What my father had done. I go there. So from the time i was a young boy i was interested in it. Philip history is the best teacher. Host how many were you a professor russian mark prof. Robertson it was a oneyear course. Students took up because they host how many books have you written . Prof. Robertson i dont remember. It has very little to say for it. It is with small print. It is about a confederate general and yet it has gone through so many. Story of a man. Life. An incredible he never knew his father. And he grew up on who loved. Therapist. Th a i just that im going to give you this. She describes who he should be. You and i just take it for granted. He had not had feelings like that before. Watching i cried writing chapter one. He would become the most brilliant general in the world. Tactics and the deception. Even more than that, jackson was fighting for god in this war. Searched throughout his young adult years. He became a presbyterian, not really. He dedicated his life to g
Itting in my grandmas lap her mind was clear as a bell. Whatember her telling me her father had done at the battle of gettysburg. Is link with the civil war very direct with me. So, from the time i was a young boy able to absorb history, i was interested in it, and im glad i am, because history is the best teacher. How many years were you teaching the civil war . Prime minister lee it was an elective course professor robertson it was an elective course. Students to get because they wanted to. 22 thousandbout students. How many books have you written . Professor robertson i dont know. I just write them and hope they do well. Book onread that your Stonewall Jackson had done the best. So far. R robertson it is about a confederate general. Its not the biography of a general, but the life story of a man. I got very involved with jackson. To overcome. Ips his mother died when he was seven. He never knew why. He grew up on love. I wanted to try to get a hold of this man, and she told me, i wo
Speaking from my new, almost seven months perch as a federal official, i want to share that as a physician and Public Health practitioner, im speaking to you from both of those heads knowing my words are those of a person will always be herself as a doctor first. People who only know me as someone who works in government asked me, have you ever been a real doctor . I assure you, from the way in which i approach my work, that i still am. So know that i mean it and understand when i say i really appreciate this meeting and your work because what you do is so much closer to the people, the community, and the patients than i am at this point in my career. For the administration, so much of the work and progress of the past several years has been rooted in the belief passed down from generation to generation that we can continue to strive toward equity. And that we can Work Together to level the Playing Field for all americans. That we can give all of our sons and daughters, our families, t
Caller i wanted to make a couple of statements about the states rights. And that is sending things back to the states. Wo points. One the civil war philosophy of denying people their rights, primarily african americans. In Michigan State government has taken over the Emergency Managers School Systems have become resegregated under the uise of School Choice. According to marketplace programming, nationwide only 25 of the welfare money goes to the individuals needing it. And in michigan only 12 is returned to the people. Host we only have a few seconds left. I want to give jonathan a chance to respond. Guest theres a lot of good points i dont have a particular response to. Im a supporter of welfare reform. Its 20 years old and example of a reform that went well. The number of people on welfare slaverping. The number of people on jobs grew. It is not true that most money in welfare does not go to welfare recipients. It does. Host Jonathan Roush contributing editor to the atlantic and seni