Ms. Ivins talked about her new book, You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years, published by Random House. The book, a collection of Ms. Ivin’s columns, talks about her impressions of political life in the 1990s including the financial corruption of the American political system and what it means to be a Texan, and touches on issues such as militias, multiculturalism, members of Congress, job losses to Mexico, and Texas politics. Ms. Ivins is a nationally syndicated political columnist.