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i will put a chill in the tradition of someone who has been compared to, scott fitzgerald, which is heady company to be in, garyuld put you in the tradition of saul bellow and early philip roth, not just because of your preoccupation with jewish themes, but because of the exuberance of your voice. if in the russian tradition, i would say, come back, gary, you are more in the tradition of gogol, whereas with your restraint is more like chekhov. one place where you do overlap despite these differences is writing about immigrants and expatriates and what you might call the identity crisis. and in your debut novel you have the main character who is working in new york, the immigrants' immigrant's expatriot. and had to offer an unlikely and the characters in your book and are also expats, america dubai, your latest book. i saw you quoted in an interview you do that have on home turf, but you have no choice to float around on these post-national currents. you have spent your entire careers in some sense talking about this, but very briefly. how does being an immigrant or displaced expatriate inform your writing? >> w

gary scott smith looks at how religion has influenced the lives and policies of presidents. in ravens brook, sarah helm investigates a nazi era concentration camp used to imprison the women deemed undesirable by the nazis. in hissing cousins the relationship between first cousins eleanor roosevelt and alice roosevelt long worth. a look at new york governor andrew cuomo's political journey is looked at in "the contender." and in "be safe love mom," elaine describes her experiences as the mother of four u.s. military officers. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> he was offered a position at the end of the summer on the middle east desk of the national student association for which he had zero preparation. and we went off to another congress. we moved the -- the office moved to washington, we moved to washington. it was thrilling. i went back to school. and then in october one evening we had dinner with two people who identified themselves as former nsa officials. and and after dinner we were driven som

scott walker speaks at a republican activist workshop in new hampshire. then a memorial service for edward brooke. after that, an interview with gary stein gart and joseph o'neill. >> scott walker spoke at a republican party grassroots activist workshop in concord. governor walker is said to be considering a run for the 2016 presidential nomination. new hampshire traditionally holds the first residential primary in the nation. this is approximately 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. what a great job. thank you. thanks. what an honor to be here today thank you. well, first off, i want to think you're great chair. we have been around the state the last two days, but before that, i got a chance to really sit down with jennifer horn and get to know her. and know her love for this party, and more importantly for the state and this country. we are at a meeting earlier in the year, and she said the rnc chair extra grew up about 15 miles down the road from me. ironically, paul ryan grew up about 15 miles down the road from me in the other direction. it must've been something in the water in the 1980's. [laughter] paul and i both flipped

>> scott walker has gone up against the unions for years now. and won. gary b. what does that mean to wisconsin? >> i think now wisconsin is going to join the other states that are seeing continued economic revival. jonas pointed out one fact i would like to take issue with. in states that have right to work, personal income is growing 12% more than in states that don't have right-to-work. maybe we are looking at a different set of facts. i can't see any economic benefit to not doing it. i agree with one point he made as the states have right-to-work, people will migrate to those states if every state does it, we'll all be back to square one. everyone's economic level will have risen. >> jonas, response? >> the wages are better because they are moving jobs, companies are saying that is a state i can operate in. that is a good thing for that state. employees in that state. i bet there's income losses where the jobs are leaving from and going to that state. for the whole country it's not as obvious the benefits. again, i think you would have lower unemployment wit

>> scott walker has gone up against the unions for years now. and won. gary b. what does that mean to wisconsin? >> i think now wisconsin is going to join the other states that are seeing continued economic revival. jonas pointed out one fact i would like to take issue with. in states that have right to work, personal income is growing 12% more than in states that don't have right-to-work. maybe we are looking at a different set of facts. i can't see any economic benefit to not doing it. i agree with one point he made as the states have right-to-work, people will migrate to those states if every state does it, we'll all be back to square one. everyone's economic level will have risen. >> jonas, response? >> the wages are better because they are moving jobs, companies are saying that is a state i can operate in. that is a good thing for that state. employees in that state. i bet there's income losses where the jobs are leaving from and going to that state. for the whole country it's not as obvious the benefits. again, i think you would have lower unemployment wit

scott dunham was suffering from depression. in sports. the warriors inch closer to the top seed in the western conference. and why is jim harbaugh sending handwritten cards to the girlfriends of recruits' ? garyins. and has all the sports. next female announcer: through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save hundreds on beautyrest. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. >> gary :hisotry made last night. warriors clinch pacific last night it has been 39 years since the last one behind 32-points and 10 assists from steph curry the warriors clinched the pacific division title for the first time in 39 years with a 122-108 win in portland over the blazers last night the last warrior team to do it was in 1976 at 58 wins they are also one win away for equaling the franchise record for that mark also held by that 1975-76 team with 11 games left they will surely accomplish that as well after the game they donned t- shirts saying "pacific claimed" the celebration was muted though as they obviously have bigger fish to fry in the postseason here's curry on clinching the pafific so the last ti

, i will put a chill in the tradition of someone who has been compared to, scott fitzgerald which is heady company to be in gary, i would put you in the tradition of saul bellow and early phillip roth, not just because of your preoccupation with jewish themes, but because of the exuberance of your voice. if in the russian tradition, i would say come back gary, you are more in the tradition of gogol, whereas with your restraint is more like chekoff. one place where you do overlap despite these differences is writing about immigrants and expatriates and what you might call the identity crisis. and in your debut novel you have the main character who is working in new york opinion of the emigrants have immigrant's ex-patriot. and had to offer an unlikely joke and the characters in your book and are also explants american, dubai, your latest book. i saw you quoted in an interview you do that have on home turf but you have no choice to float around on these post-national currents. you have not spent your entire careers in some sense talking abut this to my but very briefly. how is being an immigrant or displaced expa

scott rates. >> pam: if you have a story idea but you will like us to look into please go to i website in look--and click on mystorykron boss4.com >> garyig weekend for the warriors. with their 60th win and clinched top spot in the west. >> gary:and today stephen curry was named the western conference player of the week. curry had 6-three pointers in the warriors win over the bucks saturday. >> gary:for the week curry averaged 30 points and 8 assists in leading the warriors to a 4-0 record here's a look at what's going on with the warriors right now. >> gary:and it's all good. >> gary:nba's best record at 60-13 9 game winning streakstraight wins >> gary:team record 784 3- pointers 40-0 when holding teams under 100 points >> gary:former warriors great chris mullin is now a head coach. >> it is exciting to the up part of a franchise and a team that is trying to make its own mark. >> gary:mullin is taking over the job at his alma mater st. john's university where he is considered one of the greatest players in school history. >> gary:this will be the first head coaching gig for the 51 year >> gary:mullin is hall of famer.two time olympic g

scott fitzgerald, which is heavy company to be in. the narrators especially " neverland" have a nick carraway-esque narrator. conquest -- convalescence exuberance and wit in your voice. in the russian tradition, i would say gary- of satirical. while neil, your restraint is more like nabokov. one place where you do overlap and nonfiction is writing about immigrants and expatriates what you might call the immigrant identity crisis. your debut novel "the russian have you taught handbook -- debutante handbook." you described them as

gary from north carolina. last night, the gridiron called held its annual dinner. the dinner is close to cameras but we were in the lobby. among the speakers, governor scott walker.e was attending the dinner and delivering remarks. scott walker referred to the number of staffers leaving the white house. valerie jarrett is the subject of the piece in this morning's sunday magazine from "then your times you go -- "the new york times." caller: when i heard what this was about, i had to call in. even though i am a staunch republican, the reason this came in is because he was broke and wouldn't sell the office. since i'm pretty sure the only president -- former presidents that we still have are the bushes and the clintons, and all of them are as wealthy as can be, i think they need to keep the security detail, but they can means tested like they want to do everything else. someone just now mention the congress -- i do think they should cut their pensions, and maybe that would prevent them from staying 40 or 50 years. there is -- host: there is a great story by harry truman and his wife driving back to washington dc after leaving the white house. it became a pretty pop