Perhaps and a bug of our healthing age, but i think this attitude often fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but theyre also pretty much incapable of entertaining themselves without a device in hand. So for reasons both selfish, patients need a break, and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for. The, i think the Current Situation is pretty untenable. Our kid have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that i think has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis of the American Time use study, the share of americans who read for pleasure has actually fallen by more than 30 since 2004. So if there is a way to reverse this trend, i think it will have to start with our children, and i can think of no one who can help us better to learn how to share the joy of reading with children than pamela. Before rising to her current position she
If conflict is looking different under a number of Legal Framework to try as much as possible to limit the damage especially on civilians they are quickly becoming outdated. They see much more estate they follow the different framework. I think it is something we need to reflect very carefully Going Forward how do we adopt, reform and make sure that our legal law principles are both solid and grounded and help us fight the wars that we need to fight while staying true to our values. To me that be a key challenge of the future. And the question that you are really asking is what will be different that someone in that role of the staff officer and military mutts can be different from them when they are advising their boss on what to do. I think there are two things that stand out. One is a play off of what paul brought up. Ten years out. The task of that staff officer in the executive is not can it be go out and get me the information on acts rather its going to be help me to figure out
Im pleased to welcome you to tonights event. Discussing the latest book everything below the waist. She is joined tonight joint tonight in conversation by jaclyn freedom. I want to let you know about a few events we had coming up. Our fall season is in full swing right now. This friday at 3 00 p. M. Mean girl. The culture of greed. The la times and many others. It explores a womens right to choose how she gives birth as well as the copious issues within the industry a Public Health surrounding childbirth. She is joined by jaclyn freedom. A self proclaimed pleasure activist. What you really want which i hope is a spice girls reference. And unscrewed and we have these titles at the register for sale as well. She also has a popular podcast. It is crucial discussing one of the most important aspects of feminism. They caught a must to weed must read for any woman. I could quote more but all of that reviews are in agreement they say read this book the information is essential to health the H
Was involved in high profile terrorism and kidnapping ioinvestigations, manage the bureau munication in response to crisis incidents. Overseas he was on multiple diplomatic operational assignments has been awarded the fbi combat awarded four times for his work embedded with military special operation. Hes presently a cnn Law Enforcement analysty on cnn. He is a term member of the council of the Foreign Relations and teaches National Security law at usc. He received his masters from Johns Hopkins universityop and much board for from our perspective in austin hes a graduate of the university of texas. [applause]. Most relevant to his book is that he was james comeys special assistant. The book crossfire hurricane gets its name, that was the codename for the fbi rush nvinvestigation and as james comeys assistant hes able to offer a fly on the wall perspective, account on the early days of the investigation as well as really insightful analysis into the investigation up to the present. He
And Roger L Williams who was on a plane in the late 60s and a backup, we could talk about the cook family and charles kochland, but in 1967 when his father passed away, they were rearranging the firm and try to figure out what to name it. I specifically chose the name kochland because it was a family name but also completely with the character, hard to remember and without subscription. They were not a consumer Oriented Companies that want to develop a brand name. They wanted to avoid scrutiny. Largely because they were in oil business in the theory of the oil business was ops of the old saying whats good for the motor Oil Companies good for the United States. When oil prices shot up these companies were getting massive profits at the expense of ordinary people. The idea was when your business like this, these day in the background. He stayed behind the curtain and quietly make a fortune. Charles kochland is the second part of her born in the patriarch, early in the book you talk about