Show 311 National Review Online 3 of 3. Interviews with 6 book authors

Show 311 National Review Online  3 of 3.  Interviews with 6 book authors. From National Review Online program called Between the Covers (as in Book covers) with John J Miller. Visit the website at http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/  We found over 100 interviews with generally conservative authors.

1. Arthur Brooks on Gross National Happiness

Arthur Brooks, author of Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It, offers John J. Miller a revelation: “People who call themselves conservative or very conservative are about twice as likely to say they are very happy people, as are those who say they are liberal or very liberal.”

2. Roy Spencer on Climate Confusion

Climatologist Roy Spencer, author of Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor, tells John J. Miller that while global warming is real, its causes are not known. “The truth is that we don’t have the right observations, in let’s say the last thirty or forty years, to know whether our most recent warming is natural or manmade.”

3. Jagdish Bhagwati on In Defense of Globalization

John J. Miller asks Jagdish Bhagwati, author of In Defense of Globalization, why globalization even needs a defense. The answer: Large numbers of people believe “globalization is actually setting us back in terms of our social agendas, like women’s issues, democracy, [and] mainstream culture,” while others say it drains us economically, in terms of workers wages, total GDP, and the general welfare.

 4. Stephen Moore on The End of Prosperity

"[T]he bigger problem with the Obama plan is that it raises taxes on the most productive people in the economy.…You can't raise taxes on small businesses and then expect to have small businesses create more jobs," says Stephen Moore, co-author of The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy—If We Let It Happen.

5.  Richard Brookhiser on George Washington on Leadership

Richard Brookhiser, NR senior editor and author, most recently, of George Washington on Leadership, describes for John J. Miller the many qualities that made the father of our country such an exceptional leader. Among these was physical stature. Says Brookhiser, “When he does show up [before his troops], he makes an impressive figure. And that sort of momentary first impression is a very important thing.”

6.  M. Stanton Evans on Blacklisted by History

M. Stanton Evans, author of Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies, says inaccuracies infect many of the books on this topic. He tells John J. Miller: “The basic inaccuracy is the suggestion in most of the books that McCarthy was making stuff up; that he was lying. . . . What we now know is that he wasn’t lying. . . . He was correct both as to the larger picture of communist penetration in the government and as to many specific cases [of this].”