He says in order to understand why lincoln is revered it is important to understand the criticisms of his detractors. The Lincoln Group of the District Of Columbia hosted this one hour 20 minute event. Good evening. I am former Vice President of the Lincoln Group and the District Of Columbia. It is my honor and privilege to invite tonights speaker, john mckee barr, a professor of history at Lone Star College kingwood, for the past seven years, teaching a class on darwin and lincoln, who were born on the same day. Before that, he was a High School Teacher in the Houston Public School system. That is good preparation for the kind of flack he has to put up now at it. This is his first book, and he has started a blog. I highly recommend it. It is very lively. It is loathinglincoln. Com. The book has received a lot of praise. I want to read you a couple summaries. Paradoxically, americas most revered president has also been its most reviled. Detractors of the rail splitter have been a crowd
Its head coach records 1,000 wins in his career and he does it in front of a home crowd. Good evening everybody. Im joyce evans. Im dawn timmeney. Herb magee is in his 48th season as head coach. Fox 29s brad sattin was there asthma guy made history. Reporter easy to see right off the bat herb magee doesnt seek out attention n fact he may even ab little embarrassed by it. But on the day hes trying for win number 1,000 theres no way around it. Hes worth take your shirt off for. Hes the idol. Its all about basketball. What does that tell you about him. I dont think i dont know. Hes a really awesome guy. Reporter surrounded by a team an game hes devoted his live to. Former players and College Buddies wouldnt miss this one remembering his old playing days. Threepoint play were alive when he was there hed have scored 4,000 points. I mean he could he just could shoot the eyes out of a basket. Reporter and you could see it in his players actions this win would be for him. Close first half agai
226th anniversary of the u. S. Constitution and i am reminded of vindication on the 200th anniversary, when the nation magazine asked novelist el doctorow to read the constitution from start to finish in right of his reactions. Didnt enjoy the assignment. Is 5000 words long, but reads like 50,000 he said. Alexei erdrich and shows not a trace of wit. He uses none of the troops of literature to create an pathetic state of mind of the reader. Those of you whove read the work now that he is one of our finest writers and understands American History very well. But this occasion i think you missed the story. For one thing, he missed a third of the constitution, which is 7500 words long. Apparently he quit when he got to the end of the original power. Under the common american misconception that the amendments dont count. Even reading the 1787 document, kia i think missed some truly high rhetoric, some literary trope and may be no wait, but a certain amount of irony. Like at doctorow, america
Placed in the highest tier of restrictions. One of president trumps closest allies, attorney general william barr, says hes found no evidence of fraud in the president ial election. This is a serious blow for donald trump, which in effect pits his top lawyers against a Donald Trumps top lawyers against a Donald Trumps top law officer. Victory for a 23 year old woman who says her decision to undergo treatment to change gender when she was 16 should have been challenged by doctors. And an error in the ajax goal helps liverpool to progress in the Champions League. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Malan delivers with the bat again 99 not out as england wrap up 3 0 t20 series win in south africa. Good evening. All the efforts to save debenhams, one of the biggest names on the british high street, have come to nothing, and 12,000 staff are now set to lose theirjobs. Its the second major blow to the Retail Sector in the space of 2a hours. Arcadia, the owner of topshop, went into administra
A shirt youre i feel it was purposely misleading. To set about obstruction if you did is that correct thats right you feel good about your decision absolutely his work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. At that point it was my baby i have requested this to our chairman to authorize a hearing with special counsel and i hope that will happen see. Which of our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome what we begin the day with the question did he have sume no one would read the report today u. S. Attorney general william barr was called before a u. S. Congressional committee to answer questions about the summary of the report on the russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u. S. President ial election and before bar release to the wall. Report he published a summary the message in that summary no evidence of collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign and no obstruction of justice by President Trump once people read the report the