>> well i started at the magazine virginia postrel hired me in 1993.he moved on to write books fulltime. she was writing columns at various other places. in 2000 i became editor of the magazine -- in 2000 and then late 2007/early 2008 i became editor-in-chief of reason.tv, when we brought matt welch, my co-author of "declaration of independents," who had worked for the magazine and then gone over to the l.a.times. >> and why did you do it? >> well part of it was because, to be blunt, i've been working at the magazine for a long time. i was a bit burnt out on print journalism but as much as anything it was that when we knew matt who had written a book about john mccain in 2000 that came out in 2008. he would be awesome to edit the magazine and he's done a fantastic job since then, and we needed somebody to head up reason.tv. i was like, let me take a shot at it. i have a strong interest in that. >> should we assume that jack and neal, who you dedicate the book to are your sons? >> yes, they are my two sons. my son jack, who is actually john but we call