The great French philosopher chats with me while a French television team videos us.

Peter, who is executive editor of The New Republic, and author of U.S. Versus Them; How a Half Century of Conservatism has Undermined America’s Security, is one of the more informed and articulate voices out there. . . well worth listening to. He is also a keynote speaker at the Writer’s Conference 2009 this coming June.

There are people who are hired by politicos to destroy the opposition through a variety of dirty tricks, slanderous information, and vicious attacks. They are known as political hit men and they are very effective. Stephen Marks is one of them, and he confesses to me on air.