wing state, nobody is going to do anything and the regents, even the regents who were appointed by pete wilson as i said, this chapter of the book, to them, i got one call from a regent who is has now left the board of regents. a little later, i'll get to what the politics of the university are that prevent -- that keep this unconscionable state of affairs going. so our book has 150 such courses. whole fields are just given over to indoctrination. women's studies is not an academic field, it is a political party. that doesn't mean that women's studies couldn't be an academic field. it could be, if the subject of women and their status and their history were treated in an academic way, that is, where you looked at different perspectives and evaluated the evidence. women's studies courses are indoctrination courses in radical markoid feminism which teach that america is a racist, sexist classist homophobic society and an imperialist power because they teach global feminisms now and terrorists are freedom fighters, and if they resort to unpleasant tactics, it's because the oppressors, that's beca

then i took an opportunity and offer to be the presidential historian to pete wilson i have to give credit to, the former governor of california. he came out and looked at the reagan dyer rate. so i agreed, i was happy to edit it. -- the reagan diaries. my wife and i had endorsed katrina. so we ended up saying let's bring our kids and go out to the reagan library. nearby we went to thousand oaks, california. >> you were in new orleans. >> then became back to new orleans. i was a professor at tulane university. mike american studies center, the theater roosevelt center -- my american studies center. i was teaching a class on conservation. at rice university now i teach a class on theater roosevelt and conservation again. i've been informing myself on the research part of this story for a long time. it always was in my mind that the main thing i wanted to do ato write the history of theater roosevelt then fdr, carson, then u.s. fish and wildlife, stored would all, ladybird johnson, up until the present time dealing with global warming and the modern green movement. i wanted to see all that t

i simply had an opportunity, an offer to be the president, as presidential historian to pete wilson, i really have to give credit to, former governor of california had me come out to look at it and i was stunned to see reagan wrote a diary every day. yeah, i would like to be the one to edit them. there was a stipulation, mrs. reagan wanted it out quickly. although i had been working on this roosevelt, i had to make a decision do i continue working on my roosevelt book or is this such an important thing to do. and my wife and i had endured katrina so we ended up saying let's bring our kids and let's go out to the reagan library, nearby, we moved to thousand occasion california. >> you were living in new orleans. >> yeah. we came back to new orleans. i was professor attu lane and even named my american studies center attu lane, the theodore roosevelt center and i was teaching classes attu lane on theodore roosevelt and conservation. at rice university now i teach a class on theodore roosevelt and conservation meaning when you say when you start writing a book, i have been informing mys