Well, we want to look today as what, if anything, he meant by that, how sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. And i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. Chuck strosier, who has spoken at the Lincoln Forum who brings his experience as a psychoanalyst, psychobiographer, a onetime resident of springfield. By which i mean he knows about lincolns springfield. Not that one must be a psychoanalyst to live in springfield, although we dont know. And of course as an authority which is the subject of his latest book on the complex relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his only really close friend, joshua speed. Well hear more about that in the panel. Edna green medford, a member of the forum and has written and lectured here on the subject of lincoln, emancipation, race, equality and africanamerican life and lives. We welcome her perspective as well. Another expert on lincolns illinois years is another foru
Lincoln quote. Because on todays topic as with most subjects, Abraham Lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. And as he said in 1849, the better part of ones life consists of his friendships. Well, we want to look today as what, if anything, he meant by that, how sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. And i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. Chuck strosier, who has spoken at the Lincoln Forum who brings his experience as a psychoanalyst, psychobiographer, a onetime resident of springfield. By which i mean he knows about springfield. And of course as an authority which is the subject of his latest book on the complex relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his only really close friend joshua speed. Well hear more about that in the panel. Ed edna green, who has written and lectured here on the subject of lincoln, emancipation, race, equality and africanamerican life and lives. We welcom
Next, the panel of scholars talks about Abraham Lincolns friendships both before and after he became president. This was part of the annual lincoln symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Its just under an hour. Welcome to the Lincoln Forum and to a special Panel Discussion on lincolns friends. Lets start, if we can, with a lincoln quote because on todays topic, as with most subjects, Abraham Lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone, and as he said in 1849, the better part of ones life consists of his friendships. Well, we want to look today at what, if anything, he meant by that. How sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. And i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. Chuck strozier who has spoken at the Lincoln Forum. Who brings his experience as a psycho analyst, a psychobiographer, a one time resident of springfield. Which i moon he knows about lincoln springfield, not one must be a psychoa
I now recognize senator klobuchar, and before we start her clock, let me express my appreciation to her for the work shes done i think really leading this committee on synthetic drugs, bath salts and so forth and trying to improve the scheduling response to that. Senator klobuchar. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding that allday meeting yesterday with senator portman about addiction and the work that needs to be done. I was pleased to take part in that, and we welcome you, administrator lee p onhart. Leonhart. You spent many years in minnesota, how many years . Most of my childhood. Yes. Well, were proud to have you in this job. As you and i talked about last week, i recently led a delegation to mexico a few weeks ago on the topic of sex trafficking as well as heroin. And i think we asked every single official there, including the attorney general of mexico and the held of the federal police, about what was going on with heroin. I was there with senator heitkam
This march began and moved it north to king high school. This group was made up of mostly africanamericans of various ages. It seemed to grow in size as it moved through the streets. This is about the George Zimmerman verdict after being found not guilty in the death of trayvon martin. This march past five blocks away from president obama is home everybody feels the same way right now. By marching for my people by a margin for everybody. We want the violence to end. This is a time to think about what it is we can do with our brains. Not with our fists think about the history that has brought you this far. And this demonstration is one of many that happened across the country. There is another rally that is happening tomorrow night. We would like to hear from you. Give us a text message and we will have the results later on. Johnny borizov is going to prison forever. Three life sentences handed down to the man who plotted to murder his former girlfriends family bank noted a friend into