send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> make some booktv, jonathan haidt presents his thoughts on the divisions that he contends separate the left and right. the social psychologist examines the origins of these fissures and explains that people's moral intuition, the initial perceptions we have of others, robert gates the idea of the people who view the world differently from how we do are wrong. this is a little over an hour. >> higher the one. thank you so much for being here.

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> and welcome to boston where "the communicators" is on location for the 2012 cable show. for the next three weeks will be bringing you some of the interviews that we conducted on telecommunications policies and issues. this week, michael powell, as president and ceo of the national cable and telecommunications association. we talked to him as well as the chairman of time warner cable. here are those interviews. michael powell, president and ceo of the national cable and telecommunications association, yet this week at the cable show you had a sit down interview with fcc chairman genachowski, and chairman genachowski talked about the fact that shared services agreements needed closer attention. what is your view? >> he didn't expand on on detail but it is a subject that is come up somewhat consistently in the courts, concerns about reagan's addition to the senate. and i think it was meant to signal that that is one area that the commission may have s

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweak as at twitter.com/booktv. here is a look at the upcoming book fairs and festivals across the country. the south carolina book festival will be in columbia, south carolina from may 18th to the 20th. it features 70 authors, writing classes and panel discussions. the same weekend, maryland hosts the book festival. booktv will be live with many authors including gary crisp and adam andfeel. book expo america is in new york city june 4th through the sixth. it will feature of their breakfasts and several panel discussions. look for coverage of this festival in the future on booktv. on june 9th and tenth booktv will be live from chicago. for more details about coverage check our web site at booktv.org. and for upcoming lists visit booktv.org and click on the book fares tap the top of the page. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. sunday on q&a. >> i don't regard this as the biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to exam

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. more from oklahoma city. governor mary fallin tells us about what she considers to be the most important political books available. she was elected first female governor of oklahoma and 2010. >> for students interested in getting into politics, but books have you read over the years, in the course of your life actually that you recommend reading of water? >> well, what of my favorite books that i hope suitable look at and it's actually encouraged many students, especially graduation rates for students is one of my favorite books that's been worn out right now but i've read of many come many years ago that talks about abraham lincoln's principles and how he was able to get things done. one of the things that talks about his he would go out among his troops, especially during the time of war. he would depend upon his top lieutenants per se to get him back information. also he valued the advice of other people. he didn't have to think he knew all the answers. he sat out last council from other people. he also is

send us an e-mail at booktv at c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. ohio democratic representatives tim ryan presents his thoughts on the teachings of mindfulness in what he believes are the meditative practices of benefits and how it can be incorporated into education and health care policy. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. we were sitting there thinking, i wish my town hall meeting started like this, you now? [laughter] how much different they would be. thank you very much and i want to thank our -- for having me. you have heard about this evening for such a long time and part of it and you share a little bit -- is that too loud? is that okay? just share a little bit about how the book started and where i came from. it was funny we had an event in new york city about three months ago, maybe more. it was called creating a mindful society. it was launched by a couple of magazines, one of the mindful.org which is a great new magazine coming out. i was one of the speakers on the second night and on the first night, i had met a woman fr

send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. us at twitter.com/booktv. >> now on booktv, emmett tyrell jr argues modern liberalism is void of answers for toda

booktv? send us an e-mail apple tv at c-span.org. or tweaked us at twitter.com/booktv. >> the republican primary has caused romney to move too moved so far to the right that he has gone off the board. you have candidates appearing with a question. anybody in the civilized world will know -- maybe that excludes those candidates -- which of course, i will give you 1 dollar in texas for $10 to of pay, but nobody can win out. not huntsmen or anyone. it was a well-kept secret, but i ran for the republican nomination in the 1996 cycle. you can't abolish the department of education. here you have herman cain and michele bachmann and one after another pushing romney so far to the right. and senator santorum prodigious worker covered all the counties, played right into his strength with the evangelical right is but as soon as the people of america found out about them, like the people of pennsylvania, there he went. romney has changed positions so many times, gilmore had a regular night when he said romney has changed positions more often than

booktv? send us an e-mail at "book tv" at c-span.org.ss at twitter.com/"book tv." >> this is what he said, that that was not their intent and that was made brutally clear to me that one of the offices -- one of the officers suddenly kicked me, smashing my job. it felt like somebody had taken a baseball bat to my head before i could even register that unbearable pain, one of the other officers slammed me in the lower leg at the time. i heard a crack. i immediately pleaded with melanie, who was one of the arresting officers but who at that point had become an guardian angel. she was different from the west. i know this is going to sound kind of strange, but up until that point i had felt safe with her there at the scene, sort of a maternal presence that would not allow things to get too out of control. i shouted out to her. you don't have to do this. tell them they don't have to do this. >> going to that story, when i was initially pulled over, i had a job to go to that monday. it was going to pay way more money than i was working at the d