Mike Farris:
The host of Morning in America and former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett joins me again today to discuss his recently published books, America: The Last Best Hope. Bill, these are serious studies of history, nearly 1,200 pages, spanning 500 years. With so many things in your schedule, why did you decide to devote the time and research needed to write The Last Best Hope?

Bill Bennett:
You know Mike, Plato says there are really only two important questions in society: who gets to teach the children, and what do we get to teach them. And the American history that’s being taught to our kids—a lot of it is anti-American, it’s inaccurate, tilts to the left, it isn’t exciting, it isn’t interesting, and it isn’t engaging. It’s for those reasons that I wrote these books.

And you’re right—there’s a lot of words in there—there’s 1,200 pages. But one of the great things that we’re hearing about the books from students, from kids, is that they find it compelling, they find it interesting. They said, as one kid said, it’s a great read. He says he carries it wherever he goes and reads it. That’s the best compliment we can get on a book!

And for information about this book and the curriculum materials, go to roadmaptolastbesthope.com.

Mike:
Well, history done well is a terrific story. And I appreciate your dedication to telling the true story of America. We’ll see you again next time. I’m Mike Farris.