. as chair of this committee, i ve worked to ensure that every person dealing with addiction can access comprehensive treatment and care and when it comes to the bad actors that fuel this crisis, i have use this gavel to hold them accountable for their actions. this feeling comes at a very difficult moment for our nation. overdose deaths in america have been rising for more than two decades and during the coronavirus pandemic, fatal overdoses skyrocketed to historic levels. tragically, overdose deaths increased by more than 36% 2020 and another 15% in 2021 with more than 100,000 lives lost. biden/harris administration and democrats in congress have taken aggressive action to address the supply and demand factors contributing to this races. president biden to office we have stopped more fentanyl at the border than ever before. this administration hasn t reached drug intervention seizing 800 pounds of pencil each month. this represents a or full increase in fentanyl interdict
in just a few minutes, we ll dive into the world of book reviews with a focus on the washington monthly s coca-cola awards. it s the only journalism prize dedicated to public affairs nonfiction books. but first look at the numbers behind the us publishing industry. publishers weekly is reporting that book sales fell 5% this week compared to last year and although the drop was the smallest decline in about two months. it was the adult non-fiction category that saw the biggest drop compared to last year. 9% decline but there s also new data out there showing. it s been a solid year of growth. for one particular type of bookseller according to a recent associated press report the american booksellers association the trade grew for independent bookstores has added more than 300 members since last spring. that s the highest total in years and according to the associated press dozens of the newest independent bookstores are owned by people from a wider variety of racial and ethnic
thoughtful members of the united states senate not just one of the patriots of our age but someone who in spite of all of the challenges facing this great republic remains steadfast in his cheerfulness and so it is a wonderful privilege on behalf of all of us at the heritage foundation to introduce our friend senator mike lee. thank you. senator good afternoon to you. thank you. yeah good to be here. thanks. thanks for being here. so we re going to get into this wonderful book, which i told you earlier in the week. i had skimmed i have since read so i did my homework. and you can decide how well i did based on the questions. but before we get into the book, there s a lot going on in washington this week. i know you don t mind a question about that. what s your assessment of what s happening in the country right now? well a lot s happening including the fact that we ve got people who want to protest at the homes of supreme court justices. we ve got federal statute that makes t
what is the july 4, 17 76 celebration mean to you? prof. anderson: it means that we are so precariously pert as this democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. we are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the continental army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. we are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. host: why do you say that? prof. anderson: we ve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. the land attack is the assault on voting rights. the sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real american history. and the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. and well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on election workers and election officials. when you are looking at wh
the latest news about the publishing industry with interesting insider interviews with publishing industry experts will also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books the latest book reviews and we ll talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span s book tv. and welcome to about books. this is book tv s program and podcast which looks at the business of publishing. in just a few minutes, we ll dive into the world of book reviews with a focus on the washington monthly s coca-cola awards. it s the only journalism prize dedicated to public affairs nonfiction books. but first look at the numbers behind the us publishing industry. publishers weekly is reporting that book sales fell 5% this week compared to last year and although the drop was the smallest decline in about two months. it was the adult non-fiction category that saw the biggest drop compared to last year. 9% decline but there s also new data out there showing. it s been a solid year of growt