Special many series of six lectures lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is particularly attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight that all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself. Our esteemed un w. Professor of americas of history, william crawley, who has just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. During that half century, doctor crawley has contributed in innumerable and significant ways. Certainly not least of all, the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. But it is for his excellence in teaching that he is perhaps best known, and certainly to literally thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching, both from his colleagues and from his students. Many of whom, throu
And americans family. She is professor of law of the new York Law School and professor of history at rutgers university. She is the author of Thomas Jefferson sally henning, which remains most influential study of the subject. She has written numerous articles on jefferson and edited forthcoming reader on jefferson and rates which will be published by Princeton University press. She also had had time to complete a short biography of Andrew Johnson which will be published in the fall of 2009. Please join me in welcoming a net cord in reeves. [applause] thank you, very much for that introduction i love how he says that. [laughter] say it again. Say it again. It is great to be here among some many people that i know. Such a familiar place to me i came back to monticello and many times and it is always good to be here ive never been here when is raining. So, this is an interesting thing for me. A day that began at 4 00 a. M. This morning trying to get there quickly and taking off at 1 00 s
Hello, and good afternoon my name is andrew i am a director of the International Center for jefferson studies. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker who is here on the launch of perm much anticipated steady the hemming of monticello and americans family. She is professor of law of the new York Law School and professor of history at rutgers university. She is the author of Thomas Jefferson sally henning, which remains most influential study of the subject. She has written numerous articles on jefferson and edited forthcoming reader on jefferson and rates which will be published by Princeton University press. She also had had time to complete a short biography of Andrew Johnson which will be published in the fall of 2009. Please join me in welcoming a net cord in reeves. [applause] thank you, very much for that introduction i love how he says that. [laughter] say it again. Say it again. It is great to be here among some many people that i know. Such a familiar place to me i came bac
Can he defeat the hole in the head gang and bring piece to the preys to the prairie . Easing the burden on main street at last. Youll know soon enough dear viewer after the show down at sundown. Jennifer i love it. That, of course, is the iconic 3way standoff scene from the classic spaghetti western the good bad and the ugly and i think that scene pretty much sums up what we are eying . Our Nations Capital right now as the leaders lead leaders raftal over the fiscal cliff. We have the good guys, fansing off, of course against the bad guys, the republican and then there is the ugly the rabid right wing that threatens to derail the whoa process. It might seem like the dueling factions will need reach an agreement. But a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. He told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. Hold everything. There is a price for everything. That, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. What will you give me to get what y
Can he defeat the hole in the head gang and bring piece to the preys to the prairie . Easing the burden on main street at last. Youll know soon enough dear viewer after the show down at sundown. Jennifer i love it. That, of course, is the iconic 3way standoff scene from the classic spaghetti western the good bad and the ugly and i think that scene pretty much sums up what we are eying . Our Nations Capital right now as the leaders lead leaders raftal over the fiscal cliff. We have the good guys, fansing off, of course against the bad guys the republican and then there is the ugly the rabid right wing that threatens to derail the whoa process. It might seem like the dueling factions will need reach an agreement. But a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. He told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. Hold everything. There is a price for everything. That, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. What will you give me to get what yo