Bob Tamasy: Best Way To Know A Book Is To Know The Author

Bob Tamasy

The art and craft of writing books have fascinated me for a long time. Having written, co-authored and edited more than 20 books myself, I know it’s a complicated, challenging endeavor. Author Philip Yancey has described the writing process as something like this: “All you have to do is sit at the computer, fingers on the keyboard, until beads of blood appear on your forehead.” (Who said writing is ‘no sweat’?)

I identify very well with another of Yancey’s observations about writing: “I hate to write – but I love to have written.” Sometimes I can be extremely creative in procrastinating from sitting at the keyboard, but the end result from the hard work of writing can be very rewarding.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting and interacting with a number of other authors. I’ve concluded that we writers are a strange bunch, many leaning toward being introverts since we spend so much time inside our own heads.

Most of us will never meet our favorite authors – especially ones like Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, the Bronte sisters, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and many other literary greats who have passed from the scene. But in reading their books, we can capture a glimpse of who they are (or were). Because most of the time, authors write about things that interest or intrigue them.

For instance, horrormeister Stephen King (whom I’ve met) obviously has a fascination with things that go bump in the night. As did Edgar Allan Poe. Agatha Christie must have thought it great fun to conjure up a good mystery. John Grisham revels in courtroom drama. And Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov had a particular penchant for the collision of science and futuristic fiction.

However, while books offer a glimpse into what authors think about, their writings don’t always reveal much about what they’re really like in real life. Are they as clever and engaging in person as characters in their books? Do they have sinister, brooding personalities? Would we enjoy being their friend?

On the other hand, don’t you think you’d understand a book better if you truly knew its author?

At this point we should note a very important difference between every other book and…the Bible. Consisting of 66 books (39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament), compiled from about 40 different people who wrote under the inspiration of God, the Bible truly is the Word of God. Its pages teach us not only what interests Him but also reveals who He is – in extraordinary detail.

As 2 Timothy 3:16 informs us, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” One new believer concluded after reading this verse, “God wrote a book!”

Not only that, but despite its many ‘sub-books’ and numerous human writers, the Bible is unique in that it carries one central theme that spanned thousands of years: redemption through Jesus Christ.

Books, whether produced on physical paper or displayed on an electronic screen, consist of words, sentences and paragraphs. The Scriptures tell us something about Jesus that no one else has or could ever claim: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us” (John 1:1,14).

If we wonder what God is like, we need look no further than to Jesus. As Hebrews 1:3 tells us, “He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.” In one of his books, Yancey expressed it this way: “Jesus became the visible, finite expression of the invisible, infinite, inexpressible God.”

When we think of famous authors, Jesus Christ might not be the first name to roll off our tongues. But the Bible states Jesus indeed was an author – in the most profound sense. Speaking to a crowd of people at a place in Jerusalem called Solomon’s Colonnade, the apostle Peter declared, “You killed the author of life, but God raised Him from the dead” (Acts 3:15).

Later in the New Testament we find another reference to Jesus’ authorship. Hebrews 12:2 urges us, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Both passages show Jesus as a different type of “author,” not the writer of a singular work of non-fiction or fiction, but the giver of life itself. Even though we have beating hearts, blood pulsing through our veins, and air in our lungs, the Scriptures teach that apart from Christ we are spiritually dead. Yet because of what He has done on our behalf, we can experience and enjoy new life:

“…because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved” (Ephesians 2:4-5).

Another verse I’ve cited before speaks of this new life, available to everyone who will receive it: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

Receiving Christ’s gift of salvation, forgiveness and redemption not only assures us of life after death, but also eternal life right now. We know this because of what God says in the Bible: “I write these things to you who believe in the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). Note this doesn’t say, ‘you will have eternal life,’ but rather, “you have eternal life” – present tense.

The Lord doesn’t just want to turn a page on our lives. He wants to start writing a new book in us. I like how James Banks, a devotional writer for Our Daily Bread, put it: “The author of life stands ready to write new beginnings for us!” Doesn’t that sound good?

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Robert J. Tamasy is a veteran journalist, former newspaper editor, and magazine editor. Bob has written, co-authored and edited more than 20 books. These include ”Marketplace Ambassadors”; “Business At Its Best: Timeless Wisdom from Proverbs for Today’s Workplace”; “Tufting Legacies,” “The Heart of Mentoring,” and “Pursuing Life With a Shepherd’s Heart.” He writes and edits a weekly business meditation, “Monday Manna,” which is translated into nearly 20 languages and distributed via email around the world by CBMC International. The address for Bob’s blog is www.bobtamasy.blogspot.com. His email address is btamasy@comcast.net.

Disney Invests In Future Business Leaders At Disney Dreamers Academy

Since 2008, Disney Dreamers Academy has selected 100 high school students from around the country to participate in a multi-day mentoring event at Walt Disney World that highlights career development and personal growth. These exceptional students, with passions that range from medicine and engineering, to space and journalism, come from diverse backgrounds, and are considered the next generation of business and thought leaders in their fields.

More than 1,700 kids have participated over the course of the program’s history. “We are thrilled to spark new possibilities and provide these future leaders with the tools they need to chase their dreams,” said Shannon Smith-Conrad, a Walt Disney World Ambassador in a press release. “After 18 years of hosting Disney Dreamers Academy, we continue to be inspired by these teens and their incredible accomplishments.”

Recently, the next 100 high school students were invited to join the Disney Dreamers Academy in March 2025 at Walt Disney World. Throughout the multi-day event, the selected teens were able to network with individuals in specific career fields and go through training on self worth and empowerment. They also took part in career workshops called Living Laboratories across Walt Disney World, including learning about animal care and science at Rafiki’s Planet Watch at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, and going through problem solving strategies for a fictional theme park attraction with Walt Disney Imagineering.

Students from the Dallas, Texas area are all smiles on the first day of the Disney Dreamers Academy … More 2025 at Walt Disney World Resort with Drum Major Mickey Mouse. These students are among the 100 Disney Dreamers who participated in a festive parade at Magic Kingdom Park on March 27, 2025. (Mark Ashman, photographer)(Mark Ashman, photographer)
The Juding Process at Disney Dreamers Academy
But getting into Disney Dreamers Academy isn’t easy. Thousands of students apply every year, and answer a series of essay questions ranging from their personal stories and people who have influenced them, to their big dreams for the future. The final 100 students are selected by a panel of judges, which this year included Tamaira Sandifer, JuJu Green and Ty Allen Jackson.

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Sandifer told me, “I was invited to be a judge, and we’re riding all the essays that kids have submitted, and it became very clear to me that we’re dealing with a different brand of brilliant when it comes to these kids.” Another thing the judges noticed about the kids is that even at such a young age, some of the kids are dreaming bigger than ever before and are right on the heels of today’s current business leaders at such a young age.

The judging process seems very simple on the outside, but for Sandifer , it was a lot harder than expected. “We all sat together and we read through every single essay. It was hard to narrow it down,” she explains. The judges weren’t just looking for essays claiming that one day the student wanted to do something, they were really looking for students who were already getting started on their “someday,” and not waiting until graduating from high school or college to really start making changes in the world.
From A Disney Dreamer’s Perspective
Two of the 100 students, Myanelle B. (16), and Lauren R. (15), both want to become Walt Disney Imagineers one day. Myanelle is the founder of a program that partners with schools in the Philippines to increase access to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and Laura began studying materials science at University of California, Irvine this past summer.
“Now that I’m actually here, it still feels super surreal because the opportunities that I’ve been given and the people I’ve met, it’s more than I could have ever dreamed of,” says Myanelle.
Both participants were able to take a deep dive into what goes on at Walt Disney Imagineering through a career quest that put them right in the middle of the action. During the quest, Myanelle, Laura, and a handful of other students, worked alongside an Imagineer to go through each stage of the attraction building process, from the Blue Sky concepts that work through brainstorming, financial issues, and concept and development work.Astronaut Dr. Sian Proctor inspires students during a Disney Dreamers Academy mentoring session at … More the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. on March 28, 2025. This career-oriented Disney program encourages 100 students from varying backgrounds and communities nationwide to reach for their dreams. (Mark Ashman, photographer)Mark Ashman, photographer
Students Walk Away From Disney Dreamers Academy Inspired
Along with hands-on learning, the students heard from inspiring leaders from many fields, including Dr. Sian Proctor, who is a geoscience professor, artist, poet, and astronaut. She was the mission pilot for Inspiration Four, the first all civilian mission to orbit in 2021. She was the first women commercial astronaut, spaceship pilot, and the only African American woman to be a mission pilot.
During her session with the Disney Dreamers Academy students, Dr. Proctor told them to ask for what they want. “If you don’t ask, you’ll never get the opportunity,” she tells me. She also wanted the students to understand that if you get a no, you’re still right where you were, and “no” doesn’t push you back, but a yes can push you forward. “No is not a rejection, it’s just a not now,” she continues.
Dr. Proctor, along with the hundreds of people who assist with Disney Dreamers Academy every year are there to inspire high school students and push them towards their goals. “I want the kids to be fueled with hope and determination and grit, because there are challenges. They are growing up in a world where technology and information is changing rapidly, and it’s not about picking a job, it’s about solving a problem,” Dr. Proctor says. “It’s about flexibility, it’s about adaptability. It’s about them believing in themselves, no matter how things change, that they can find and navigate their way.”

The Rudest Things Americans Say While Traveling Abroad

miodrag ignjatovic via Getty ImagesYou should treat a visit to another country as you would a visit to a friend’s house — meaning, you wouldn’t spend time criticizing their cooking or traditions.Traveling abroad is an exciting yet stressful endeavor that can result in long days in unfamiliar places, which can make the chance of saying something rude, whether unknowingly or knowingly, a reality. While most people don’t go on a trip with the intention of offending people in the country they’re visiting, it does happen, and experts told HuffPost they’ve seen it firsthand time and time again.Advertisement

Below, a travel professional and etiquette expert share the rudest things people say when traveling abroad.1. “The customer is always right.”“Something I actually heard: I was in London last week, somebody was arguing with the front desk of the hotel, and they were saying, ‘Well, the customer is always right,’ and it’s sort of like, that’s actually a very American approach to customer service,” said Nick Leighton, an etiquette expert and host of the “Were You Raised by Wolves?” podcast.Advertisement

Indiana Men Rewrote Their Record Book This Season Breaking 11 of 18 Total Records.

The Indiana men had an exceptional season, finishing 3rd overall at NCAAs, even challenging for the lead at certain points. While they performed well among the other teams at the Championships, perhaps more impressive was the way they performed against themselves and their record books.
There are 18 swimming events in the current college schedule, 13 individual and 5 relays. Of those 18 records, the Indiana men broke 11 of them, 10 came from the NCAA Championships alone.
In total, this comes out to 66% of their current team record book being set this year.
While it would be quicker to name the seven swimming team records they did not break, let’s start with the record they broke this season, but didn’t rebreak at NCAAs.
At the Big Ten Championships, Owen McDonald broke the team and Big Ten records in the men’s 200 backstroke, swimming 1:37.15 to win the event. This was not only a new Big Ten record, but it was also under the former 200 backstroke record of 1:38.18 which was set by Brendan Burns in 2024. McDonald swam the event again at NCAAs, but his finals time of 1:37.59 was not enough to rebreak his record.
Onto the 10 records the Hoosiers set at the NCAA Championships.
On the very first night of the meet, the Indiana 200 medley relay broke the American record and the team record in the men’s 200 medley relay. The team of Luke Barr (20.65), Brian Benzing (22.65), Finn Brooks (19.49), and Matt King (18.13) finished 5th in 1:20.92, breaking the 2023 team record of 1:21.52 from 2023 set by Brendan Burns (20.60), Van Mathias (22.53), Tomer Frankel (29.56), and Gavin Wight (18.83)
Day two saw even more team records with every single event being a new record. They started the day with a new record in the men’s 500, courtesy of Zalan Sarkany’s 4:09.22. The previous 500 freestyle record was set by Marwan Eklamash at 4:10.87 back in 2017.
In the other two individual events Owen McDonald broke the 200 IM record, swimming 1:39.42 to break Vini Lanza’s 2017 record of 1:40.23, and Finn Brooks swam 18.86 in the 50 prelims, three-hundredths faster than Van Mathias’ 18.89 record from 2023.
The final event of the day was the 200 freestyle relay, where the team of Finn Brooks (19.06), Matt King (18.42), Mikkel Lee (18.65), and Dylan Smiley (18.54) went 1:14.67 to rebreak their own record of 1:15.33 from Big Tens. The previous record was 1:15.41 set by Zach Apple (19.06), Bruno Blaskovic (18.78), Mohamed Samy (18.87), and Brandon Hamlin (18.70) in 2019.
Only one record “fell” on Friday, and it was the men’s 400 IM. Zalan Sarkany didn’t actually break the team record, but he did tie it, so we are counting it. He went 3:40.64 in the 400 IM finals to finish just one spot out of finals at 17th. His time was exactly the same as the Indiana record set in 2014 by Stephen Schmuhl.
Sarkany broke his 3rd and final record on Saturday with his 1650 freestyle win where he went 14:21.29. This made him the 3rd fastest athlete in history in the event, and it broke Michael Brinegar’s 2019 record of 14:27.50.
Jassen Yep’s 200 breaststroke from Saturday also made him the 3rd fastest performer in history, and was yet another team record. He finished in 1:48.30 to win the NCAA title in the event and break his teammate Josh Matheny’s 1:49.83 record from earlier in the season. The pre-season record was Ian Finnerty at 1:49.90 also from 2019.
Their final individual record was the men’s 100 freestyle, which went to Matt King’s prelims swim of 41.14. This time was just two-hundredths faster than Blake Pieroni’s 2018 record of 41.16.
Team record number 11 went to the 400 freestyle relay team of Owen McDonald (41.41), Matt King (40.78), Dylan Smiley (41.77), and Rafael Miroslaw (41.12) who went 2:45.08 coming in more than two seconds under the pre-season team record of 2:47.11 from Mohamad Hassan (42.40), Blake Pieroni (41.11), Bruno Blasokvic (41.84), Ali Khalafalia (41.76) in 2018.
New Indiana Team Records

Event
Pre-Season Record
New Record

50 Free
Van Mathias– 18.89 (2023)
Finn Brooks– 18.86

100 Free
Blake Pieroni– 41.16 (2018)
Matt King– 41.14

500 Free
Marwan Eklamash- 4:10.87 (2017)
Zalan Sarkany– 4:09.22

1650 Free
Michael Brinegar– 14:27.50 (2019)
Zalan Sarkany– 14:21.29

200 Back
Brendan Burns– 1:38.18 (2024)
Owen McDonald– 1:37.15

200 Breast
Ian Finnerty– 1:49.90 (2019)
Jassen Yep– 1:48.30

200 IM
Vini Lanza– 1:40.23 (2017)
Owen McDonald– 1:39.42

400 IM
Stephen Schmuhl– 3:40.64 (2014)
Zalan Sarkany– 3:40.64

200 Free Relay
1:15.41 (Apple, Blaskovic, Samy, Hamlin) (2019)
1:14.67 (Brooks, King, Lee, Smiley)

400 Free Relay
2:47.11 (Hassan, Pieroni, Blaskovic, Khalafalla) (2018)
2:45.08 (McDonald, King, Smiley, Miroslaw)

200 Medley Relay
1:21.52 (Burns, Mathias, Frankel, Wight) (2023)
1:20.92 (Barr, Benzing, Brooks, King)

Scientists sue NIH, HHS, RFK Jr. over termination of research grants

Researchers who had millions of dollars’ worth of grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are suing the federal government in the hopes of stopping any further research cancellations.The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday evening against the NIH and its director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, as well as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Among the plaintiffs are Dr. Brittany Charlton, an associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who said all of her grants were terminated because they allegedly “no longer [effectuate] agency priorities,” according to termination letters.”Why am I standing up? I am a scientist, and therefore not a lawyer, but I appreciate that contract law is complex, and yet NIH’s contract cancellations set off my alarm bell,” she told ABC News in a statement.Co-plaintiffs include the American Public Health Association; Ibis Reproductive Health; and United Auto Workers as well as three other researchers.Both the NIH and the HHS told ABC News that they don’t comment on ongoing litigation.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, April 2, 2025, in Washington.Mark Schiefelbein/APOver the past several weeks, active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have been canceled at the NIH because they allegedly do not serve the “priorities” of President Donald Trump’s administration.As of late March, more than 900 grants have been terminated, an NIH official with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be named, told ABC News.The terminations come after Trump passed a flurry of executive orders including vowing to “defend women from gender ideology extremism,” which has led to new guidance, like that from HHS, which now only recognizes two sexes.The administration has also issued several executive orders aiming to dismantle DEI initiatives.In previous termination letters, viewed by ABC News, they state that, “Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific, have little identifiable return on investment, and do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans. Many such studies ignore, rather than seriously examine, biological realities. It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize these research programs.”The lawsuit alleges that the grant terminations are a “reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor.”Charlton said she was alarmed by Project 2025 — a nearly 1,000-page document of policy proposals unveiled by the Heritage Foundation during the 2024 campaign intended to guide the next conservative administration — which allegedly attacked fields like hers, centering on LGBTQ+ health research, as “junk gender science,” she said.On the campaign trail, Trump tried to distance himself from Project 2025, saying he didn’t know anything about the proposals.Five of Charlton’s grants were terminated, including a five-year grant, of which Charlton said she and her colleagues were in their fourth year, focused on documenting obstetrical outcomes for lesbian, gay and bisexual women, she said.Another grant was focused on how to improve the experience of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals who are trying to form their families, she said.The patient’s entrance at the National Institutes of Health is shown in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 16, 2014.Gary Cameron/Reuters, FILEA third was research looking to understand how laws identified by the team as discriminatory affect mental health among LGBTQ+ teens and potentially lead to depression and suicide, according to Charlton.Charlton said the cancellations are not only affecting her ability to conduct research but the ability to keep open the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence — based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — of which she is the founding director.”My current NIH research contracts are worth $15.9 million, of which $5.9 million still needs to be spent to finish our research,” Charlton said. “I have essentially no salary now, and I may need to shutter our newly launched LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence, which was a career goal of mine that I finally met when we launched less than a year ago.”She went on, “These grant terminations may end my academic career, and I’ve already been forced to make really tough decisions like terminating staff, including our newly appointed center’s executive director.”According to the lawsuit, Dr. Katie Edwards, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, has had at least six grants terminated worth about $11.9 million, including one studying sexual violence among men who fall under sexual minorities. She can no longer pay several of the roughly 50 staff members who are funded through the research grants, the lawsuit states.Dr. Peter Lurie, president and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, was a paid consultant and adviser on a grant evaluating the impacts of over-the-counter access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce HIV transmission, according to the lawsuit. The grantee institution, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, received a termination letter from the NIH in late March, the lawsuit states.Meanwhile Dr. Nicole Maphis — a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine — who was studying the link between alcohol use disorder and Alzheimer’s disease, applied for a MOSAIC grant, “intended to help diversify the profession,” according to the lawsuit. Her proposal was pulled and her current funding ends September 2025.”Without additional funding, which the MOSAIC award would have provided, she will lose her job,” the lawsuit states.Charlton said she is hopeful the lawsuit results in a preliminary injunction and therefore halts further NIH terminations.”I believe these contracts are binding agreements and are constitutionally grounded,” she said. “It’s been less than 100 days since inauguration, and I’m concerned. Concerned about signs of growing authoritarianism, and yet there is absolutely hope executive orders can’t rewrite laws, and I pray courts ensure justice, pursuing truth, including via science, unites us, and it’s the only way to ensure a healthier future for all.”

Navneet Education Launches Color Blindness Detection Book for Children

Navneet Education, one of India’s largest and most trusted schoolbook publishers, has launched a new initiative aimed at addressing a frequently overlooked learning challenge—Color Vision Deficiency (CVD), commonly known as color blindness.The initiative was conceptualized by FCB Group India and developed in close collaboration with ophthalmological experts and educators. Since 2022, Navneet Education and FCB Group India have partnered to introduce meaningful innovation in education, creating impactful ideas grounded in empathy and insightThe company has designed an early learning book not just to teach, but also to detect.The new Color Blindness Detection Book subtly integrates Ishihara-style color vision tests into its illustrations, allowing teachers and parents to identify potential color vision deficiencies in children during their foundational years of education.[embedded content]“There are an estimated 10 million children in India with colour vision deficiency,” said Dr Malgi, a leading ophthalmologist associated with the project.“Most of them go undiagnosed for years because the condition doesn’t visibly disrupt learning. But in reality, it affects confidence, participation, and long-term academic performance.”In early years, in subjects where colour is integral—math, science, geography, and art—colour-blind children often face confusion and embarrassment. Many are mislabelled as inattentive or slow learners when, in fact, they are unable to distinguish between specific colours.Early detection can help students receive the proper support through guidance and alternative learning strategies.YouTube“It’s rare to find a design solution that feels so seamless and necessary,” said Rakesh Menon, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Interface.“By building it into the first books children learn from, we can diagnose the problem early and provide the required support.”“As a publisher shaping the minds of millions, we felt it was our responsibility to make early learning more inclusive,” said Devish Gala, Director of Branding, Marketing & Sales at Navneet Education.“By embedding colour vision tests into the books children already use, we ensure that no child gets left behind.”According to the campaign, this initiative marks a critical shift in how India addresses hidden learning barriers—using design thinking, educational innovation, and empathy to support every learner.

Book: The One Disastrous Flub That ‘Floored’ Even Kamala’s Top Advisor and Nuked Her Campaign

Now that the failed, disastrous Biden administration is fading into history, the tell-all books are coming out fast and furious, and, hoo boy, there are some stunning nuggets in them. When I say stunning, it’s not because they’re unexpected—we at RedState reported all along Joe’s declining mental condition and the corrupt efforts to cover it up by his family and closest advisors—but because hearing it in their own words makes you angry all over again and further reveals how many true hypocrites and liars were working at the top of government and media.

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We’ve reported on how hapless Joe had to be led around like a puppy with neon tape laid down to show him where he was going, how he was mentally out to lunch prior to the disaster debate that marked the beginning of the end for his reelection campaign, how Obama worked behind the scenes to kneecap Kamala Harris’ campaign, and more.Speaking of the Queen of the Word Salads, one of the new books reports that it was a spectacularly bad moment in particular that shocked even her top advisor at the time (emphasis mine):A former top advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign was shocked when Harris told “The View” that she wouldn’t have done anything different from President Biden, according to a new book by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes.With roughly one month to go until the November election, Harris famously told the liberal hosts that nothing “comes to mind” after they asked her to name something she would’ve done differently than Biden over the past four years.Harris senior campaign advisor Stephanie Cutter was floored at Harris’ response, according to Allen and Parnes’ new book released this month entitled, “FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House.””What the hell was that?” Cutter recalled thinking to herself. “That’s not what we practiced.”

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It is a moment that will be studied in the “Worst Campaign Fails of All Time” class:🚨BREAKING:Kamala admitted today on The View that she’s been an integral part of DESTROYING our country with Biden.All Americans should know she would only make it so much WORSE as president. pic.twitter.com/jaJOG5W5ld— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 8, 2024That was all the ammunition the Trump team needed, and they wasted no time in brutally (but fairly) using it to their advantage. Epic:Kamala says there’s not a thing she would do differently than Biden.Not one thing. pic.twitter.com/jaub5tU7Tq— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 9, 2024More: Absolutely Wild Details About How Democrats Covered Up Biden’s Decline Reveal a Historic ScandalWith Friends Like These: Book Claims Obama Worked Behind Scenes to Kneecap Kamala’s Presidential ChancesIt was, as they say in tennis, an unforced error:The gaffe became a moment that defined Harris’ campaign and provided ammunition for her opponent.The Trump campaign immediately seized on the gaffe and started sharing the clip to voters via social media and text message that afternoon.”It provided the money shot” for Trump’s ad makers,” the book quotes a Harris ally as saying. “And it was her own bad moment.””When she gave us the gift of the View interview, we were able to anchor her to the Biden administration in her own words, which is something we were trying to do anyway,” one Trump advisor says in the book.

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In my view, that moment was the end of her campaign. We had seen the results of Biden’s rule—rampant inflation, an open border, the utter failure of the Afghanistan withdrawal, Joe’s relentless focus on divisive race and gender issues—and Americans wanted change. To some, Kamala represented that change, but she blew it so badly on this appearance that you could almost hear the Fat Lady singing.If her top advisor had any brains, she should have started to look for a new job that very day.

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Childhood books, reminders of home

Ariane de Gennaro Over spring break, sick with a sinus infection, I scanned the bookshelf in my bedroom at home, searching for something to read. Something calming, relaxing, to wrap myself in while I lay fatigued on the couch. My eyes landed on “The Penderwicks in Spring,” by Jeanne Birdsall. The Penderwicks returned my gaze.…