Headquarters during weekends. Our authors will be signing their books at the signing tent on the war memorial plans after this session was you can purchase their books at the Parnassus Book area and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the festival. Our first speaker is daniel sharfstein, a professor of law and history at vanderbilt. He has twice won the loss collapse outstanding professor award. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and before law school he was a journalist. The director of the social justice problem, professor daniel sharfstein. You can hear me in the back . It is wonderful to be here again at the southern festival of books, my hometown book festival. A real honor to be introduced by andy bennett. In a decade plus i have lived in nashville i have presented as an author, been a host and most of all, a member of the audience, sharing this panel with roger hodge gives me the best of all worlds. Love the range of conversations we have at the festival. I look forward t
Away from that, and what we of counterinsurgency typically working with local forces to secure the population is done mainly and we will see over time there is better collaboration between special operations and generalpurpose forces. Together in that what they did could be mutually reenforcing. And, you know, theres a myth in counterinsurgency that you dont actually need to kapturkill capturekill the enmy, and i think thats false. But you had the special operators would do the capturingkilling of the leadership targets while the conventional forces would do more population security, theyd go in and stir up hornets nests and reveal targets. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] and now were back live in nashville. Up next, authors roger hodge and Daniel Sharfstein discuss westward expansion. [inaudible conversations] welcome, everyone. We are happy to have you at the southern festival of books. My name is andy bennett, im the host for th
To my children, i will try to read this without crying. These thoughts, words, recipes, to cherish. Christy and i will die one day. We all will die. We do not know the future but i know these things are true and want my children to know they are true. I worry more than i should about my kids, my mind races to order stories, if it gets lost or snakebites, devlin going swimming, what if she falls in and around. I hope it is natural to be overprotective and over worried and overthink the dangers that lie ahead for our kids. I just want them to love god, love us and be kind, most of all your mother and i love you so much. We go into your room and watch you sleep. Iq part of the fabric from your favorite stuffed animal in your travel bag, and rub it in my hands to remind me of you. I can listen to it and here you. I love you, your mother does too. When the day comes you can no longer see a facetoface, we will be behind the veil of eternity watching and waiting to hold you once again. Thank
Not going to press any charges, but they will forward all of the information to the state Attorneys Office for a final decision. Nicole linsilata, 7 news. Lynn all right, were breaking in now to tell you about this developing story. Youre looking at a live picture of president obama speaking live at an event in cuba, he had a meeting with raul castro a couple of hours ago, and now mr. Obama is speaking at this event, about entrepreneurship and opportunities, lets listen. Its about entrepreneurship, ananself determination, the ability to forge your own future. Even if you dont have much, just a suiui machine or a car, if youre willing to work hard, youre able to make your own way and improve your situation in life for the next generation. Talented and driven, daring young people like so many of you ready to make your mark on the world. Its a a investment in the future, because as we have seen in america, business thats start small, even in a garage, can grow into some of the worlds most
Raid because people cannot spell. [laughter]. And its a job and folks. Then we have the next hoax called race to the top. Race to the top was just recently criticized in a report by a group of d. C. Called a broader approach and the American Association school superintendents. What they concluded is its not working. I said three years ago wasnt going to work because its an blb 2. 0. Its more teaching to the test. Its demoralizing teachers. Its leading to more School Closures and the bottom line is why are we racing to the top . What is the top . I dont know what the top is. Do you know what the top as . We are talking about her children. Do you want your family to race to the top of the neighborhood . Wheres the top of the neighborhood . The promise of American Public education is Educational Opportunity. Its a system of winners and losers. [applause] and then comes the narrative bond which these hoaxes are built and the narrative is another hoax. Its the narrative that says our Public