media. outlets like the daily caller can talk about it and drive the stories into the mainstream. host: you cover congressional and presidential race politics. talk about being a conservative columnist in the c

tomorrow, syndicated columnist mona charen -- >> all next week, beginning tomorrow, actually, at 9:15 on c-span's "washington journal." a zoologist says demand for elephant ivory is at an all-time high in china. a committee was looking at what the u.s. could do on ivory poaching in africa. senator john kerry chaired the hearing. it is one hour and a half. >> the hearing will come to order. i apologize for starting a few minutes late. thank you forthcoming. i realize before coming. i realize the -- for coming. i realize the issue might seem to some to be slightly off of the beaten path of the usual topics our committee has tackled, but i believe strongly that one of the responsibilities of our committee is and always has been to make sure that issue is deserving attention receive focus, whether people believe them before they ever heard the issue or not, whether they are on the -- there on the front page of national consciousness today or not, it is our job to help put them there. certainly, even if we are not thinking much about the global implications of poaching in africa, i can gua