a would go on vacation with russell kirk book under his arm. these kind of founder of modern conservatism. very big, a little academic, a little denser come certainly a conservative mind. one of his favorite books is a tough read. you might want to go with the cliff notes but it's all-encompassing. one of hisat old partners when they were at a think tank back in early '90s he made a point to me, i love this, russell kirk would write that way and purpose to make it hard to get through because if you really wanted that information you would have to crack y to a lot of density. >> host: let's go to atlanta, democrat's line. >> caller: good morning. i really was confused by the person you are right now talking about mike pence and how it relates going on currently. is going to basically be in the same trap that donald trump is. he is involved in it. it is extortion, by their own words on their own telephone call. there is no doubt about that. they will be impeached. compared to be clinton's impeachment about sex and how republicans were firm about

buckley, russell kirk and of course lee edwards. what do we seek to do in this book? it is about restoring america's founding principles. that is where we begin. it's about resorting to religious liberty and the right to conscience, restoring medical, restoring a culture of life. i'm going to be very clear we are in this book to say 60 million abortions since 1973 is 63 million abortions too ma many. we can and i believe that we will do better. every once in a while providence does clear and i believe it will as we say in our book when rove v. wade is a memory. chapter five if i may say it's perhaps the spine of this book, and it's very simpatico with my own role that focuses on the family, nearly eight years at the white house and a little over ten years in the united states senate. restoring marriage, family, parenting and social capital. and i want to be very clear in this regard if i may. these are the innumerable institutions, marriage, family, parenting is the first pillar of our civilization. there is nothing now or ever can or ever will replace the family. res

russell kirk said, i don't think that's right. he put together this book called the conservative mind which liberals said the words impossible. when they began reading the book - - there was and had been a conservative tradition in america since the founding. [indiscernible]. >> when he got through and published the conservative mind. liberal said, wow. >> wasn't a hit right away? >> it was. for depleting if you will. - - deep reading if you will. it made russell kirk really the most important conservative intellectual in america. >> in many of your book, you indicate that 1946 was a key year in the modern conservative movement. why is that? 1944 and in 1945. the reader's digest picked it up and did a digest of - - extraordinary that some 16-17 million americans, which is the circulation of the reader's digest at that time. read that book. what's important about that reader's digest version is that two gis coming out of world war ii read it in the digest. one was an arizona businessman who had come out of the wars. what am i going

. >> author lee edwards, who is russell kirk and why is he such a hero to conservatives?>> russell kirk was an unknown obscure assistant professor of history and michigan and michigan state with amoco college. one day he woke up and said i want to write the book about all the conservatives that have lived and worked and made a difference in our history. no one had ever done that before. as a matter fact, lionel chilling the preeminent electoral of the day said conservatives don't really have any ideas and when they do express them to express them in irritable mental gestures. so that was the distain the contempt if you will, the liberals had for conservatives. russell kirk came along and said i don't think that's right and he put together this marvelous book the conservative mind which liberals said was impossible. conservatives don't have mine. but when they began reading the book and they realized what he had done was put together really a masterpiece which had proved that there was and had been a conservative tradition in america since the founding. ..... >> now he had

he loves any books, but he would always go on vacation with a russell kirk book under his arm. for those of you who know who years, he is the founder of modern confers her to -- modern conservatism with the buckley's of the world. a little more academic. a little denser. certainly a conservative mind. one of his favorite looks is a tough read. you might want to go with the cliff notes on that one. but it is all-encompassing. partners, when they were at the think tank bank in the early 1990's, i love this point, he said russell kirk would write that way on purpose to make it hard to get there because if you really wanted that information, you are going to have to cracked or a lot of density. host: let's go to atlanta. good morning to patrice on the democrat's line. caller: good morning. caller: i am really confused by the person you have on right now. there is no doubt about that, they will be impeached. how this could be compared to clinton' is impeachment about sex and how the publicans were from about that but don't care about extortion, i'm not really sure. at the end of the

one of my favorite interviews with him was about russell kirk. it is one of his favorite philosophers. he loves many books. a would go on vacation with russell kirk book under his arm. is the founder of modern conservatism. academic.ore a little denser. certainly a conservative mind. one of his favorite books is a tough read. you might want to go into it with cliff notes of that one. it is all encompassing. one of his old partners, craig, when they were at the think tank in the 90's, he made a point to me. he said russell kirk would write that way on purpose to make it hard to get through. because, if you really wanted information, you would have to crack through a lot of density. host: let's go to atlanta. lloyd is on the democrat line. caller: good morning. this personed by you have talking about pence and how it relates to what is going on currently. but, i will take it that pence is going to basically be in the same trap that donald trump is. he is involved in it. it is extortion, by their own words on their own telephone call. there is no do

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one of my favorite interviews with him was about russell kirk.is one of his favorite philosophers. he loves many books. a would go on vacation with russell kirk book under his arm. is the founder of modern conservatism. academic.ore a little denser. certainly a conservative mind. one of his favorite books is a tough read. you might want to go into it with cliff notes of that one. it is all encompassing. one of his old partners, craig, when they were at the think tank in the 90's, he made a point to me. he said russell kirk would write that way on purpose to make it hard to get through. because, if you really wanted information, you would have to crack through a lot of density. host: let's go to atlanta. lloyd is on the democrat line. caller: good morning. this personed by you have talking about pence and how it relates to what is going on currently. but, i will take it that pence is going to basically be in the same trap that donald trump is. he is involved in it. it is extortion, by their own words on their own telephone call. there is no doubt

he studied russell kirk as sort of the basis of his goldwater.t's hard to watch pence six years prior to trump and watch him now, because it's such a major pivot. yeah, it's such a change from where he was just a few years ago. >> tom lobianco, thank you for being with us. >>> a manhunt for a shooter who killed four people in a kansas city bar. we're on the scene. ♪ introducing a razor that works differently. the gillette skinguard has a guard between the blades that helps protect skin. the gillette skinguard. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong? life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take prolia® if you have low blood calcium, are pregnant, are allergic to it or take xgeva® serious allergic reactions, like low blood pressure trouble breathing; throat tightness;