against priests in philadelphia and recommending priests assignments. prosecutors said lynn protected pedophile priests when he transferred them from parish to parish where they victimized other children. lynn denied those allegations. he testified he was powless to act without the approval from church superiors including the late cardinal anthony bevilacqua. the lead prosecutor asked lynn did you or anybody you were associated with or participate with ever lie to parishioners about a priest going off into the sunset? the cardinal wouldn t allow us to announce in those days why someone was leaving lynn replied. prosecutors also grilled lynn about the secret list he compiled in 1994 of 35 prooeszs suspected of child sex abuse, including three diagnosed pedophiles. a copy of the list was found in a safe in the archdiocese headquarters. in court, the assistant district attorney asked how many times in your 12 years did you pick up the phone and call police? how many times
i intend tonight to discuss one of the most overlooked elements of james madison s career. perhaps i should say the most underemphasized elements of james madison s career. and one reason why it doesn t get the emphasis it should get his here as in other areas of his political life, madison self-consciously stood in the shadow of one of his contemporaries, that of tom jefferson. so for example, madison is often seen as lieutenant of jeffersons who claimed credit for drafting the virginia staff for religious freedom atop the virginia general assembly in 1986 and in fact checkers than was wise enough or perhaps we should say machiavellian enough to sketch his own gravestone on which he said that he wanted included statements that he was the author of the declaration of independence and of the virginia religious freedom besides father of university of virginia and this is commonly the way we understand the process that led to the establishment of a secular government in the old
here is author elizabeth dowling taylor talking about her book, a slave in the white house. hertog in the library of congress is just under one hour. good afternoon. welcome to the library of congress. i am john kohl, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress. the center is the reading promotion arm of the library of congress. we were created in 1977 by librarian of congress daniel boorstin to help the library of congress stimulate public interest in books and reading and literacy. we operate primarily through a couple of national networks. there are state centers for the book and in most of the state. they work with us to promote books in their respective states and in particular to promote writers and writing. we also have national reading promotion partners, many nonprofit groups and government organizations that we also work with to promote looks and reading. we are a major component in the national book festival and i hope many of you know ab
barrington massachusetts. hello book friends, and welcome. thank so much for coming to the book loft on this fine berkshire evening. as many of you know in our nearly 40 years of business, we okies at the book loft are very proud of our staff. they represent a in fact we will often ask each other so what are you reading? and when told it will ask well maybe or not or yeah. even though hugh howard and i are best friends and have downed more than a few beers together over the years and a briton many side-by-side while skiing it doesn t necessarily follow however that i would pick his excellent new book. i did it because it is in fact an excellent book. more on that in a moment. hugh hubbard got his book working in publishing houses as an architectural historian. he wrote a series of articles for the new york times which became the basis for his first book, the preservation of progress. over the ensuing years he has written over a dozen books