Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. After hearing her talk, id bought six more copies. I bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. Now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. It helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. Rachel l. Swamss book is a comp
Read the book and i have got parts to argue with on that question, men are in trouble. Give us the premise of the disaster. Host men are having a harder time adapting to the economy and women are adapting wisely. I can tell you why. Just to say to this period entry, then as education and credentials of the kami is fastchanging and who knows what its going to throw at us. Women seems to get getting those credentials at a faster rate than men are and they tend to be more nimble and that filters down into our society so in the book i talk about how that changes marriage and fatherhood in what manner he can and cant do in families and how young people have and make decisions and so you really start to see it having an influence in our culture. Host give me some of the numbers. I think many people, we have heard for so many years if theres a crisis with girls and they have to learn differently and not as strong in math and science. I think it will come as a shock to learn that women far out