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Musk uses X to push his preferred political picks. Trump isn't always swayedThere was a time that Sam Darnold was taken with the third overall pick . His career went awry after that, but plenty of the circumstances were out of his control. Now in the greatest situation of his career, he is cruising for the Minnesota Vikings. Despite it being winter in Minnesota, and even with the recent warm front, the California native found some surf. After a second victory over the Green Bay Packers this season, it was impossible for his teammates to hold back their emotions. Minnesota Vikings celebrate Sam Darnold’s success The quarterback is arguably the most important player on any team in any sport. The NFL demands that teams have a competent leader that can move the football. Sam Darnold has been every bit of that despite being paid peanuts for his production. His teammates know how important he is as well. THAT’S OUR FREAKING QUARTERBACK pic.twitter.com/pEo4aqPHen Earlier this year Darnold beat the Green Bay Packers on the road . It was a dominant performance that was only clouded by a box score that got close later in the contest. That was largely reflective of how the Week 17 home game played out as well. Darnold was lifted up, literally, by teammates as 50 Cent’s ‘Many Men’ rang out through the locker room. It isn’t the first time the popular rap song has rang out, and the quarterback has often been the recipient of deserved celebration. Got a text of this video from inside the #Vikings locker room after their win over the #49ers : The team vibing to 50 Cent’s "Many Men." pic.twitter.com/3SQnwKO7pi Kevin O’Connell dialed up 43 passes for his quarterback on Sunday, and Darnold completed 33 of them for 377 yards. His 3/1 TD/INT ratio consistently benefitted his team, and he found three different pass catches for touchdowns in the win. It remains unlikely that the Vikings employ Darnold as their starting quarterback next season. That’s largely because he has been good enough to get a sizable payday and should be given every opportunity to cash in on that reality. National analysts continue to remain tepid on a team that wasn’t supposed to be in this spot . So much of that is rooted in the belief of what Darnold was rather than what O’Connell and Minnesota have created him to be. At one point the Vikings signed a quarterback that screamed “you like that!” while doing little to elevate himself from there. Darnold has been a quiet and consistent leader that is applauded by those around him despite never leaning too far out on his own. This article first appeared on Minnesota Sports Fan and was syndicated with permission.
On and off the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to abolish — or dramatically overhaul — the U.S. Department of Education. “We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education,” Trump said during a September rally, according to CNN. In a 2023 campaign video, he said, “Rather than indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual and political material ... our schools must be totally refocused to prepare our children to succeed.” Shortly after winning the 2024 election, he tasked his nominee for secretary of education, Linda McMahon, with disassembling the department. “We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES , and Linda will spearhead that effort,” he wrote in a Nov. 19 post on Truth Social. Will he be able to make good on his promises? Education policy experts weigh in. Shutting down the Education Department “My sense is that it is unlikely that the Department of Education will be shut down under the Trump administration,” Michael Cohen, a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado, told McClatchy News. To disband the department, Congress would have to pass legislation authorizing its removal. And gaining enough votes to do this — even in the Republican-controlled Senate and House — will be difficult, Cohen said. “Closing the Department would be highly controversial and would trigger a filibuster in the Senate, and 60 votes would be needed to overcome the filibuster — in other words, the bill would ultimately require some Democrats to support it, which is highly unlikely,” Cohen said. David Bloomfield, a professor of education at Brooklyn College and The CUNY Graduate Center, told McClatchy News, “After the last election and with Republican control of both houses, (the effort) could receive greater attention.” But, while it’s possible a bill disbanding the department could pass in Congress, “it’s unlikely,” he said. Trump also campaigned on shutting down the department in 2016 . But, once in office, the Republican-controlled Congress didn’t go along with his proposal, Bloomfield said. Effects of shutting down the department If Congress does vote to shut down the Department of Education, many of its responsibilities — unless explicitly removed by law — would not suddenly disappear. “Many of its functions would be transferred elsewhere,” Sandy Baum, a nonresident senior fellow at the Urban Institute, told McClatchy News. For example, its federal student aid programs — one of its chief priorities — would likely be subsumed by the Treasury Department, Baum said. Similarly, the department’s Office for Civil Rights would probably be transferred to the Department of Justice, and the Office of Indian Education would likely become the responsibility of the Department of the Interior, Bloomfield said. “It sounds like he would be eliminating a huge bureaucracy, but in practice, assuming the continuation of a program, the bureaucratic responsibilities would be diffused, not eliminated,” Bloomfield said. It’s also important to keep in mind that the department is only responsible for a fraction of total spending on education, Paul Peterson, the director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, told McClatchy News. In recent years, the department contributed “approximately 10% of all education spending,” Peterson said. “The other 90% comes from state and local governments.” Other changes Trump could make Short of scrapping the entire department, there are some more realistic changes that the incoming administration could make, experts said. “There is plenty that Trump can do without reorganization to change federal education policy,” Sherman Dorn, a professor of education at Arizona State University, told McClatchy News. For example, it’s likely the new Trump administration will decrease the federal government’s role in education research, Baum said. “They will certainly change things like Title IX guidance and the approach to anything related to race,” Baum added. “And they may try to raise taxes on elite institutions.” Other functions of the department would be harder to change, Peterson said. “The most difficult programs to eliminate include the free and reduced lunch program, the special education program, the tuition loan program, and the compensatory education program,” Peterson said. “Each has strong bipartisan constituencies and/or current obligations that would be difficult to terminate.” What exact changes are made within the department will largely hinge on McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term, Bloomfield said. “I wouldn’t expect a revolution,” Baum said. Part of a long-standing agenda Since its creation by Congress in 1980, the Department of Education has frequently been targeted by Republican officeholders. Former Arizona Sen. John McCain — who was the Republican nominee for president in 2008 — once voiced support for shutting down the department, according to CBS News. Similarly, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — the Republican nominee for president in 2012 — campaigned on dramatically reshaping the Department of Education. He told donors he planned to combine it with another department “or make it ‘a heck of a lot smaller ,’” according to NBC News. But, unlike his predecessors, Trump has expressed competing viewpoints on education reform, Cohen said. “On the one hand, there is a desire to decrease the federal role in public education — this would be the more traditionally conservative inclination, and closing the Department would be consistent with this,” Cohen said. “On the other hand, President-Elect Trump has spoken (on the campaign trail) of withholding funding from schools that teach critical race theory or whose social studies curricula are insufficiently patriotic,” Cohen said. “This kind of proposal is quite the opposite of the traditionally conservative approach — it would turn the federal Department into the curriculum police.” ©2024 The Charlotte Observer. Visit charlotteobserver.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Man City collapse ‘difficult to swallow’ – Pep Guardiola
Caitlin Clark was announced on Tuesday as TIME's Athlete of the Year . While she spoke about her initial success in the WNBA and her transition from college to the pros during an in-depth interview with the magazine, Clark also spoke about her Taylor Swift fandom. The Indiana Fever star admitted to attending consecutive concerts on the heralded "Eras tour" at Lucas Oil Stadium and was bombarded with friendship bracelets from other "Swifties." Swift left Clark with four separate bags of tour merchandise that the 14-time Grammy-award-winning artist indicated were from " Trav and I." The singer also expressed that she's excited to attend a Fever game sometime next year. Caitlin Clark reveals truth about Angel Reese relationship and her response to WNBA gesture Chennedy Carter lets her game do the talking with WNBA contract decision looming “People are just going crazy that I’m there,” Clark said of her experience at the concert. “I thought people would be so in their own world, ready to see Taylor. And it was just completely the opposite.” Swift has had more crossover into the sports world in recent years, in part thanks to her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce . This season, she attended the first six Chiefs home games at Arrowhead Stadium. Swift had to miss Kansas City's most recent home game , a nervy 19-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night, as she wrapped up the Eras Tour in Vancouver. She's also attended the US Open and the opening game of the ALCS Playoffs between the Cleveland Guardians - Kelce's alleged favorite team - and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs return home in two weeks when they take on the Houston Texans on December 21, the team's last contest at Arrowhead Stadium this season. With the Eras Tour over, Swift would be able to attend. The Fever start their 2025 season with a home meeting against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky on May 17th of next year. Clark will line up for new coach Stephanie White next season. She led the Connecticut Sun the last two seasons after a stint at Vanderbilt University. The Fever may look to strengthen their team this offseason even though star Kelsey Mitchell is a free agent. Indiana owns the eight eight pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft.CM Naidu unveils plans for Andhra Pradesh as Maritime Hub
The charter should be amended section by section to avoid having to conduct a referendum, as the focus should be on forming an assembly to redraft the constitution, according to legal experts. Wissanu Krea-ngam, a former deputy prime minister and prominent legal expert, said the referendum presents what look to be insurmountable legal and technical hurdles in passing a wholesale constitutional amendment within the current term of the House of Representatives. The bill to prepare the groundwork for a referendum appears to be giving lawmakers more trouble than they need, he pointed out. At least three referendums, as ruled by the Constitutional Court, must be organised with an approval vote before major changes can be made to the charter. With the House's term set to expire in less than three years, concern is growing that the process of arranging the referendums that mandate sweeping charter amendment and rewriting the constitution cannot be completed in time. Mr Wissanu said the best option was to rewrite the charter section by section, which does not require a referendum. However, it stipulates which sections or chapters in the charter necessitate a referendum if they were to be modified. "If we go down the path of a referendum, we are bound to run into a debate about how many must conducted. "Be specific and rewrite the sections that are urgent or necessary and keep well clear of the referendum-required sections. If this is done, the charter amendment might be finished in time," he said. Nikorn Chamnong, a list MP of the Chartthaipattana Party and secretary of the House-Senate referendum committee said the window was closing on organising two referendums and amending the charter within the tenure of the current House. Two referendums would defy the Constitutional Court ruling, and for that reason, he believed few lawmakers would support it. He said a viable alternative was for a bill to be tabled to amend Section 256, paving the way for a constitution-rewriting assembly to be set up to accommodate section-by-section changes. The bill could be submitted to parliament by January and take effect by March 2027, he said.Robert C. Donnelly , Gonzaga University Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976. The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home and abroad, a promise that resonated with voters eager for change following the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. His presidency, however, lasted only one term before Ronald Reagan defeated him. Since then, scholars have debated – and often maligned – Carter’s legacy, especially his foreign policy efforts that revolved around human rights. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Critics have described Carter’s foreign policies as “ineffectual” and “hopelessly muddled ,” and their formulation demonstrated “weakness and indecision.” As a historian researching Carter’s foreign policy initiatives , I conclude his overseas policies were far more effective than critics have claimed. The criticism of Carter’s foreign policies seems particularly mistaken when it comes to the Cold War, a period defined by decades of hostility, mutual distrust and arms buildup after World War II between the U.S. and Russia, then known as the Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). By the late 1970s, the Soviet Union’s economy and global influence were weakening. With the counsel of National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Soviet expert , Carter exploited these weaknesses. During his presidency, Carter insisted nations provide basic freedoms for their people – a moral weapon against which repressive leaders could not defend. Carter soon openly criticized the Soviets for denying Russian Jews their basic civil rights , a violation of human rights protections outlined in the diplomatic agreement called the Helsinki Accords . Carter’s team underscored these violations in arms control talks. The CIA flooded the USSR with books and articles to incite human rights activism. And Carter publicly supported Russian dissidents – including pro-democracy activist Andrei Sakharov – who were fighting an ideological war against socialist leaders. Carter adviser Stuart Eizenstat argues that the administration attacked the Soviets “in their most vulnerable spot – mistreatment of their own citizens.” This proved effective in sparking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s social and political reforms of the late 1980s, best known by the Russian word “glasnost ,” or “openness.” In December 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in response to the assassination of the Soviet-backed Afghan leader, Nur Mohammad Taraki. The invasion effectively ended an existing détente between the U.S. and USSR. Beginning in July 1979, the U.S. was providing advice and nonlethal supplies to the mujahideen rebelling against the Soviet-backed regime. After the invasion, National Security Advisor Brzezinski advised Carter to respond aggressively to it. So the CIA and U.S. allies delivered weapons to the mujahideen, a program later expanded under Reagan. Carter’s move effectively engaged the Soviets in a proxy war that began to bleed the Soviet Union. By providing the rebels with modern weapons, the U.S. was “giving to the USSR its Vietnam war,” according to Brzezinski : a progressively expensive war, a strain on the socialist economy and an erosion of their authority abroad. Carter also imposed an embargo on U.S. grain sales to the Soviets in 1980. Agriculture was the USSR’s greatest economic weakness since the 1960s. The country’s unfavorable weather and climate contributed to successive poor growing seasons, and their heavy industrial development left the agricultural sector underfunded . Economist Elizabeth Clayton concluded in 1985 that Carter’s embargo was effective in exacerbating this weakness. Census data compiled between 1959 and 1979 show that 54 million people were added to the Soviet population. Clayton estimates that 2 to 3 million more people were added in each subsequent year. The Soviets were overwhelmed by the population boom and struggled to feed their people. At the same time, Clayton found that monthly wages increased, which led to an increased demand for meat. But by 1985, there was a meat shortage in the USSR. Why? Carter’s grain embargo, although ended by Reagan in 1981, had a lasting impact on livestock feed that resulted in Russian farmers decreasing livestock production . The embargo also forced the Soviets to pay premium prices for grain from other countries, nearly 25 percent above market prices . For years, Soviet leaders promised better diets and health , but now their people had less food. The embargo battered a weak socialist economy and created another layer of instability for the growing population. In 1980, Carter pushed further to punish the Soviets. He convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to refrain from competing in the upcoming Moscow Olympics while the Soviets repressed their people and occupied Afghanistan. Carter not only promoted a boycott, but he also embargoed U.S. technology and other goods needed to produce the Olympics. He also stopped NBC from paying the final US$20 million owed to the USSR to broadcast the Olympics. China, Germany, Canada and Japan – superpowers of sport – also participated in the boycott. Historian Allen Guttmann said, “The USSR lost a significant amount of international legitimacy on the Olympic question.” Dissidents relayed to Carter that the boycott was another jab at Soviet leadership. And in America, public opinion supported Carter’s bold move – 73% of Americans favored the boycott . In his 1980 State of the Union address, Carter revealed an aggressive Cold War military plan. He declared a “ Carter doctrine ,” which said that the Soviets’ attempt to gain control of Afghanistan, and possibly the region, was regarded as a threat to U.S. interests. And Carter was prepared to meet the threat with “ military force .” Carter also announced in his speech a five-year spending initiative to modernize and strengthen the military because he recognized the post-Vietnam military cuts weakened the U.S. against the USSR. Ronald Reagan argued during the 1980 presidential campaign that, “Jimmy Carter risks our national security – our credibility – and damages American purposes by sending timid and even contradictory signals to the Soviet Union.” Carter’s policy was based on “weakness and illusion” and should be replaced “with one founded on improved military strength,” Reagan criticized. In 1985, however, President Reagan publicly acknowledged that his predecessor demonstrated great timing in modernizing and strengthening the nation’s forces, which further increased economic and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets. Reagan admitted that he felt “very bad” for misstating Carter’s policies and record on defense. Carter is most lauded today for his post-presidency activism , public service and defending human rights. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for such efforts. But that praise leaves out a significant portion of Carter’s presidential accomplishments. His foreign policy, emphasizing human rights, was a key instrument in dismantling the power of the Soviet Union. This is an updated version of a story that was originally published on May 2, 2019. Robert C. Donnelly , Associate Professor of History, Gonzaga University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Want stories like this delivered straight to your inbox?Stay informed. Stay ahead. Subscribe to InqMORNING
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollomics Inc. (Nasdaq: APLM ) (the "Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing medicines to address difficult-to-treat cancers, today announced that on December 10, 2024, it received a notification (the "Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq”) stating that the Company has regained compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Bid Price Requirement”), and Nasdaq has determined to continue the listing of the Company's Class A ordinary shares ("Class A Ordinary Shares”) on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "APLM.” On December 10, 2024, Nasdaq confirmed that for the ten consecutive business days from November 25, 2024 to December 9, 2024, the closing bid price of the Company's Class A Ordinary Shares was at $1.00 per share or greater. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with the Nasdaq Bid Price Requirement and the matter is closed. About Apollomics Inc. Apollomics Inc. is an innovative clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of oncology therapies with the potential to be combined with other treatment options to harness the immune system and target specific molecular pathways to inhibit cancer. Apollomics' lead program is vebreltinib (APL-101), a potent, selective c-Met inhibitor for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other advanced tumors with c-Met alterations, which is currently in a Phase 2 multicohort clinical trial in the United States and over 10 other countries. For more information, please visit www.apollomicsinc.com. 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These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Apollomics cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, the Company's ability to maintain compliance with any of the other Nasdaq continued listing requirements, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Apollomics. In addition, Apollomics cautions you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are subject to unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including: (i) the impact of any current or new government regulations in the United States and China affecting Apollomics' operations and the continued listing of Apollomics' securities; (ii) the inability to achieve successful clinical results or to obtain licensing of third-party intellectual property rights for future discovery and development of Apollomics' oncology projects; (iii) the failure to commercialize product candidates and achieve market acceptance of such product candidates; (iv) the failure to protect Apollomics' intellectual property; (v) breaches in data security; (vi) the risk that Apollomics may not be able to develop and maintain effective internal controls; (vii) unfavorable changes to the regulatory environment; and (viii) those risks and uncertainties discussed in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed by Apollomics Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC”) under the heading "Risk Factors” and the other documents filed, or to be filed, by the Company with the SEC. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein can be found in the reports that Apollomics has filed and will file from time to time with the SEC. These SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made by the Company. Apollomics undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of its forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law. Investor Contact: Eric Ribner LifeSci Advisors, LLC (646) 751-4363 [email protected]A guided tour into one family’s history in Williamsburg
Jae Crowder is officially back in the league. The veteran forward officially struck a deal to join the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, the team announced. Terms of that contract are not yet known, though the Kings put him to work right away. Crowder was in the starting lineup for Sacramento in their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center on Monday night. welcome to the 916, 🤝 — Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) Crowder, 34, spent the last two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks. The 13-year veteran, who was first selected in the second round of the 2012 draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, will join his ninth team in the league once his deal with the Kings is official. He averaged 6.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season in Milwaukee. Crowder helped lead both the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns to the NBA Finals in back-to-back years, though he’s yet to win a championship. Crowder became a free agent this past offseason, and he worked out with the Kings over the summer, though he was unable to strike a deal to land with any team. The Kings are dealing with significant injuries, and have lost seven of their last 10 games entering Wednesday’s contest in Minnesota. Forward Trey Lyles is out for at least three weeks with a right calf strain, which he sustained in Monday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. DeMar DeRozan will also miss Wednesday’s game with lower back muscle inflammation, though it’s unknown how long he’ll be sidelined. Third-year coach on Tuesday after he chased down an official in their loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, too. Though it’s unclear what his role will be with the franchise just yet, Crowder should be able to provide some much-needed depth in the frontcourt behind Keegan Murray and Domantas Sabonis at least in the near future. We’ll see if he’s the missing piece to lift the Kings out of their slump.PLAINS, Ga. — This love story begins in Plains, Georgia. That’s where Former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn would meet. They were both born and raised in a small farming town, just miles apart from one another and their love story would last a lifetime. On July 7, 2023, the couple celebrated 77 years in their love journey . Rosalynn Carter died on Nov. 19, 2023, while Jimmy Carter died on Sunday in Plains, more than a year apart from each other. As Eleanor Rosalynn Smith would later describe in her memoir ‘First Lady from Plains,’ “Jimmy and I grew up three years and three miles apart.” They would return to Plains throughout their career and settle there later in life . “We do a lot of things, go a lot of places, but Plains is home, and we always come home,” Rosalynn said in the book. After Jimmy proposed for a second time, Rosalynn accepted and the two were married on a warm Southern summer day, July 7, 1946. There wasn’t a ton of fuss, no invitations or anything like that. He was 21, she was 18 and they were in love. Rosalynn reportedly refused the first proposal and promised her father, on his deathbed, to finish college at Georgia Southwestern before getting married . RELATED: A day before their 75th wedding anniversary, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum reopens On their wedding day, Rosalynn said Jimmy picked her up from her parent’s home to drive to the church together. She wore a short dress, opting for a corsage in lieu of a bouquet. He wore his white Navy Uniform. They walked into the church and down the aisle hand-in-hand, when they emerged, they were man and wife. Is it a coincidence that #InternationalKissingDay is the day before the Carter’s wedding anniversary? We think not! Image: NAID 173390 #GreatCouplesInHistory #75YearsTomorrow ! pic.twitter.com/pEN8P2WXt6 The couple mainly spent their first married years in Norfolk, Virginia. Jimmy was in the Navy and assigned to the USS Wyoming. The day before Independence Day in 1947, they had their first son, John Williams, who they named after Rosalynn’s grandfather. In 1950 while stationed in Hawaii, James Earl III was born and named after Jimmy and his father, James Earl Sr. Two years later, Donnell Jeffrey became their third boy. It would be 15 years before they had their only baby girl, Amy Lynn in 1967. Throughout Jimmy’s journey to Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion and eventually the White House, the Carter’s love story would season, and their family grew. The Carters have three granddaughters, nine grandsons – one who died – and more than a dozen great-grandchildren. In a conversation with reporters in 2015, Jimmy said they have “a good and harmonious family.” And on that journey in politics and the philanthropy and activism that would follow, the Carters were one. In speeches, Jimmy nearly always wrote “Rosalynn and I” when talking about their work on the ground in developing nations and here at home. They raised Amy together in the White House and Rosalynn would become a confidant to the most powerful man in the world. RELATED: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter honored by World Health Organization for mental health advocacy In an op-ed published in 1996, Jimmy described her as a “key player in political strategy meetings.” He said, “I shared almost all problems and questions with Rosalynn. In fact, we met in the Oval Office for regular weekly luncheons devoted exclusively to public affairs.” When they left the White House, the couple began to write books and established The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, and The Carter Center in Atlanta. One experience in their marriage nearly ended it. When the couple co-authored the book ‘Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life’ Jimmy said writing that book “almost broke up a 40-year marriage.” “It was amazing to find how differently we remembered the important events of our lives together, and how differently we reacted to them. As the writing progressed, we couldn't speak to each other about the book, and could communicate only by writing vituperative notes back and forth on our word processors,” he said in a speech in 1995. Their marriage survived the book. Related
