But will be with us tomorrow talking about her new book. Im very pleased today, im catherine clinton, i teach at the university of texas in san antonio, and im here to moderate the panel but as all of you are aware, interject whenever i enthusiastically have some ideas that maybe we could share. Our two panelists will share comments and views with you and im going to comment and we would like to open it up to you for your questions. So i want to begin today by saying that my friend candy, candice shy hooper was born in guam to usa Navy Hospital corpsman and his wife and she attended more than half a dozen schools before her high school graduation. With an undergraduate degree in journalism from the university jaju and a law degraaik÷2 from georgetown university. It was only after her career on capitol hill as an aide to the late congressman charlie wilson, some of you may have seen him portrayed in Charlie Wilsons war and as a lobbyist with her husband she discovered her passion, ret
Abigail would grow to be an equal of john adams. Confident and dearest friend. She has really revealed to herself as yes as an 18th century woman, but her concern some very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams had become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and publications that have opened up to the world. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice and commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was a the scenes kind of women. She warned her husband. You cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop to the and to the adams brief occupancy in the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and defensive against slander. Shes concerned about her children, their upbringing and education. She could hold her own with anybody in her own time and since. She was
George washington and why its different than other biographies of americas first president , he spoke at politics and pros store in washington, d. C. I want president ial history because the presidency and especially the person that establishes the office and built around and everyone pressure intoed it its really important that everyone understand him and the presidency but i think that the biographies are alienating in the way that their visual presentation, their titles the way that they are written, and so i really wanted the reader to feel like they had if they had never read a president ial biography that they had everything they needed at the beginning of the book and at the beginning of every section to equip them to feel as though they were the experts and so that was part of it. I really did think a lot about my reader and the other part of it was not washington has been called by an adams family editor, president ial editors, they edit the papers, called him vanilla once to
Podcasts. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she really took an interest in politics. And that she was her she grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became somewhat of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. A very interesting commentary on what a beloved status sh
On it but weve got to be remembered everybodys going to remember him around the world hes going to change the world and his unit the civil rights leader reverend al sharpton directed his anger at the highest levels of government you see it now trying to figure out how you will stop the protests rather than how you want to stop the brutality you calling your cabinet in trying to figure out how its going to affect field wont read it and hows it going to affect our lives you know on how you can spend a starring rather than you can achieve justice wickedness and high place. Meanwhile President Donald Trump is accused to subdue a 5 year old who was left bleeding from his head after being pushed by police of being set up new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo is among politicians from both sides who criticized president obama called the tweets reprehensible. How reckless how irresponsible al mean how crude i mean if there was ever a reprehensible dumb comment and from the president of United States