And museum hosted this event. It is a little over one hour. My john f. Kennedys library that has papers of them is hemingway, ernest we are the only presents a papers of host the this major writer. The papers came to us by way of miss lang. The executor of her a state solve folder upon full or of materials on herbert hoover, and contacted the library. Of course, the archivist were interested, and the collection was donated. Little did they know, it also contained correspondence with her famous mother and her unfinished autobiography. People asked to see the big ,ablets that contain her drafts and our copy of the autobiography. We are fortunate to have with us today pamela smith hill, which has recently published data biography, Laura Ingalls , came the pioneer girl out last fall, and immediately sold out. It is now on the night printing, and still selling strong. It took years of research, examining drafts of pioneer girl, and painstakingly providing annotations to guide the reader thr
Good afternoon. I am the directors. It is a great pleasure and honor to moderate this panel. And really it is a celebration is a wonderful new book. But we are going to do this afternoon is have some presentations and responses to the book and then open up for question and discussion. And we have assembled a stellar panel of the people who are just the right people to undertake this discussion. They will speak in the order that we have determined, but it will begin with a brief presentation of the books and its main issues in history. She is the director of the center for gender and sexuality off which is wonderful institution that we are happy to collaborate with, and she is the author of wedlock the perils of Marriage Equality. Catherine has been working on marriage, gender justice, transitional justice, issues of gender and race in law, legal theorist, and academic, and activist, a public intellectual an amazing human being. Ibeing. I am just so happy to be celebrating her this afte
Isis. 5853882 for independents. If you want to make your thoughts known as far as how the u. S. Can go about defeating isis or how far the u. S. Should go here is how you can do it. Facebook. Com. You can send us email, too. Usa today, asking about strikes in iraq, specifically towards islamic groups, here is the poll results. The question, do you approve or disapprove of u. S. Air strikes against islamic militants in iraq . 54 of respondents saying they approve of the action, 31 saying they disapprove, 15 saying they dont know. Several stories in the paper not only taking a look at the bee heading of james foley but also whats next as far as policy concerning isis in iraq is concerned, and your thoughts welcomed on the lines, 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853880 for democrats, and and and for independents. Well get pe perspective from we house reporter jeff mason. I think the president s comments suggested that what he had started in terms of air strikes in iraq against isis or is
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Hearings by the Senate Judiciary committee. This morning, as we go through the papers, we want to hear from you. Your views on guns in america, whether they have changed since the newtown, connecticut, shootings . 202 is the area code. You can also contact us via social media. You can leave comments at twitter. Continue the conversation on facebook. And send us an email. Of thethe front page Washington Times this morning in the center is the president of the National Rifle association and Wayne Lapierre on your right. In the york post this morning is a juxtaposed are these juxtaposed photographs. Wayne lapierre and Gabrielle Giffords shown. And in the new york daily news, the same photographs. On our Facebook Page, lots of comments already on this issue. Honey says those are some of the comments on our Facebook Page, where there is also a poll on whether your views on gun control and changed since the newtown shootings. Executive Vice President of the eight nra Wayne Lapierre at yester