Mark Halperin

So you need to be a generalist, but you also want people who have the interest and the discipline and the mental capacity, the intellectual curiosity to say, I'm going to know everything about this.

So we're going to play some Beatles trivia here later, but first we're going to talk about James' book.

And that's the last piece I want to tell you.

This guy has written many books, and he takes important topics –

And he writes narrative nonfiction that makes it cinematic, that makes a compelling character and a compelling story, and add in the great history of it.

His encyclopedic knowledge of Watergate is fueled by his intellectual curiosity, but also by old-fashioned shoe leather reporting.

He spends time in archives.

He spends time online.

He finds the story with an eye for detail that puts it all together, the arc of history.

individual characters who are compelling, and then a real sense of bringing you back into a place in time.

And in the culture we live in now, when a 10-year-old tweet for many is considered too old to read, understanding and appreciating American history is extremely important, whether you're an adult or a child.

And so I'm grateful for the Chief Washington Correspondent of Newsmax, James Rosen, also the author.

of a book, two books so far, two of three in a series about one of the titans of the last hundred years in America, Justice Scalia of the Supreme Court.

The books are called Scalia.

The first one dealt with his career and his life before he joined the court.

The new edition deals with the first part of his time on the United States Supreme Court, where he has been as influential in American life

as arguably anyone else with the possible exception of our presidents.

Next up, right here now, after an intro longer than many cable news segments, James Rose.

James, welcome and congratulations on the book, and thank you for being here.

Well, you could tell your you could tell your family there's at least someone who appreciates you.