[Stoat]

About the Author:
 

Thomas L. Krannawitter is Vice President of the Claremont Institute, and Visiting Instructor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. Dr. Krannawitter holds a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate University, where he wrote a dissertation on Abraham Lincoln. He has received graduate and research fellowships from the John M. Olin Foundation, the H.B. Earhart Foundation, Winston Churchill Society, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Institute for Human Studies, and he was a Salvatori Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in 1998/99.

Dr. Krannawitter has been published in scholarly journals and newspapers, including Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Orange County Register, and he has made numerous appearances on national radio such as National Public Radio of Chicago, The Hugh Hewitt Show, and Warren Duffy's Live From L.A. Krannawitter has spoken widely before civic, political, educational, and religious organizations on the American Founding, constitutional jurisprudence, citizenship, and classical and modern political philosophy, and he has testified before the California legislature. He is Editor of a PBS website on George Washington, and recently he directed a civic education program for middle and high school teachers across the country.

[GeronL]

Oh please. Lincoln was a good man but the Civil War was entirely unncessary. He isn't one of my hero's.

[Capriole]

You are so ADORABLE! Do stoats like to cuddle with human ladies, or do you confine your attention to lady stoatesses? Do stoats like their ears fondled and their heads petted? How did you learn to type so well with your cute little paws?

[GloriaJane]

If you like the history of Lincoln then you know a little something about John Brown.

On a PBS documentry I learned that as a young democrat, John Wilks Booth, who later shot and killed Lincoln, had snuck into the closed hanging of John Brown some years earlier.

PBS also had links to the word of the original song "John Brown's Body" which I recorded. It's up online if you want to listen to it.

After Julia Ward Howe heard northern soldiers singing the
original version of the song as they marched, she wrote her
own words to it's tune. Soon after, her version, was
published in the "Atlantic Monthly" as "The Battle Hymn of
the Republic."

I think the song it's self makes a statement about the Republican party.

If you want to download it and listen to it it's at:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007N2QFW/002-0943539-6424030?v=glance

Being as you know the history of the time I think you'll find it interesting.

[cynicom]

The south started thinking of secession because Lincoln in 1848, said EVERYONE had the right to rise up and shake off the existing government.

Lincoln and Marx agreed on that, til Lincoln was in power then it was a no no. Rather hypocritical.

[GloriaJane]

There is going to be a PBS special titled: "Slavery and the Making of America" on sometime this month.

It's is supposed to have a lot of info on the civil war for those who are interested.

Here is the link to the page addy but I don't see what day or time it's going to be on.

http://www.pbs.org/previews/slavery/

Maybe check your local listings?

It lists these credits:

Twenty-five of the most prominent scholars in the field have advised the producers, and/or participated in on-camera interviews. Included are Dr. Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University; Ira Berlin, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland; Nell Irvin Painter, Professor of History at Princeton University; Peter H. Wood, Professor of History at Duke University; Deborah White, Professor of History at Rutgers University; and Jean Fagan Yellin, Distinguished Professor of English Emerita at Pace University.


Web and Educational Outreach

A companion Web site from Thirteen Online will expand upon the program's content and enhance its impact with such features as a rotating gallery of oral histories brought to life by streaming audio files and slide shows; a multimedia timeline with links to interactive quizzes, maps, photo essays, and video and audio clips; and a selection of easy-to-navigate thematic presentations.


A companion book - also entitled Slavery and the Making of America - by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton will be published by Oxford University Press to coincide with the broadcast.

[GOPcapitalist]

Dr. Krannawitter holds a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate University, where he wrote a dissertation on Abraham Lincoln.

Looks like Tommy finally finished up his dissertation! Too bad it's probably a gushy panegyric to Lincoln that wouldn't pass the defense bar at any real scholarly institution.

[Californiajones]

Oh yeah, thanks again for the post because

Lincoln

still

matters.

[CGVet58]

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