Being polite to people, you know just not being rude. As you can see, most of us know what good manners are. But listen to this when it comes to using digital devices, like cellphones, three out of four people believe good manners today are as out of date as myspace. So, is social media encouraging bad behavior . Daniel post senning is the author of manners in a digital world. Hi. Hi. Its good to be with you. Daniel, were all brought up to believe in having good manners. Has technology changed that . Absolutely not. Good manners are as important today as theyve ever been. Treating people with consideration, with respect, with honesty are really the cores for all good behavior, and those stay the same, no matter what time or age we live in. So, what are some examples of things teens are doing or not doing that would be considered inappropriate . Well, one of the things that i hear the most about is people using their cellphones inappropriately. Sometimes thats texting at the dinner tabl
Not having your elbows on the table while youre eating. Being polite to people, you know just not being rude. As you can see, most of us know what good manners are. But listen to this when it comes to using digital devices, like cellphones, three out of four people believe good manners today are as out of date as myspace. So, is social media encouraging bad behavior . Daniel post senning is the author of manners in a digital world. Hi. Hi. Its good to be with you. Daniel, were all brought up to believe in having good manners. Has technology changed that . Absolutely not. Good manners are as important today as theyve ever been. Treating people with consideration, with respect, with honesty are really the cores for all good behavior, and those stay the same, no matter what time or age we live in. So, what are some examples of things teens are doing or not doing that would be considered inappropriate . Well, one of the things that i hear the most about is people using their cellphones ina
Summer reading list. Send us your choices at booktv is our twitter handle. Post on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv or send an email to booktv cspan. Org. What is on your Summer Reading list, booktv wants to know. Booktv covered a book shoot after it was called the confederate battle flag a historian at the American Civil War museum in richmond. Ten years ago, what has changed with regard attitudes on the confederate battle flag in the last ten years. The question is how much change in the last ten days . Met has been the remarkable shift in attitudes or a remarkable period for the history of the battle flag as an object of discussion. Ten years ago when the book came out still fresh some of the controversies that occurred in states like alabama and South Carolina where compromises had been reached to retire flags, flags from the capital of those two states to other positions on the Capitol Grounds and they were contextualized with historical displays by confederate monuments in
Have acceded to the southern demands that they be a separate country, and if lincoln had gone along with the congressional reconstruction, would the radicals have done to him at least in modified form what they did to johnson . Is. Let me just say one thing thatll connect baseball to lincoln. [laughter] yes, i can do that. In the election of 1860, theres a wonderful political cartoon that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls, and its using baseball as a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. And lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run. So [laughter] there are long connections here to baseball and lincoln. As for the election, you know, lincoln wrote a blind memorandum beforehand saying in the event that he lost, he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to resolve the conflict in some way. So i dont know, jim if you have thoughts about what would happened had mccellen been elect
Thanks for visiting the Frontier Cultural Museum today. We are open 362 days a year. We would love to see you out here. Please come to visit us in stanton, virginia. This is the second of a twopart series on the frontier culture museum. Part one explored daily life in europe for migrants before they came to colonial america. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. This monday on the new series, landmark cases, by the 1850s, the river had become a breeding ground. To address the problem, louisiana allowed only one Carly Fiorina older life signing. These interviews with nonfiction officers others. Book being nixon, and sunday night at 9 00, former missouri senator an episcopalian priest on how he thinks a sense of religion can lead the country out of the current and politics. On American History tv on cspan3. On espionageian and intelligence gathering tactics during the civil war. Historical documents exist. Sunday m