mr. coolidge. he begins to see him in retrospect and extremely comfortable and even praiseworthy citizens his failings are forgotten. the country remembers only the great fact that he let it alone. while there are worse habitats for a state income if the day ever comes when jefferson's warnings are heated up last and we reduce government with the simplest terms it may very well happen that his bones now resting inconspicuously in the vermont granite will come to be revered as those of a man who really did the nation some service as one might expect from a man on the fourth of july. jeff, colquitt was born on the fourth of july, july 4th, 1872 to be exact, in the minuscule central vermont of plymouth notch perhaps a dozen drillings between the corners of other words not particularly near anything. maple syrup and hillsides. he was not born which were poor, but by the standards of 1872, plymouth notch his father, colonel john coolidge was a man of means, a general store keeper, insurance agent, forme

mrs. coolidge. [laughter] >> on that note, regarding the coolidge speech in favor of hoover of madison square garden a lady came up afterwards i enjoyed your talk so much that i stood the entire time. he said so did i. [laughter] and i have enjoyed this to. thank you for coming. [applause] >> host: i am larry johnson and former employee of the central intelligence agency with counterterrorism and considered somewhat of an expert on terrorism because i can smell it too but today we have the opportunity for the ultimate reader fantasy with the program after words to meet with an author. if you read the book i think all of you with the audience would want to have a chance to say i would like to ask him some questions. today, market, i am glad we have the opportunity to speak with you about your book. talking to caris. >> the first question is the hardest question. i am a historian and author and one life and a middle east activist an analyst in another life. this book talking to terrorist is a combinati

calvin coolidge called herbert hoover mr. wonderful and calvin coolidge was, my model president who believed according to amity shlaes, religion long ago determined the world would be better if they involve themselves less than that to me was what depression led to. hoover however was mr. active. police called him a wonder boy. he said he never stopped giving me advice and all of it was bad as the secretary of commerce. he was the first secretary of commerce, the first government official to insist the government had the responsibility to put people in homes and make programs to facilitate that. this all started under hoover. he was a total activist or go all the activity he did, starting with the depression, starting with the crash was wrong. it was a disaster smoot-hawley tariff. he would browbeat banks into keeping interest rates low. he would browbeat the employers into keeping people on the job. he tried to rally wall street and push it and all this was running contrary to what he should have led to his coolidge and hardi