Theyre going to protect me when the time comes so the only way you can protect yourself is by protecting yourself. Here sitting in front of a blast proof bunker made by the u. S. Army during world war 2 it is 2200 square feet. Its very large but its not the only one. Theres 575. 00 of them around me. Stretching out 6 miles it leaves directions 3 miles in these directions. Nobody was able to figure out what to do with the empty bunkers. But finally one of the ranchers that owned this section called me and said would you be interested i have 575 bunkers we are now building this into the Worlds Largest survival community with as many bunkers as we have we will eventually have 5 to 10000 people here ringback ringback. It will take them up on i think beyond us and link up where the guy flow could both man. And run out of on something happened to the generator. You know. So im running off in my solar thank god theres a lot of sun today so everything is off lights on fine ive got a food. And
Watch live coverage of the Miami Book Fair saturday and sunday on cspan2s book tv. How many years of your reporting career other percentage have you spent overseas . I guess close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. So that was close to a decade and then off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. When you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward foreign reporting . My earliest interest in journalism was really about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. So i did a lot of work on that in the early years. I traveled a little bit overseas as a tourist to unusual places and i began to think that some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is
I love this town. And mr out tonight. To many people and too many little Government People for them to tell you theyre all come on you can come were going to protect you in your theyre not going to do that. Cold i think if people realize that the government is not going to protect us not to miss the view if something were to happen it kind of like changes your your mindset your like only because i was in the military i know how the Government Works and i dont want to put money into that i dont believe theyre going to protect me when the time comes so the only way you can protect yourself is by protecting yourself. We are sitting in front of a blast proof bunker made by the u. S. Army during world war 2 it is 2200 square feet. Is very large but its not the only one. Theres 575. 00 of them around me stretching out 6 miles it leaves directions at 3 miles and these directions. Nobody was able to figure out what to do with the empty bunkers. But finally one of the ranchers that owned this s
Manager adult programs it is great to see everyone here today at lunch and learn for as many of you know this is a Monthly Program where we invite the experts to share their knowledge of history culture and art this program was started on a suggestion of one of our members and for nearly 200 years of Historic House served as a Gathering Place such as those of Nicholas Longworth and of course charles and anna each played a role to shape the history art and culture of cincinnati to celebrate their legacy as a way we evolve and change. The complete schedule including our upcoming lunch and learn and i would like to tell you about our talk today our author of the newly released book the bourbon king prohibitions evil genius. Bob batchelor is here today to share about the criminal mastermind and bootlegger who built a bourbon empire across america at the dawn of prohibition. A critically acclaimed bestselling cultural historian and biographer it is published widely on American History and l
One of our members, one of you all and it fits neatly into our institutions history. For nearly 200 years, our Historic House has served as an Important Community Gathering Place or prominent cincinnati families such as those of martin baum, nicholas longworth, David Simpson and of course carl and anna taft. Each resident played an Important Role in shaping the history, art of cincinnati and this series celebrates their legacies aswell as the new ways our city continues to evolve and change. The complete schedule of all our fall programs including our upcoming lunch and learns are available on our website which is taftmuseum. Org. Today we have author of newly released book the bourbon king the life and crimes of george remus, prohibitions evil genius. Bob batchelor is here to share with us the story of george remus, the king who built the bourbon empire that stretched from his cincinnati matching mansion across america at the dawn of prohibition. Batchelor is a critically acclaimed be