Guest that is exactly where i went. I went to Public School and go to ccd wednesdays and send that got my confirmation in 1955. Spring training. I would go to spring training to write some sort of article and play around and see the players in a relaxed setting. I wrote an article about his quest for the batting title and turned out to be an extraordinary story because i got close to his sister, his mother, his sister and his family, his sister was a big history buff so she came to concorde, my hometown and i took her around and we became friends as a result and in 1986 the year the red sox almost won the world series we were talking, i mentioned wade boggs had a broken rib and we didnt think the doctor was taking good care of him, we have to get him to another doctor, they said he should go to a different doctor and what happened is the mother called wade boggs, he told her he loved her and then she was killed in a car crash with her mother, his grandmother and mother were gone and fo
Book team of rivals was the inspiration for Stephen Spielbergs lincoln in 2012. Doctor goodwin earned her phd at harvard. So coming up, were going to re air her in death appearance where she discussed her entire body of work and took phone calls. Will also be showing you discussions from her books, leadership in turbulent times. In holy pulpit. So well start with a january 1st, 1995 the parents on cspan series footnotes. In this hourlong interview, she discussed franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the home front during world war ii. Her book, no ordinary time, won the Pulitzer Prize for history. Now here is historian doris goodwin. Author no ordinary time. If you could ask either Franklin Roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions after all of the work that is done. What would you be. I think it would like to understand why she was unable a certain moment in the middle of the war when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, and i
The study of the presidency and he is one of the nations leading constitutional scholars especially with regard to president ial powers and the author of an equally excellent previous book imperial from the beginning, the constitution of the original executive. Jack goldsmith is the professor of law at harvard and someone who as youre probably aware has seen the executive branch from the inside during a high profile extremely tense tenure in the bush Administrations Office of Legal Counsel during a key early period in the war on terror. Jack is one of our most thoughtful commentators on the moderate presidency impinges like the atlantic on the law flare law, and books like the terror presidency, and power in constraint. His latest book also highly recommended is also the subject for one of the last in person Public Events we had at cato back in early march for the lockdown. So jack, thanks for coming back so soon, if only virtually. Saikrishna im also a great admirer of your previous b
First lets start i cant stop looking at the photo. It shows in the summer of 1968. What they are looking at is the reports of his soninlaw who then went on to be the governor of virginia. The. Think about what else is going on by that time in his presidency. They have Martin Luther king assassinated, Robert Kennedy has been assassinated, so it was a time of low in america and they wrote a book and they have that picture also on the cover and we chose it because we want people to know this is a historical book although we have a president of the moment. This is a book about the office and that picture gets right to the burdens and also johnson had a quote about the presidency also. Host what is your favorite quote about the presidency lac guest you could keep writing books about johnson because he had so much character but anyway, sometimes its likee it, he punches is in the nos and says no i dont i dont have to take it, that represents a change in the presidency and we can talk about w
Winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. She is the author of seven books and is appeared on cspan and book tv over 60 times. She is well known for her work on Abraham Lincoln and her book team of rivals with the inspiration for Stephen Spear spielberg film. She earned her phd at harvard, we will reair her indepth appearance where she discussed her entire body of work and took your phone calls. We will show you discussions from her book leadership in Turbulent Times and bully pulpit. We will start with january 1, 1995 appearance on the cspan series book notes. In the hourlong interview she discussed frank gooden Eleanor Roosevelt and the homefront during world war ii, her book, no ordinary time one the posted price for ordinary history here is historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Author of no ordinary time, if you could ask either Frank Franklin Elinor Roosevelt a couple questions after all the work he did on the book, what would it be. With eleanor i would like to understand why she was una