Elusive, vast problem of memory and usable past. We have been talking about that for nearly two days already, havent we . I dont know if lois is still in the room. She is probably speaking down the hall. What an amazing talk that was for it what a beautifully written talk that was. I have to bring lois to yell in april and to yale in april into this again. I started last night with James Baldwin and i will do it again. Baldwin in his most famous publication, his most famous long essay said to accept ones past, ones history, is not the same thing as drowning in it. It is learning how to use it. An inventive and invented past can never be used. It cracks, crumbles under the pressures of life like play in a season of drought. When in doubt, you have to quote the poets. Learning how to use it. But not drown in it. Is that what we do with the past . Is that how you view the past . That what it means to have a sense of history . Whether that sense of the past and sense of history begins with
Im a senior fellow at the manhattan use it institute. We are pleased to have allen guelzo here to talk about the civil war. When hundred 50 years ago this week Abraham Lincolns funeral was making its way across the United States. The civil war had ended two weeks previously with lee surrendered at appomattox. It was an eventful month. Some asserted that 1865 was the most eventful month and history of the United States. No one knows more about these events then allen guelzo. He is the professor of the civil war era and director of the civil war era studies at gettysburg college. Hes the author of many prizewinning books. Lincolns emancipation proclamation. The end of slavery in america. Lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. That one the Lincoln Institute prize. His most recent work is Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas, a collection of essays. Lincoln, a volume at oxford in 2009. His book on the battle of gettysburg publish in 2013. He spent eight weeks on the New York T
Weeks previously with lee s surrender at appomattox. It was an eventful month. Some asserted that 1865 was the most eventful month and history of the United States. No one knows more about these events then allen guelzo. He is the professor of the civil war era and director of the civil war era studies at gettysburg college. Hes the author of many prizewinning books. Lincolns emancipation proclamation. The end of slavery in america. Lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. That one the Lincoln Institute prize. His most recent work is Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas, a collection of essays. Lincoln, a volume at oxford in 2009. His book on the battle of gettysburg publish in 2013. It spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Possibly the best book written on the battle of gettysburg. His articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals. Los angeles times, a very long list. Allen guelzo is our most distinguished biographer of Abraham Lincoln, historia
And intel the Washington Post inside the Washington Post, marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln at ford theater. And with the debates in arkansas and indiana this past week, we want to begin on this Easter Sunday with your comments on this issue. Religion, does it unite us or divide us . If you say divide us, here is the number, 202 7488000 for. For those who say it unite says, 202 7488001 for. You can join us on twitter at cspanwj. An Organization Called the center for public christianity has written an essay on this very issue saying that religion at its worst sponsors tribalism. Setting faithful against the infidels. Christian examples are well known the crusades, and the awful covering up of child sexual abuse. No doubt there are hindu jewish, and even buddhist examples, but a fair reading of history wont stop there. Religion, at best, unite and divides in a very different way. Like debates about Climate Change or asylumseekers, some important causes unite and rebel at t
My goodness, legal briefs, hundreds of layoffs, not sure i will get through this. A memo that has everybody talking about the place of young women in the Business World and how they should dress and act. First to sue at the nyse. My, my, my. Stocks having a soso day but were at or near record levels for several indices, close to dow 16,000 than 15,000. The nasdaq 65 points from 4,000. Where is the Retail Investor in all of this . Mary thompson found out. Hey, sue. Data suggest the Retail Investor remains cautious with the markets at record highs. Outflows continue while trading activity at discount brokerages is modest. Investors began pulling money out of stock funds in may of 2011. Since then, u. S. Equity funds have seen net monthly outflows in 25 of the last 28 months through august. The september numbers arent final but weekly figures suggest the exodus continued in the two weeks out of the three recorded so far for october. So recent data from discount brokerages suggest some ree