"mark steyn's passing parade" in '06. mark steyn tobacco songbook in 2008. a song for the season 2008 as well. "lights out" into the house nine and afte "after america" is mosy someone came out in 2011. 2002 "the face of the tiger," where did that title come from? >> guest: it comes from a run. there was an old lady from niger they went for a ride on the tiger, she -- how does ago? she returned from the ride something inside, and a smile on the face of the tiger. i think that's how it goes but it doesn't really work because niger doesn't rhyme with tiger. but at any rate that, and i had called the title peace in that on the essay of the death of daniel pearl. the smile on the face of the tiger, which i thought was, so people like daniel pearl, as you know, was a "wall street journal" writer who was headed, wound up beheaded in pakistan by khalid sheikh mohammed who is now in u.s. custody in conjunction with omar shaikh, a student of the london school of economics, a middle-class british subject. and it is, and daniel pearl again without any one idea of a rig

"mark steyn's passing parade". "mark steyn's american songbook". "a song for the season".ts out". the most recent "after america". steynonline is his website. we appreciate your time on booktv. thanks for being with us. >> visit booktv.org to ask any programs you see on line. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of a page and click search. you can share anything you see easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the cage and selecting the format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with not know -- top nonfiction books. booktv.org. >> winston churchill graces the cover of world and the balance. the perilous month -- "world in the balance: the perilous months of june-october 1940". what was going on in great britain june through october of 1940? >> the nazis had overrun nearly all of europe. they controlled from the atlantic circle of northern norway through the southern part of europe and the lot of people want that collapse or cave in in a matter of weeks. france has been overrun, several weeks, many people thoug

steyn's best selling works include his 2011 release "after america." >> host: and mark steyn n your 2006 book "america alone," where did that title come from? .. an elusive title he thought was for losers and guarantee we sold in 2008800 copies, he thought that was -- thought america alone was a hit title, and he proved right on that. >> host: what was your original title? >> guest: i'm keeping that to when i'm in a multibillionaire and i can afford to indulge myself by writing books with oblique titles that sell 204,000 copies. >> host: what is the book >> guest: the book by my original title was on the same fame has "america alone" turned into which is civilization collapse. that is my little niche. i think with a good editor does which is what harry did for me is identifies your unique selling point and get you to focus on it. stop dancing around the issue in the first fifty pages. get straight in on this and that is the book. and he was right. >> host: you write in "america alone: the end of the world as we know it" is hard to deliver a wake-up call to a civilization determined to sm

steyn?er: hi, john. >> caller: i'm here with my son david, we're both huge fans, it's an honor to speak with you, and if you ever need to get down to the bible belt, you can come visit us in our conservative bubble. you'd be very comfortable down here, i'm sure. [laughter] >> guest: the last time i was in louisville, i think i landed there prior to visiting santa claus, indiana, just across the border not too far away from you. >> caller: know it well. um, a quick question. i talked to some of my, you know, conservative friends, and something that seems like it's a common feeling is that, you know, when we act as, um, as christians and trying to speak out as conservatives in a way consistent with the kind of things that we talk about, we feel like we're acting alone against a group. and it's a perception, i don't know how real it is, that when we're -- a friend of mine said it felt like, you know, he's running a flag against an army, and he turns around, and no one's running with him. it's,

news from the states boosted risk appetites should traders expect the rally to resume this week mark steyn from metropole financial moscow outlines the main drivers for the week ahead. and the meeting of the euro zone finance ministers is scheduled for monday in the late afternoon and it is expected and expectations are growing that there will be a decision made on the approval of the second tranche of there on the second package of the france rate for greece and also at the same time could be similar teams have proved their restructuring or the write off their voluntary write off of their great dead by private shareholders and by private debt holders. form busters are arming russia's regions that's according to q. real dmitri of the head of the country's investment fund speaking at an economic forum in siberia he told business r.t. both the main attraction points to foreigners in russia as a specific interest of logistics area that's very important there is quite a bit of interest it's infrastructure and those are very specific projects so for example airport infrastructure is very intere

mark steyn has published nine backs. he is a tpraepbt guest host on rush limbaugh. live today your collapse to call, e-mail and tweet live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is the winner of the nevada caucus. he is followed by former house speaker newt gingrich, ron paul and rick santorum. the former massachusetts governor gave his victory speech to supporters in las vegas. this is about 30 minutes. >> it looks like we are missing a few of our kids. nevada.u rbyou, once again i'm here to make sure that you listen to me this time and obey when i tell you don't clap until i'm finished. nobody listened to me last time. but i do have to give special thanks to all the people that made this happen. the most people i need to thanks are the volunteers. a big thank you to all of you that volunteered. our nevada co-chairs, i want to thank our congressmen. the many nevada elected officials throughout the state who have been so crucial to our success. we are so appreciative. and nevada state director sarah nelson, senior vice

. >> columnist and author mark steyn has published nine books. his latest is a "new york times" bestseller. he also writes "the happy warrior" column, and he's a frequent guest show on rush limbaugh's radio show. and live sunday, your chance to call, email, and tweet with your questions, live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. even though president obama has said he'll propose a salary increase for civilian federal employees of half a percent, the house yesterday passed a bill to freeze the pay of nonmilitary federal workers through 2013. the debate was 45 minutes. ogniz. mr. ross: and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. mr. faleomavaega: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. ross: i rise in support of h.r. 3835, to extend the pay limitation for members of congress and federal employees. our federal employees provide an essential work function for the federal government. they're good people.

i heard from a gentleman who ran a music business in pal steyn, texas, who said, quote, our business is hampered by the uncertainty of tax regulations and obamacare. i had one in dallas, texas, after having to lay off 2 people, he said, swreel to terminate one more in february, due almost entirely to the impact on my business of the health care reform we have. we are stymied. there is no doubt that the president's health care plan is killing jobs, house republicans have repealed it in its totality, it's been blocked by the president, by democrats, and so if we can't do it in its totality, we'll do it piecemeal. we need to start out by repealing the class act, which secretary sebelius said to is totally unsustainable. senate committee chairman kent conrad called it a ponzi scheme in the first order nevment's policies have fail. it's time to enact the house republican plan for america's job creators. it's time to repeal the class act. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey. i yield two -- >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from fuge, mr. pascrell. the chair: the gentleman is rec

has hate speech laws built into their constitution so that you can actually be punished like mark steynor saying the wrong words. those aren't the constitutions that an american justice could point towards -- megyn: i've got to challenge that saying justice ginsberg is anti-american. it is a very controversial thing to do, i grant you. some of the left judges on the court do it, but you can't call her un-american. look at her. she served her country faithfully, they don't get a lot of dough on the u.s. supreme court. she sits up there, and she's -- >> i wish she would, can we get her a job somewhere else? megyn: don't call her anti-american. drawing the line there. leslie, does he have a point, however, that when you're sitting on the supreme court and you're asked about the constitution for egypt, maybe it's not a great idea to say i don't know about that u.s. constitution? >> megyn, i'm going to say let's look at what she said in its full contention. and -- context. and this is what she said. our original constitution, she said, had no women involved in the creation or writing of it.

. >> author mark steyn is published nine books, his latest, "after america" is a new times best seller. he is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh's radio show. live sunday on in depth your chance to call, e-mail and tweet with your questions. live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> yesterday, the house oversight committee questioned attorney general eric holder about fast and furious. this was a gun trafficking investigation by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, which allowed thousands of weapons into mexico. this part of the attorney general's testimony is an hour and 45 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. please close the outside doors. the oversight committee mission statement is that we exist to secure to fundamental groups -- principles. first, americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. and second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold governm

. >> columnist and author mark steyn and he is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh's radio show.sunday, your chance to call, e-mail, and tweet with your questions on c-span2. >> as readers of literature, we have a responsibility. for those of you discover in the creation of literature, you have a responsibility. do you not? can you create anything that you want reflecting history or not and feel comfortable and the creation? or, must you pre-censor yourself? >> this weekend, professor william foster on the n-word's place in american literature and culture. also, he changed the reading habits of americans but a look at the influence of time inc. founder henry luce. sunday, texas quickly becomes a leading oil town. american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman tim ryan, a member of the house budget committee and also the co-chair of the congressional manufacturing caucus. thank you for being here. we will get to manufacturing and the economy but i want to begin with the overall look of the economy released yesterday by the congre

. >> mark steyn has published nine books. his latest is the new york times best seller. he is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh's radio show. your chance to call, e-mail, and tweet with your questions, live on book tv on c-span2. >> mitt romney has won the florida primary. he spoke with supporters at an event that began with his wife ann romney. [cheering] >> thank you, florida. we are so grateful to all of you for being here tonight. thank you, this is a very wonderful reception. you know, this experience of mitt running for president has been extraordinary for our family. it is just hard to express what it means for a wife and mother to be on stage. i will tell you that mitt does not take himself very seriously because we have the five boys along on the bus. they keep us humble. my son is in residency and we are sorry he is not here. we have made friendships from here all across this country but here in florida in has been wonderful. there are so many people we need to thank. the list is long so i will ask you not to clap until we have gone through the list. i am

. >> , it -- columnist and author mark steyn. he is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh was the radio show. last sunday, your chance to call, e-mail, and tweak with your questions live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> nevada's republican caucuses are under way today. tonight, our route to the white house coverage includes candidate speeches live on c- span and throughout the day. follow live reports from the individual caucuses and live resorts as tweeted by the nevada gop where you can also weigh in with your comments through our facebook page. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the last half-hour, we open up the phones to any public policy, as you want to make. zero months are open, and they are the standard phone lines this morning. we want to also update you on some of the -- one of the stories we were talking about this morning, the occupy d.c. protest site that police raided this morning. a few articles today. the ap headline as cops converge. also the "washington post" headline. want to read you the headline fro

. >> mark steyn has published nine books. his latest is a "new york times" best seller. he also writes the happy warrior column and is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh's radio show. and sunday your chance to call with your questions at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >> the senate select intelligence committee met tuesday for their annual meeting on threats to u.s. national security. jame clapper told the committee that al qaeda is in decline but remains a threat. he warned that the u.s. still faces significant threats to terrorist organizations, foreign entities and cyber threats. and other witnesses at the hearing included c.i.a. director general david petraeus and f.b.i. director robert muller. this is about 2-1/2 hours. sm for the committee to ask questions of our intelligence leaders in public. today is also an opportunity to take stock of what has happened in the last year and what we can expect for 2012. before looking ahead, i want to congratulate the leaders of the intelligence community before us today. and the tens of thousands of civilian and milit

sunday, our "in depth" program will feature best selling author mark steyn. that is on a super bowl sunday, so if you want to break away booktv thisegame, sunday. enjoy the rest of your thursday. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 2, 2012. i hereby appoint the honorable ted poe to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 12, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall deb

. >> mark steyn has published nine books. his latest is the new york times best-seller. he also writes a column for the new york review and is a frequent guest on rush limbaugh's radio show. live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> in a few moments, president obama announces a plan to help homeowners take advantage of lower interest rates to refinance their mortgages. and about 25 minutes, wednesday's briefing with speaker of the house john boehner. after that, house debate on a proposal to repeal the long-term assisted care provision in the new health-care law. later we will we hear the house and senate conference on extending the payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow morning. president obama will be at the 16th annual national prayer breakfast. that is on c-span2 at 8:00 eastern. later, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies before the house budget committee on the state of the economy. >> we as exports and readers of literature have a responsibility. for those of you in the creation of lite

i heard from a gentleman who ran a music business in pal steyn, texas, who said, quote, our business is hampered by the uncertainty of tax regulations and obamacare. i had one in dallas, texas, after having to lay off 2 people, he said, swreel to terminate one more in february, due almost entirely to the impact on my business of the health care reform we have. we are stymied. there is no doubt that the president's health care plan is killing jobs, house republicans have repealed it in its totality, it's been blocked by the president, by democrats, and so if we can't do it in its totality, we'll do it piecemeal. we need to start out by repealing the class act, which secretary sebelius said to is totally unsustainable. senate committee chairman kent conrad called it a ponzi scheme in the first order nevment's policies have fail. it's time to enact the house republican plan for america's job creators. it's time to repeal the class act. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey. i yield two -- >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from fuge, mr. pascrell. the chair: the gentleman is rec

steyn? >> caller: hi, john. >> caller: i'm here with my son david, we're both huge fans, it's an honor to speak with you, and if you ever need to get down to the bible belt, you can come visit us in our conservative bubble. you'd be very comfortable down here, i'm sure. [laughter] >> guest: the last time i was in louisville, i think i landed there prior to visiting santa claus, indiana, just across the border not too far away from you. >> caller: know it well. um, a quick question. i talked to some of my, you know, conservative friends, and something that seems like it's a common feeling is that, you know, when we act as, um, as christians and trying to speak out as conservatives in a way consistent with the kind of things that we talk about, we feel like we're acting alone against a group. and it's a perception, i don't know how real it is, that when we're -- a friend of mine said it felt like, you know, he's running a flag against an army, and he turns around, and no one's running with him