She was able to get out, walked to the side and i had a broken ankle but didnt know it, for a few days. Another car came up, a man got out of the car and went to the person lying on the ground, my friend judy said that is the persons father on the ground, no, i said it couldnt be, that is mister bassett. When we got taken to the hospital we were in a room with a cloth draped separating us, judy and i were, we had very minor injuries, no one was there with us. I could hear mrs. Douglas crying on the other side of the curtain. And then when i got home that was just a huge tragedy and a life lesson that is a very hard lesson to learn that i learned early, things that happened to you, you cause things to happen if you could take it back you would but there is never anything you can ever do about it and it is just a fact and you have to accept it with whatever grace you can accept it with. Host you hadnt talked about it. Guest i had. In the 2000 race when it came out in the newspapers i was
Its great to be with. I noticed from doing podcasts we are going to read a few sentences i will probably gather from your book and the first question, you write in the book, innovation is most important on the modern world but the least understood. Its the reason most people say prosperity and wisdom prepare for their ancestors. The main ingredient in freedom to exchange, experiment and fail liberals have argued that freedom mean needs prosperity bi would argue theyve never found the chain by which one causes the other. Innovation is the driving change, the missing link. If a child of freedom and parent of prosperity. The theres a growing belief since the Apollo Space Program and the innovation from this part of central planners in the industrial policy. People exchanging the ideas freely yes we are experiencing innovation also a care in the western world there are areas we havent been able to get enough innovation and the pandemic has reminded us of that. We havent been able to as muc
Since the end of world war ii stop joining conversation by former defense secretary james mattis. For more Schedule Information at booktv. Org or consult your program guide. Including the evolution of everything and the rational opposite. This new book, primary focus of our conversation today, is the how Innovation Works. He has been a member of the house of lords. Good to chat with you today. Guest thanks, jim. Great to be with you. Host i noticed from doing events and podcasts, listeners love when i read so ill read a few sentences i cobbled together from your book, as a lead any question, i you rate. Innovation is the most important stat missed loose understood. The reason that most people today live lives of pros apart and wisdom compared with ancestor. Theres freedom to change, experiment, imagine, invest and fail. Liberals argued that since at least the 18th century that freedom needs prosperity but it would argue that they have never found the connection by which one causes the
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T
Witnessed the death of three of the four as well as her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tragedy, she relished in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspan continuing series on first ladies influence and image. We invite to history advisers for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to roslynter borg penn. And Richard Nortan smith our guest and at our table is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield, illinois. Thank you both for being here. Mary todd lincoln and this is a question for both, well start with richard, is viewed in broad strokes, bouts of depression, criticism of her lavish spending and and indulgent mother and what do you see. Oh, boy. That