Lock for these look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on cspan2. And so now im very please today introduce tonights author presenting his acclaimed new book, the book that changed america. Randall fuller works at the university of tulsa as well as the author of from battlefields rising. His work has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and other publications. Professor fuller is a winner of phi beta kappas award for best literary criticism. The book that changed america how darwins theory of evolution ignited a nation, explores how five luminaries gained new perspectives on the origin of the species in the leadup to the civil war. Thank you very much for the nice introduction. Thanks for coming out on what to oklahoma feels like a chilly night. I realize it is not really that cold. I am really glad to have been invited by the harvard bookstore. I have spent many hours over my professional li
The Hacking Network known as anonymous has declared war on isis. A video released by the group has vowed vengeance and says it will hunt down isis members. Anonymous is an International Network of activist computer hackers that has claimed responsibility for a number of cyberattacks. Members of siouxlands Islamic Community are condemning fridays terrorist attacks in paris. The Islamic Center of siouxland adopted a resolution at a meeting of its Board Members on saturday, stating, quotewe the muslims of siouxland strongly condemn the recent terrorist attacks in paris, france. No religious tradition can ever justify nor condone such ruthless and senseless acts of violence on innocent civilians and bystanders. Our prayers and condolences go out to the families of the victims in this great human tragedy. We fully stand with them and share their grief and sadness and we pray to god the almighty to heal their grief and loss of their loved ones in the coming days. Texas senator ted cruz has p
Career. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this hourlong discussion. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Supreme Court. Its great to see so many people here for the Supreme Court Historical Society second lecture of the 2014 leon the society was formed in 1974 by chief Justice Warren burger with the notion of promoting public understanding of the history of the court. It does that in many ways, through lectures like thesic through the publication three times of year of the journal of Supreme Court history, and through the acquisition of portraits of the justices for display in the Supreme Courtqsf building. Id also like to especially for its efforts to address myhekn predecessor and Curators Office all prior clerks of the court which have been obtained from the court. And on behalf of all the officers of the court, id like officers of the ny of id like the efforts that they give to all of us. This evening, were joined by three distinguished scholars for discussion of th
Turning now to the latest on the malaysia plane that was shot down, rather, president obama just visited the Dutch Embassy to sign the condolence book for the victims. Rebelswhile, prorussian have Given International investigators access to the crash site, finally, along with the bodies of the victims. Karen travers has the latest. The remains of most of the victims are one step poster to home. Journey, a train carrying bodies arrived today in a government controlled city in eastern ukraine. The dutch Prime Minister said they hope to have the first bodies in the netherlands on wednesday. He cautioned that identification of some of the vick ams could take weeks, or even months. Ukraine agreed to send all of the remains to the netherlands for identification and forensic investigation. At the crash site, International Investigators continue to comb through the wreckage. Scenec news team on the found that large areas are still unguarded with debris out any of out in the open for anyone to