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Francis a. Mcani professor from notre dame. Hes the author of many books including god and race, a short history, published in 2008. The civil war as a theological crisis, 2006. And americas god from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln which appeared in 2002. Recent essays are treatment of the bible in candidate, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the King James Version of the bible and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. Today he will be speaking on his new book which is available outside after our seminar. In the beginning was the word, the bible in American Public life, 1492 to 1783. Mark noll. Thanks for the opportunity of being here, and thanks especially to the Woodrow Wilson ce ....
Hungary is an eu member, but the government there the leadership has basically said we have our own conception of the of state interests, and we are going to emulate russia more than were going to emulate the e. U. , so your seeing a real crackdown on media and civil society. There was a recent protest, as im sure youre aware, bat new internet tax. Its really interesting. No one was really reacting to all these threats and attacks on journalists but when they started taxing the internet, that got people agitated. Goes to my point about linking the struggle for Media Freedom to the broader struggle for freedom of expression. But hungary is absolutely going the wrong direction. We just sent a mission to hungary led by our cpj board member, who is hungarian american and knows the country well, and her report was very chilling. She wrote about it in an oped for the times but this is a country that is an e. U. Member bus it rejecting e. ....
What did you do at school . I dont know. Okay, what could you do . Well, you know, i could play soccer. Keep going. I could rob a liquor store. No, no, no. No, i mean its teaching kids to think beyond that one word response thing. Of making a habit of the. Its all happened in my opinion. Its all habits. Riding. Whats the big deal with me . Habits. I do it every single day, seven days a week. Its a habit. Same thing here. You cant do like writing for a week. You have to do riding everyday for like 10 minutes, five minutes, two sentences. One senses, every english class one seconds. Write me one sentence. Get it up to two sons is eventually. Get it up to three sentences. Its just that habit. Yes . Question, you would mentioned about bringing to light new voices. Africanamerican stores, letting the stories. Are you at all working i didnt say any of that. You made that up but im okay with it. [laughter] are you at all working finding new talent and working within . I think thats a good que ....
Go to booktv. Org. The before Columbus Foundation presents the winners of the american book awards in San Francisco, calif. I am the chairman of the board of directors and i want to thank our friends for their sponsorship for this afternoons awards and my colleagues on the board of directors for their presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent and i would say even medicinal organization. At the beginning of this year january, the United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, mary barracca twice winner of the american book award a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. His last appearance in San Francisco was a fundraiser not far f ....