Out onto the field for jack is very emotional i did not think that we could experience what we experienced with jack. A lot of these milestones are basically a dream come true. [chanting] i prayed quite literally for this to happen in lieu of jack. We were all scared. We did not know really what the next step was. For this family, football gave them what the doctors never could. The courage to dream. The will to keep fighting. And a chance to do the unimaginable. If i had told you you are going to see your son play High School Football, what would you have thought back then . Bri and andy hoffman settled in atkinson, nebraska. So their three kids would know the joys of rural life. Jack, where you going to go . We go to play outside. Carefree fun. Operation ava . [laughs] [laughs] here we go. The great outdoors. Go to the barn. Her and as he told us seven years ago, andy hoffman had something he wanted his son jack to have too, a love for corn husker football. His First Birthday Party w
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Richard wears many hats. Of ambassador. And the future of afghanistan. Frequent morning joe contributor and of course our fearless leader the president of non counsel for relations. We are listening to Richard Haass the author and academic who has just come out with yet another book the world a brief history. He calls it a little bit of a departure. I want to start richard because it was only after you turned in the manuscript that the world was confronted by the covid19 pandemic and in the roughly two months since that happened they had highlighted so many of the teams in concepts. What does the pandemic tell us what is the pandemic tell us about the world right now. Thanks also to everyone on this call. Needless to say i hope everybody is well. As we all get through this one day at a time when groundhog day at a time. What i think the pandemic tells us first and foremost is that the world matters and that is an obvious thing for member of the council on foreign relations. The world m
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