i don't know how they came to princeton. but negative started reading them and here was this great story about and greed and neglected story and american intellectual history about the contest between communism and anti-communist and, just about the time of the beginning of world war -- world war ii. so, i also have to say that for more than ten years i wrote a regular weekly newspaper column for the daily princeton ne, our campus newspaper, and a net that i touched on all sorts of contemporary and political topics. so this isn't totally new for me. >> host: and you have a blog? johnvfleming? >> guest: weblog is called gladly lauren gladly page which is describing as you probably know but the way to get to the sec is at johnvfleming.com and has a blog reference. >> host: one of your neighbors george kennan, the great diplomat, and he was part of the history of this turning on the cold war. i worked the council on foreign relations and he wrote his famous essay sources of soviet conduct for our periodical foreign affairs and

>> of princeton university, the man who gave us these men, professor fleming's new book is "the anti-communist manifestos." for books that shaped the cold war. one of the characters in this book by professor fleming was at a protest at carnegie hall in new york during that cruiseship visit. and he said our job is not to end the cold war. our job is to win it. professor kling has an extraordinarily interesting take on these men and the spirit. welcome, sir. >> guest: thank you it is a great pleasure to be here. >> host: we will divide the hour into three parts. in the first part we will talk to professor fleming about the content of his book, those four figures that he spends time on. jan valtin, victor kravchenko. these are two names we have heard less perhaps not a. and two names we have heard more, arthur koestler and whittaker chambers. in the second segment we will talk about -- with professor fleming about these men but why he loves these books and how he came to this topic and his other works. is a professor at princeton in their district he is a literature man, a classic manager he is w

in teaches at harvard and princeton, i developed several improvements. political science begins with the observation that with swings the country over the past generation has been 1, 3, democrat, 1/3 republican, and 1/3 independent. grade school math shows us that half of 1/3 is 1/6. but because only one in four, often a fraction of this figure participate in primaries where legislative candidates are chosen, it's 1/4 time 1/6 that 1/24 is the maximum percentage of the electorate and hence the legislative bodies have tended to represent the vast cross section of the american public increasingly reflect principally the philosophical edges. american is a pragmatic oriented society. for virtually all of our history, they have had the aversion to extreme. yet compounded by the recent patterns, the turning center is vastly unrepresented in congress today. and in state legislative bodies as well. it hardly had a stand in the legislative table. political science 102. to the degree parties are controlled or defined by their party apparatus in the party organizat

in teaching at harvard and princeton upon leaveing congress, i developed a series of two-minute courses in american governments. let he site several. political science 101 beginning with the country over the past generation has been approximately 1/3 democratic, 1/3 republican, and 1/3 independent. one-half of 1/3 is 1/6. so 16th and 2/3 percent of the voters control the election. but because only one in four, often a fraction of this figure participate in primaries where the candidates are chosen, it is 1/4 times 1/6 that 1/24 that is the maximum percentage offered by each of the parties. this percent is socially conservative on the republican side and vigorously liberal. hence, legislative bodies intended to respect the vast cross section of the american public increasingly reflect principally the philosophical edges. america is a pragmatic oriented society. for virtually all of our history, citizens have had an aversion to the extremes. yet compounded by recent patterns of redistricting, the senator is vastly under represented in congress today, and in state legislative bodies as wel

affairs, brookings institution and contributed to a number of very important studies including the princeton project on national security. so, after we hear from dr. stanger we will open it up to q&a, and then she has agreed to stay here and sign her books. so we hope that you will all take it vantage of getting a book. thank you once again for joining and for having us. [applause] >> thanks very much for that very generous introduction, and it's great, it is absolutely great to see so many of my former students in this audience as alums of middlebury college in american foreign policy i know i'm going to get some good questions. wonderful to see you here despite the bad weather. i wanted to start with a rhetorical question to get us warm up. why do the firm's who recently benefited from government handouts and loans continue to have so much power in the contemporary political system? there are a lot of potential explanations floating around out there. one might be that there's some sort of wall street conspiracy against main street. others point to the revolving door between business and go

nassau hall in princeton was gutted by fire, students set it afire. in some cases 40 percent of the student body was expelled. 40%. so this was a scale of writing that had never experienced and has never been duplicated since. religion also was democratized and transformed. not only were the european-based religions declined, but we had the emergence of new religious that nobody had ever heard before. the shakers, incredible outpour of religious feeling. and by 1815 americans were becoming the most evangelical christian nation in the world, without established churches. and that was the marvel that tolstoy saw. how could religions thrive without being supported by state. on the eve of the revolutirevolution, the anglicans said wait a minute, we are the dominant religions. by the end of the revolutionary period, even as early as 1790, the two dominant religions were the baptists and the methodists. the methodists, not a single method is an american in 1860, and by 1790, there was already the second largest growing and within a decade or two, it had bec

. >>> cal, hosting princeton. interesting matchup in northern california. patrick christopher. boykin right there for the reach and put-in. cal leads by 13. they're in the first half. that will do it for us. tonight, it's "the final score." we have all the day's highlights for you, including week. >>> 12 in the nfl. that's at 10:30 on most of the region sports networks. we go back to the galen center, where nebraska is leading usc by one at halftime. oh! blue! time! time out. i touched it. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> do a better job of what we're checking. you have to know, anderson is a three-point shooter. i know i harp on this all the time. we are zero for six on first side. zero for six, with four turnovers. >> steve: that's kevin o'neill. nebraska leads 27-26. how are you going on your first

mayor for "the poison king: the life and legend of mithradates rome's deadliest enemy" published by princetonniversity press. and t.j. stiles for "the first tycoon: the epic life of cornelius vanderbilt" published by alfred cannot. and this year's winner of the nonfiction prize for the national book award is for the book about a man who last an indelible mark on the city and the street, t.j. stiles for "the first tycoon." [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> you have to excuse me. this is an out of body experience. i actually did prepare a few remarks. i'm sorry for lengthening the evening. i would like to preface my bank used with a few words that i hope will give them more weight. before he became a full-time writer and worked for ten years in publishing both academic and trade. when i told my last boss that i was leaving to right, she said i always knew you wanted to be on the other side. you would've thought i was going to tunnel into the berlin wall. while i'm reporting back to say that there is no other side. i rather knew that from the beginning when i was first hired at oxfo

t at princeton university.clear thinking, his clear speaking, his research, his intellect, his experimentation me can definitely the man for times like these. mr. chairman, the floor is yours. [applause] >> glenn, thank you very much. nice to be back here again. a few of my dearest friends here. [laughter] when i last spoke at the economic club of new york a little more than a year ago, the financial crisis had just taken a more virulent term. in my remarks that that time i describe the extraordinary actions that policy makers around the globe were taking to address the crisis. and i expressed optimism that we had the tools necessary to stabilize the system. today financial conditions are considerably better than they were then, but significant economic challenges remain. the flow of credit remains constrained, economic activity weakened, and unemployment much too high. future setbacks are possible. nevertheless, i think it is fair to say that policy makers forceful actions last fall and others that follow were

right from the time that the three-point shot was put in effect, princeton, las vegas and there's one more. syracuse. >> dan: no, no. three up. wide open, williamson. to the left side. and govens hit it. >> larry: that's the third one. vanderbilt. they're going to be good this year. they'll be the sleeper in the southeastern conference, i think. >> dan: nice steal right there. he turned it back over. oh, aeeric wallace with a nice maneuver and then lost it back to st. joseph's. o'brien trying to chase it down and he can't. almost ran into the hawk who continues to flap. >> larry: i've got to tell you, phil martelli has put passion back into his club. boy, have they started off the second half playing the way he wants them to play. >> dan: it is one of the risks that you run. there's that clock. when you come to the maui -- or you come down to paradise jam or puerto rico, which a lot of schools do. you're dealing with 18, 19-year-old kids. sometimes it's hard to get them to focus. it is a risk that you run. >> larry: but it's also a chance for kids to see a different part of the world.

princeton, you know, really, really respected novelist.s like this -- he has this innocence and you can't be sarcastic around him. it goes over his head. yet, there isn't a proversion he won't jump into, you know, feet first. >> he's a man. >> yeah. that's true. but a sweet, innocent man. is that also dismisbl? >> men and there perversions. i want to show people how we booked you on this show. >> yes. >> larry david was on my show and you called him. take a look. we have footage. >> ted danson. >> ted danson? can i speak to him for a second? >> hold on, joy behar wants to talk to you. >> he wants to be on the show, ted danson, he's booked. you're more than a pretty face, ted. >> noohe's not more than a pret face. >> do you remember that conversation? >> i do. i do. that's hysterical. >> we caught that little thing before we went on the air so we used it. funny, huh? >> i wish i brought my phone. i'd call -- >> you could call larry. we'll get you the phone the next segment and you can call larry. larry is in hot water with the catholic leag

princeton, you know, really, really respected novelist.s like this -- he has this innocence and you can't be sarcastic around him. it goes over his head. yet, there isn't a perversion he won't jump into, you know, feet first. >> he's a man. >> yeah. that's true. but a sweet, innocent man. is that also dismissible? >> men and there perversions. i want to show people how we booked you on this show. >> yes. >> larry david was on my show and you called him. take a look. we have footage. >> ted danson. >> ted danson? can i speak to him for a second? >> hold on, joy behar wants to talk to you. >> he wants to be on the show, ted danson, he's booked. you're more than a pretty face, ted. >> he's not more than a pretty face. >> do you remember that conversation? >> i do. i do. that's hysterical. >> we caught that little thing before we went on the air so we used it. funny, huh? >> i wish i brought my phone. i'd call -- >> you could call larry. we'll get you the phone the next segment and you can call larry. larry is in hot water with the catholic le

host: princeton, new jersey, of your sends us this e-mail. guest: i'm surprised.hat is the debate. i think all the cities showed that the cost as been significantly lower for medicare part d then getting them from canada. the average citizen save themselves tortured their rulertold hundred dollars per y. could there be people who have certain drugs or plans -- there are usually three tiers -- they each have affect some people -- overall, it has been a big winner for senior citizens. host: do you believe the program is simple enough for people to understand? guest: it is complicated. when you try to make different levels of subsidy and make it competitive, which we tried to do, a tightly regulated public program that created intense competition -- 1500 medicare part d plus plans over 34 regions, it is complicated. i'm biased. i was involved in creating it. the first new federal entitlement program that has come in significantly below cost. i believe we said that the system of intense incentives for contractors to have intense competition and low costs. the average

host: princeton, new jersey, of your sends us this e-mail. guest: i'm surprised. that is the debate. i think all the cities showed that the cost as been significantly lower for medicare part d then getting them from canada. the average citizen save themselves tortured their rulertold hundred dollars per y. could there be people who have certain drugs or plans -- there are usually three tiers -- they each have affect some people -- overall, it has been a big winner for senior citizens. host: do you believe the program is simple enough for people to understand? guest: it is complicated. when you try to make different levels of subsidy and make it competitive, which we tried to do, a tightly regulated public program that created intense competition -- 1500 medicare part d plus plans over 34 regions, it is complicated. i'm biased. i was involved in creating it. the first new federal entitlement program that has come in significantly below cost. i believe we said that the system of intense incentives for contractors to have intense competition and low costs. the averag

dab any miller, and my oldest son, thomas marshall miller who is a graduate student in classics as princeton. my younger son could not be here today as he was performing in a production of romeo and juliet this evening at cornell. i would like to mention my brother, james john, who has worked at the treasury and now the i.m.f. and last, my uncle, harry john, who served in world war ii and worked in the national archives here in washington. i thank all of them for the support they have provided me. >> and welcome to the finance committee. why don't you pro, ms. miller, with your statement? >> thank you so much, chairman conrad, ranking member grassley and members of the committee, for giving me the opportunity to be here today. i am honored that president obama and secretary geithner have asked me to serve in the treasury department at this critical time for our economy and our country. 32 years ago, i arrived in washington, a cornell university graduate with a degree in government. i worked as a legislative aid in the house of representatives before i went to graduate school at the universit

host: princeton, new jersey, of your sends us this e-mail. guest: i'm surprised. that is the debate. i think all the cities showed that the cost as been significantly lower for medicare part d then getting them from canada. the average citizen save themselves tortured their rulertold hundred dollars per y. could there be people who have certain drugs or plans -- there are usually three tiers -- they each have affect some people -- overall, it has been a big winner for senior citizens. host: do you believe the program is simple enough for people to understand? guest: it is complicated. when you try to make different levels of subsidy and make it competitive, which we tried to do, a tightly regulated public program that created intense competition -- 1500 medicare part d plus plans over 34 regions, it is complicated. i'm biased. i was involved in creating it. the first new federal entitlement program that has entitlement program that has come >> -- it came in sickness to delete a low cost because we set up intense incentive -- it is the first to come in below cost.

you probably need to -- princeton. you probably need to stay out of that particularly geographical area. >> any update on injuries at this point? >> multiple victims. as soon as i find out and i can confirm i'll let you know if anybody died. >> thank you so much. >> all right. that's obviously the tail end. here's the scene from overhead of the gateway center and the office building where a man walked in today on the eighth floor and opened fire. eight people were wounded. two people according to affiliates have died and as bark jones of orlando pd just said we got to find this guy. he's at large. he may be in the area. he may have made his getaway in an suv, nissan suv. he may still be downtown orlando. the emergency by no means is over. we'll continue to follow this developing story out of orlando. >>> president obama speaking out about the ft. hood shootings. he said it's too early to know what led to the tragedy. here's what he had to say. >> this morning i met with fbi director mueller and the relevant agencies to

30 years, and my oldest son, thomas marshall miller, who is now a graduate student in classics at princeton. my younger son could not be here today, as he is performing in the production of "romeo and juliet" this evening at cornell. i would also like to mention my brother, james dunn, who has worked at the treasury and not the imf. my nephew, paul, who also works in washington, and last, michael, harry john, research in world war ii and for many years worked at the national archives in washington. i thank all of them for the support they have provided me. >> welcome to the finance committee. why don't you proceed with your statement? >> thank you so much, chairman konrad, ranking member grassley, and members of the finance committee for giving me the opportunity to be here today. i am honored that president obama and secretary gunnar have asked me to serve in the treasury department at this critical time for our economy and our country. 32 years ago, i arrived in washington a cornell university graduate with a degree in government. our work as a legislative aide in the house of representat