About the Program

This week on After Words our guest is syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett, former executive director of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, which acts as the congressional counterpart to the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He also worked in the Reagan White House and the Treasury department for the first President Bush. He discusses his critique of the current President's domestic agenda titled, "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy." He is interviewed by James Pinkerton, who also worked under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He is currently a fellow at the New America Foundation, writes a column for Newsday, and is a contributor to the Fox News Channel.