abortion actually is a means to control women s bodies, to preserve traditional gender roles, patriarchy, and it s not really about the sanctity of life. i have to say, i have always been much more sympathetic to that first view, you are well-intentioned but wrong. and i think it s partly because i was raised catholic. i have been around people my whole life, including loved ones, my beloved grandparents who went to the march for life every year. who sincerely oppose abortion. i know kinds of people who really believed in what the pope called a seamless garment opposed to wars like the iraq war, death penalty, visit people in prisons and also opposed abortion. i think that experience has made me feel a little defensive about the notion that the anti-abortion movement, which called itself the pro life movement, is actually all about controlling women and their bodies. and people in that moment really do use life as this kind of beacon. they use that word life, sanctity of, lif
hard things. the question i leave you with tonight is what does that mean for you? on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you tomorrow. you tomorrow. i was out sick. i finally got covid. i think and one of the last people in the country who had never had it before. but i finally tested positive like a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped me get an easier bout. i rested up, isolated from everyone. i took a five-day course of paxlovid which honestly is kind of grows while you re taking it. but it is, in my opinion, totally worth. it it s only five days of pills. by the end of those five days of the paxlovid, i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly, i was testing negative. and not a risk to other people. so, anyway, i m back, i m sorry, i missed you here last week. also had to cancel and reschedule the remaining book tour
what midwestern values hard work patriotism honesty duty and integrity. now those values are not midwestern, of course. but they do reflect harry truman s personality and character. this evening. i will only have time to talk about some of the highlights of truman s life and career and i m looking forward to talking with tim about his connections with with another president of the heartland dwight eisenhower. so if we can move on to the next slide, please. this is a photograph of harry truman as a young boy. he s in the first grade and nolan school and independence. this picture was probably taken in around 1890. harry truman was born on may 8th 1884 in the town of lamar, missouri, which is about two hours south of kansas city. and it dates six his parents moved to independence. his mother was interested in him attending public schools in independence, missouri. so this picture would have been taken probably very soon after his return or his move to independence. that s him i
the truman library institute provided the video in about an hour and 20 minutes. we ll hear about the influence that franklin d roosevelt and george hw bush had on their presidential libraries. various truman was a president of the heartland. but what does it mean to say that he was a president of the heartland? here i m referring to his his what midwestern values hard work patriotism honesty duty and integrity. now those values are not midwestern, of course. but they do reflect harry truman s personality and character. this evening. i will only have time to talk about some of the highlights of truman s life and career and i m looking forward to talking with tim about his connections with with another president of the heartland dwight eisenhower. so if we can move on to the next slide, please. this is a photograph of harry truman as a young boy. he s in the first grade and nolan school and independence. this picture was probably taken in around 1890. harry truman was born on
papers conference. thank you so much for joining us for this discussion at a moment in our nation s history when greater understanding of the legacy of congressional violence and polarizing partisan politics is essential to enable our country to move forward in a constructive way. i m ann thornton vice provost and university librarian at columbia. the john jay papers project will soon culminate in publication of a seven volume scholarly edition of the voluminous papers of founding father john jay. this series involved decades of work by our dedicated experts and will introduce generations of students and researchers to this founding father s pivotal role in shaping american democracy. the libraries at columbia are grateful to be able to partner on this keynote presentation with the forum. a program of the office of the university president we are also excited to collaborate with c-span 3. which will air this program in the coming weeks? i am delighted to introduce our keynote