Question: The Last Debate is a 2000 political television film directed by John Badham, based on the book by which American journalist, and novelist, born on May 19, 1934?

full_context: Document 1: Leibush Lehrer: Leibush L. Lehrer (1887 Warsaw - 1964 New York) was a leading Yiddish pedagogue, writer, philosopher and lyricist. He authored several books on education, psychology, and literature. Born in Warsaw, he emigrated to the United States in 1909. From 1919 until his death, he lectured at the Jewish Teachers Seminary. Lehrer was also involved with the research efforts of YIVO as the Secretary for the Section on Psychology and Education. He was a proponent of the position that Judaism was an entire folk culture, not merely a religion.
Document 2: Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, television host, and occasional actor. He is best known for being the host of "The Daily Show", a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015.
Document 3: The Last Good Time: The Last Good Time is a 1994 drama film, released in early 1995, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia d'Abo, Maureen Stapleton and Lionel Stander in his final theatrical role. Directed by Bob Balaban, the film was based on a 1984 novel of the same name by Richard Bausch.
Document 4: Lewis Lehrman: Lewis E. "Lew" Lehrman (born August 15, 1938 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American investment banker, businessman, Republican politician, economist, and amateur historian who supports the ongoing study of American history based on original source documents. He was presented the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005 for his contributions to American History, the study of President Abraham Lincoln and monetary policy. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Lincoln Forum. In addition to co-authoring "Money and the Coming World Order" and "The Case for Gold", Lehrman's has written "Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point," (2008), "The True Gold Standard, Newly Revised and Enlarged, Second Edition" (2012), "Money, Gold, and History" (2013) and "Lincoln "by littles"" (2013). He has written for major news publications such as the "Washington Post", the "New York Times" and the "Wall Street Journal", and has lectured widely on American history and economics. Lehrman also writes for the "Lincoln Institute" which has created award-winning websites on the 16th President. Lehrman achieved national political prominence in a 1982 campaign for Governor of New York, in which he ran against Democratic candidate Mario Cuomo, losing the election by only two percentage points. He is a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he established in 1981. He is also the chairman of the Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant making foundation founded in 1972. He and Richard Gilder were awarded the National Humanities Medal in an Oval Office ceremony on Thursday, November 10, 2005. The Medal was presented by President George W. Bush. He converted to Catholicism.
Document 5: The Last Hurrah (1958 film): The Last Hurrah is a 1958 film adaptation of the novel "The Last Hurrah" by Edwin O'Connor. The picture was directed by John Ford and stars Spencer Tracy as a veteran mayor preparing for yet another election campaign. Tracy was nominated as Best Foreign Actor by BAFTA and won the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review, which also presented Ford the award for Best Director.
Document 6: The Contender (2000 film): The Contender is a 2000 political drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie. It stars Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film focuses on a fictional United States President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen).
Document 7: James Risen: James Risen (born April 27, 1955) is an American journalist for "The New York Times" who previously worked for the "Los Angeles Times". He has written or co-written many articles concerning U.S. government activities and is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Document 8: James Agee: James Rufus Agee ( ; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, "A Death in the Family" (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize.
Document 9: Debategate: Debategate or briefing-gate was a political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan; it took place in the final days of the 1980 presidential election. Reagan's team had somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers, classified top secret, that Carter used in preparation for the October 28, 1980 debate with Reagan. The briefing papers were never specified to be vital strategy memos or just routine position papers. This leak of campaign papers was not divulged to the public until late June 1983, after Laurence Barrett published "Gambling With History: Reagan in the White House", an in-depth account of the Reagan administration's first two years.
Document 10: The Last Castle: The Last Castle is a 2001 American action drama film directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Delroy Lindo.
Document 11: The Last Debate: The Last Debate is a 2000 political television film directed by John Badham, based on the book by journalist and writer Jim Lehrer, with a teleplay by Jon Mass, and starring James Garner and Peter Gallagher.
Document 12: Jimmy Lerner: Jimmy Lerner was born June 22, 1951 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He spent 18 years as a Pacific Bell (now part of AT&T) marketing executive, served for the U.S. Army in Panama, received an M.B.A. and spent time as a taxicab driver. He published his first book in 2002, "You Got Nothing Coming", based on his experiences serving a 2½ year sentence in a Nevada State Prison for the voluntary manslaughter of Mark Slavin in 1998.
Document 13: Jim Lehrer: James Charles Lehrer ( ;—born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist and a novelist.
Document 14: Meyer Levin: Meyer Levin (October 7, 1905 – July 9, 1981) was an American novelist. Perhaps best known for his work on the Leopold and Loeb case, Levin worked as a journalist (for the "Chicago Daily News" and, from 1933–39, as an editor for "Esquire").
Document 15: Michael Leahy (author): Michael Leahy (born 1953) is an American author and award-winning writer for "The Washington Post" and "The Washington Post Magazine". He is best known for his latest non-fiction book, The Last Innocents, which examines the tumultuous political & social change of the 1960s through the lens of the legendary Los Angeles Dodgers. Leahy has also earned recognition for his 2004 book, When Nothing Else Matters, which chronicles basketball superstar Michael Jordan's last comeback to the NBA. Leahy's stories have also been selected for the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions of The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. His first book, Hard Lessons, follows the lives of six Beverly Hills High School students, class of 1986, and deals with the challenges and anxieties of teenage life in modern America.
ground_truth: James Charles Lehrer