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Brendan and Timothy McNulty talked about their book, The Meanest Man in Congress: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century, in which they recalled the life and work of the late U.S.…

Scholars discussed the history of presidential misconduct while looking at the Donald Trump presidency and past administrations. Panelists included James Banner, who in 1974 wrote a report w…

Panelists talked about Donald Trump’s presidency and how it compares to previous administrations, including Richard Nixon’s. Panelists included former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, fo…

Author Ari Berman talked about his book, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, about the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and how the fight for voting…

Thomas Geoghegan argues that Americans would be better off if they adopted the model of European socialism currently in place in Germany and France. He discussed his book with Hendrik Hertzb…

Hendrik Hertzberg talked about his book ¡Obamanos!: The Rise of a New Political Era (Penguin Press; October 29, 2009). The book, a collection of his “Talk of the Town” columns in The New Yo…

Upon the re-publication of Barry Goldwater’s The Conscience of a Conservative and John Kenneth Galbraith’s The New Industrial State, a panel of political and historical observers discussed t…

A panel discussion was held on the National Popular Vote Plan. Under the plan states would join a binding agreement to allocate all of their electoral votes to the candidate who receives the…

Hendrix Hertzberg was interviewed about his book Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004, published by The Penguin Press.

Mr. Hertzberg talked about his book Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004, published by The Penguin Press. The nearly 40 years worth of essays and editorials by a former editor fo…

Hendrik Hertzberg talked about his book "Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004", published by The Penguin Press. Mr. Hertzberg discussed a number of aspects of the political proce…

Mr. Hertzberg talked about current events and newspaper headlines. He also responded to audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

In the sixth of ten lectures examining the character and leadership of presidents of the past 50 years, Mr. Hertzberg, who wrote speeches for President Carter, discussed the life and preside…

The New Yorker Senior Editor Hendrik Hertzberg talked about current newspaper headlines and events, and took audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

Brian Lamb spoke to speech writers and others by telephone about public speaking and orators. He also took questions from viewers by phone, fax and electronic mail about orators they like an…

In the newspaper roundtable, Mr. Hertzberg and Mr. Kristol talked about current news stories of interest to them and took audience calls, faxes and electronic mail.

In the newspaper roundtable, Mr. David Brooks and Mr. Hendrik Hertzberg talked about current news stories of interest to them and took audience calls, faxes and electronic mail.

In the newspaper roundtable, Mr. Hertzberg and Mr. Kristol talked about current news stories of interest to them and took viewer calls.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…