Prizewinning ron churn discusses his biography of ron sure nownt his biography of Ulysses S Grant. U. S. Grant refused to trumpet his accomplishments in print. When did you decide to start that way in your book . Mr. Chernow when i started working on the book i read it to i ran into a friend who said to me, how can you write a great biography of someone who wrote a great autobiography . That stopped me in my tracks and i thought about that comment for many days. Then i realized that it actually helped to define the direction of my book because i realized that what my job was to do as a biographer was to zero in on the silences and the evasions. It is not really a biography. It is not really an autobiography. He covers the mexican war and the civil war. I ended up zeroing in on those things that grant did not want to talk about, particularly his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his repeated his repeated business failures. Host i want to start out concentrating on the end of his lif
Celebrity, grant refused to trumpet his accomplish. S in print. When did you decide to start that way in your book . When i started the book i ran into a friend who said to me, how can you write a great biography of someone who wrote a great autobiography and that stopped me dead in my tracks. I thought about that comment for many days. Then i realized that it actually helped to define the direction of my book because i realized that what my job was to do as a biographer was to zero in on the silences and the evasions in grants memoirs. I should say grants book, its not really an autobiography. Its a military memoir. Covers the mexican war. He covers the civil war. Theres not a word, for instance, about that small thing, his twoterm presidency and the remaining events in his life. But i ended up again zeroing in on those things that grant did not want to talk about, particularly his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his repeated business failures. I want to start out concentrating
Good evening, just a day before the president s chief Counter Terrorism advisor, john brennan heads to capital hill for his hearing to take over the c. I. Averment. The white house has to answer some tough questions about its overseas drone program. The catalyst is a white house memo obtained that justifies american citizens. Civil liberties advocates and senator ron widen tweeted today every american has the right to know that their government believes theyre allowed to kill them. Most americans seem to casually accept this. David corn is Washington Bureau chief for mother jones. Both are msnbc political analysts. Jebtle men, lets look here at carney. There was a briefing today and carney defended the president s position on drones. I wont talk about specific instances, but the fact is the methods that we use are designed specifically to avoid civilian casualties. I think its fair to say that far few er civilians lose their lives in an effort to go after Senior Leadership as opposed t
Congressman pierce is going to the birds. Literally. He tweeted that hes staying home in new mexico because a public hearing on the chicken is the same day as the state of the union. No disrespect to the chicken, even if he is the lesser chicken. Congressman, its time for all of us to come together as a union. As americans. And showing up at the state of the union speech is one way to show it. Were facing some serious economic time. Were facing serious decisions on gun legislation. Were facing serious questions about how we sustain social security, medicaid and medicare. I know your party didnt do well last year, but, congressman, dont be chicken. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton, hardball starts right now. War on drones, lets play hardball. Good evening, just a day before the president s chief Counter Terrorism advisor, john brennan heads to capital hill for his hearing to take over the c. I. Averment. The white house has to answer some tough questions about its overseas drone prog
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