Civil war after appomattox. I am happy to have professor downs join us. [applause] i am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the Freedmans Bureau bill and the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. I want to put that on its head and think about why it was so important for them not to establish terms for the end of the war and why doing nothing turned out to mean so much. I was led to this by contemplating the justly celebrated philosopher Jerome Allen Seinfeld known as jerry who said, doing nothing is not as easy as it looks. You have to be careful because the idea of doing anything could easily lead to doing something which woul
I am happy to have professor downs join us. I am going to talk about something that is overlooked in all kinds of narratives which is the importance of doing nothing. When congress billy hollowak in in december of 1865 came back in december of 1865 for many people it looked like they dont find a solution to address reconstruction until march of 1867. Despite things like the 14th amendment, this session can seem like and was critiqued at the time as a donothing session precisely because it didnt determine the end of the war. That it never established terms for war. But i want to flip that on its head and think about why it was so important for them not to establish terms for the end of the war and why doing nothing turned out to mean so much. I was led to this by contemplating the justly celebrated philosopher Jerome Allen Seinfeld known as jerry who said, doing nothing is not as easy as it looks. You have to be careful because the idea of doing anything could easily lead to doing somet
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Have a criminal record which made them focus on her during the ordeal. Lying to police is a misdemeanor. Lance armstrong has now admitted he used performance enhancing drugs during his cycling career. As Juliette Goodrich tells us, armstrong is also explaining how he internally justified his doping. Yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Yes or no, was one of those banned substances epo . Yes. Did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance . Yes. Reporter the 7time Tour De France winner now stripped of his titles and banned for life telling a much different story. The truth. I have used this situation as one big lie. Reporter after years of denials under oath. Were you a bully . Uhm. Yeah. Yeah. I was a bully. Reporter armstrong said he didnt invent the doping and banned substance culture. But he didnt stop it, either. My, uhm, cocktail so to speak was was only, uhm, epo, but not a lot. Transfusio
On to the tracks. She manages to run away. Discovered a metal detector in australia is just under 300,000. All that the first lady celebrating her birthday with a new hairdo. The word is out. Bangs are in. Why exactly is the dog here . [ laughter ] and all that matters ill spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people. For the rest of my life. On cbs this morning. The once point lance broke down and cried. And heres the funny thing. Wherever a tear landed a new muscle grew. [ laughter ] welcome to cbs this morning. Nearly 14 years after first winning the race that turned him into a superstar, Lance Armstrong admitted to lying about using performanceenhancing drugs. He told Oprah Winfrey he began doping in the mid 1990s but insisted he stopped in 2005 before his comeback four years later. Chip reid has the highlights from armstrongs confession. Good morning. Reporter good morning, nora and charlie. After years of defiantly denying doping charges, armstrong