THree u. S. Senators announced today that they have tested positive John Hickenlooper of colorado, independent Angus King of Maine And Roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. That comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. Alabama has no, zero Icu Beds left. In fact, its in negative territory. With some patients being treated on gurr. Alabamas Republican Cover declared a State Of Emergency last week as her states hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. Her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. Not on the virus, but on virus protections. Like in Neighboring Georgia where hospitals are also running out of Icu Beds. Governor Brian Kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt Mask Mandates and in texas, where Health Officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has yet
So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Cochairman of the book festival and champion of reading and literacy david rubenstein. So thank you. So were very honored very honored to have one of our country foremost historian and writer, biographer here, but thank you very much for coming [applause] how many people here, how many people have read team of rivals okay. How many have read bully pulpit . Wow. How many people read are our book on Lyndon Johnson . What about the kennedys and fitzgerald . Okay. All right and how many people here agree that shes one with of our foremost writers [applause] so for those who dont know her background just very briefly shes grew up in new york brooklyn, and ultimately went to colby a college got her ph. D. At harvard. He was a white house fellow in the administration helpedded with with memoir with and hopely went back to teach at harvard and for last number of years been writing extraordinarily lywell received terrific, biographies and histories, and won Pulitzer Prize for one with of your b
Autobiography, my beloved world, her bestselling autobiography of a couple years ago and this is a question from zoe who goes to school at Bethel High School in hampton, virginia. How did books open the world to you . I have written extensively that you may consider too young for you, turning pages, you see me walking up the Supreme Court steps. When you look at the key, it is the key to my success. The books opening the world to me. We live in our neighborhoods, we know our teachers, classmates, maybe some of their families, but the world is a very big place and in many ways we are a very small person. One person among billions and billions of people and the only way i could access that very big world and even the big universe was through books. Books let me see possibilities i never knew existed. They let me realize how big the world was and how many opportunities there were in the world for me. So they were and still are the key to my success in life in the key of success for anyone
Extensively about that really in a book that you may consider too for you its called turning pages, my life story. Youll see me walking up the Supreme Court steps, and in my left hand is a little key. I dont eat when you look at the key, remember it is a key to my success. Thehe book explains that that he was books opening the world to me. You see, we live in our neighborhoods. We know our family. We know our friends. We know our teachers and our classmates and maybe some other families. But the world is a very, very big place. And in many ways we are a very small person. One person among billions and billions of people, and the only way imo could access that very g world and even the bigger universe was through books. Books let me see possibilities i never knew existed. He let me realize how big the world was and how many opportunities that were in the world for me. And so they were, and still are, they key to my success in life. And i think the key of success for anyone. Because thro