In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. The New York Times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with Public Affairs in this country. Professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. Nancy . [applause] ms. Unger hello. Thank you for that lovely introduction. I have given talks to the humanist community of Silicon Valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. I have been looking forward to this talk. I want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento area. I want to thank bill potts for his h
Alongside her husband and son. The humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event. It is about an hour. Todays speaker asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. Her subject is belle la follette who lived a very full life from 18591931. In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the work of previous historians have drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for votes for women, she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. The New York Times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with Public Affairs in this country. Professor nancy unger will help us know belle la follette for who she really is. Nancy . [applause] ms. Unger hello. Thank you for that lovely introduction. I have given talks to the humanist community of Silicon Vall
Featuring natural and Historic Sites throughout the country visited by our cspan cities tour staff. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. So, we are at Promontory Summit, utah. I am walking you over to where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. This spot right here marked by tie, is within inches of where the original ceremony was held. Included on this is a plaque that lists the dignitaries from this company. The big are all marked there. Four another thing that you can see at the site is a connection with resources that would have been available to the two companies building the railroad. We have tried to make it as authentic as possible. If you look to the west, you will see precut ties. They had sawmills and brought them down from the mountain. Whereas the Union Pacific, coming from the east, had to head cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available and a lot of the areas, so they would split them and you can see them and how they would cut them t
Its nothing serious. We just have to make out these forms. Opie got ad in arithmetic . Well, it happens. It just means he probably should study more. Ill get after him. Hows he doin on the other stuff . Oh, fine. Opies very bright. Yeah. He takes after me a good bit. door opens hi, paw. Andy speak of the devil. Hi, miss crump. Ill see you later. Byebye. Bye, miss crump. I made four touchdowns today during recess. Is that a fact . Hey, paw, can i get one of those jerseys with the numbers on em . Theyre good for football. You never have to wash em. I tell ya what lets forget football for a while and talk about arithmetic. Miss crump says youre not doin too well. Well, i study. Is there something about arithmetic you dont understand . Well, were goin into Long Division now. Yeah. I hate it. Well, why should arithmetic be harder for ya than anything else . I have to erase a lot. Sometimes i get a hole in the paper and have to do it all over again. Sometimes the bell rings before im finishe
University of oklahoma. Mckinnon is a ut guy so we balance out the equation. Mark has been chief Media Advisor and a number of successful campaigns including both of president bushs white house runs. President bush once said i was impressed with his creativity and particularly impressed by his honesty. High praise. These days mark is most famous as the cocreator of and star strategist on the runaway hit political documentary series the circus, good name for it. Which chronicles the Current Campaign action every sunday night on showtime. Lets look at a short clip from the circus. A story about john kennedy. Here is the situation. You have the flu, it is your bothers deputy the next morning and you are supposed to be at a soup kitchen at 6 00 in the morning. Where would you want to go . The show is incredible. If you havent seen it, you can use the showtime anytime apps to get caught up and watch it going forward. Really fascinating. Also happy to have a former journalist who today heads