then we'll hear from a couple university of virginia professors, sid milkus, author of a book called "theodore roosevelt progressive party and transformation of american policy." next we'll hear from john houseman, and finally matt spalding, vice president for american studies at heritage foundation. so, e.j., first, it's great to see so many people here. happy holidays and to those who celebrate the merry christmas and happy hanukkah. i want to thank my friend bill ch chambra for putting together what is a genuinely fairly unbalanced event. bill and i have agreed on the importance of community and disagreeing on what progresses make of the community for about that long. it's just great. i was remembering the series of books. some of you may be able to remember them. they were history books for kids called landmark books that i think random house. for some reason a blurb on the back stated, anyone who has not feasted upon them has been cheated. anyone who has not feasted upon sid's book about the 1911 election is cheated. jim caesar is absolutely brilliant and i find myself disagreei