I never learned anything much in history classes. Not until after graduation did I devour historical biographies and became educated. She's so wonderful!
The book Lincoln on the Bardo had letters to the editor from all over the country...he was not as beloved as we would think in the North either. Recommend the audio book.
The only thing about Roosevelt is that he did grapple with personal depression after the double tragedy of the deaths of his mother Martha and his first wife Alice on the same day, February 14th 1884. He was so overcome by grief that he handed his newborn daughter, Alice, to other relatives. This ended up with long term consequences, she would come to believe that he didn't love her as much as the rest of her siblings, which is incredibly sad
It's well known that Taft was not a good President. What I love about The Bully Pulpit is that Kearns points out that he never wanted to be President; he was pushed into it by his wife, and by Theodore. TR was good at thinking on his feet; Taft was not. He had the mind of a jurist. He needed to ponder and think and weigh all sides of a question, which qualities served him well as a judge. Years later, Warren Harding appointed him Chief Justice, and he was a great one. And for the last ten years of his life, he was happy, he slimmed down a bit, and did fine work on the Court.
She need not try to keep forgetting a very brief Simpsons cameo which portrayed her as a teacher who liked to use pre-school macaroni and pipe cleaners to get kids in classs into Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus. Despite her time with LBJ, Rupert Murdoch, Matt Groening and James L. Brooks are far greater experts when it comes to achieving things through LBJ-style blackmail and likely performed that skillful art on her.
She's done a wonderful job stealing Gore Vidal's insights on Lincoln, among some other light plagiarism: "In 2002, The Weekly Standard determined that her book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys used without attribution numerous phrases and sentences from three other books: Times to Remember, by Rose Kennedy; The Lost Prince, by Hank Searl; and Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times, by Lynne McTaggart.[28] McTaggart remarked, "If somebody takes a third of somebody's book, which is what happened to me, they are lifting out the heart and guts of somebody else's individual expression."[29] Goodwin had previously reached a "private settlement" with McTaggart over the issue. In an article she wrote for Time magazine, she said, "Though my footnotes repeatedly cited Ms. McTaggart's work, I failed to provide quotation marks for phrases that I had taken verbatim... The larger question for those of us who write history is to understand how citation mistakes can happen."[30] In its analysis of the controversy, Slate magazine criticized Goodwin for the aggrieved tone of her explanation, and suggested Goodwin's worst offense was allowing the plagiarism to remain in future editions of the book even after it was brought to her attention.[31] Slate also reported that there were multiple passages in Goodwin's book on the Roosevelts (No Ordinary Time) that were apparently taken from Joseph Lash's Eleanor and Franklin, Hugh Gregory Gallagher's FDR's Splendid Deception, and other books, although she "scrupulously" footnoted the material. The Los Angeles Times also reported the problems with The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys.[32][33] The allegations of plagiarism caused Goodwin to resign from the Pulitzer Prize Board[34] and her position as a regular guest on the PBS NewsHour program.[35]" (Wikipedia) Didn't much affect her career, and asking why would be a useful exercise for all of us. (Hint: never dump a reliable proponent of the conventional wisdom; you might leave space for a different, accurate view.)
I do wish we would stop moralizing about the private lives of public officials. There is more than a rumor about Eleanor Roosevelt's own love life outside of her marriage.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a great historian and writer. I just wish that she did not undergo a facelift. She doesn't look like the same person that has enticed so many to love history.
She is a good writer, but not a good historian. The problem is that her ideological progressivism and political correctness gets in the way of her historical analysis, with the end result being that some of her character studies end up being quasi hagiographies.
Doris is a national treasure, she educates us all. You can just feel the love of her work of history.
I love her!! She has taught me so much about history and politics.. thank you so very much!!!!
Thank you Doris Kearns Goodwin for all your good writing.
My favourite historian. She just brings out the human in each of her subjects.
I never learned anything much in history classes. Not until after graduation did I devour historical biographies and became educated. She's so wonderful!
Team of Rivals was outstanding; one of my favorite history writings.
We all look forward to your next effort. America and the world need another view of your perspective. History lives through us all.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the ultimate past master. A national treasure.
Happy 75th Birthday Doris Kearns Goodwin
She's amazing.
What a wonderful writer/historian!
Mo love these vids, keep them coming!
I really respect your knowledge and you are explanation of history
What a beautiful, amazing woman!
what ever happens RON, we support the president. if not, bad things will happen. so, stand with the u.s. president through it all.
The book Lincoln on the Bardo had letters to the editor from all over the country...he was not as beloved as we would think in the North either. Recommend the audio book.
She's 76 she looks like she's 50 max.
I think she's had a facelift and definitely botox. Notice how her eyebrows doesn't move at all. I'm not mad at her though. She should do her.
She does look fantastic.
I raised three boys myself. If lack of proper attribution in one book was her worst lapse, she has done very well indeed.
The only thing about Roosevelt is that he did grapple with personal depression after the double tragedy of the deaths of his mother Martha and his first wife Alice on the same day, February 14th 1884. He was so overcome by grief that he handed his newborn daughter, Alice, to other relatives. This ended up with long term consequences, she would come to believe that he didn't love her as much as the rest of her siblings, which is incredibly sad
Doris got better looking as she aged.
It's well known that Taft was not a good President. What I love about The Bully Pulpit is that Kearns points out that he never wanted to be President; he was pushed into it by his wife, and by Theodore. TR was good at thinking on his feet; Taft was not. He had the mind of a jurist. He needed to ponder and think and weigh all sides of a question, which qualities served him well as a judge. Years later, Warren Harding appointed him Chief Justice, and he was a great one. And for the last ten years of his life, he was happy, he slimmed down a bit, and did fine work on the Court.
damn look at that chain
I bet Taft never procrastinated at meal time
Underrated comment
The Goodwin Presidential Library? I could spend hours in it.
I remember when PBS let her go for allegations of plagiarism.
Brilliant Woman!
She's great.
i have to find that bathtub!!! ahhhh, awesome
She need not try to keep forgetting a very brief Simpsons cameo which portrayed her as a teacher who liked to use pre-school macaroni and pipe cleaners to get kids in classs into Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus. Despite her time with LBJ, Rupert Murdoch, Matt Groening and James L. Brooks are far greater experts when it comes to achieving things through LBJ-style blackmail and likely performed that skillful art on her.
She had a long affair with the womanizer LBJ.....
So did Johnson hit that...?
She's done a wonderful job stealing Gore Vidal's insights on Lincoln, among some other light plagiarism:
"In 2002, The Weekly Standard determined that her book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys used without attribution numerous phrases and sentences from three other books: Times to Remember, by Rose Kennedy; The Lost Prince, by Hank Searl; and Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times, by Lynne McTaggart.[28] McTaggart remarked, "If somebody takes a third of somebody's book, which is what happened to me, they are lifting out the heart and guts of somebody else's individual expression."[29] Goodwin had previously reached a "private settlement" with McTaggart over the issue. In an article she wrote for Time magazine, she said, "Though my footnotes repeatedly cited Ms. McTaggart's work, I failed to provide quotation marks for phrases that I had taken verbatim... The larger question for those of us who write history is to understand how citation mistakes can happen."[30] In its analysis of the controversy, Slate magazine criticized Goodwin for the aggrieved tone of her explanation, and suggested Goodwin's worst offense was allowing the plagiarism to remain in future editions of the book even after it was brought to her attention.[31]
Slate also reported that there were multiple passages in Goodwin's book on the Roosevelts (No Ordinary Time) that were apparently taken from Joseph Lash's Eleanor and Franklin, Hugh Gregory Gallagher's FDR's Splendid Deception, and other books, although she "scrupulously" footnoted the material. The Los Angeles Times also reported the problems with The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys.[32][33]
The allegations of plagiarism caused Goodwin to resign from the Pulitzer Prize Board[34] and her position as a regular guest on the PBS NewsHour program.[35]" (Wikipedia)
Didn't much affect her career, and asking why would be a useful exercise for all of us. (Hint: never dump a reliable proponent of the conventional wisdom; you might leave space for a different, accurate view.)
She’s overrated.
All she ever talks about or cares about is the same 4 Presidents -Lincoln, Roosevelt , Kennedy & LBJ.
Probably Reagan but not Trump
I do wish we would stop moralizing about the private lives of public officials. There is more than a rumor about Eleanor Roosevelt's own love life outside of her marriage.
But it was not Sexual, Eleanor hated sex. She was an amazing woman, however.
I’m t r y I n g to care….
Trump could learn a lot about press relations like Teddy.
Why smear someone with out facts? Oh ya it starts at the top.
Would she write a biographies of Ronald Reagan (my favorite President) and Donald Trump?
Steve M Regan great President ! Trump not even close !!! Regan was not a fan of Russia 🇷🇺
Doris doesn't write about A-wipes.
Can't wait for her biography on Trump!!!
Hopefully she is not wasting her time on that idiot.
Trump has the same amount of energy as Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy's last drop was at age 60.Had he won the election in 1912,the Rothschilds would have hired a much better marksman.
A very beautiful woman... Smart to boot!!!
She said midget. Is that okay?
"Little Person" would have been preferable ... more modern, less offensive. At least she didn't say "Munchkin."
Next to Biden, my favorite plagiarist.
At least they can write. Twump is functionally Illiterate.
I wonder what she will write about Trump.
Read New York Times article from November 13, 1977: Back at the LBJ Ranch.
Third parties always split the vote.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a great historian and writer. I just wish that she did not undergo a facelift. She doesn't look like the same person that has enticed so many to love history.
She is a good writer, but not a good historian. The problem is that her ideological progressivism and political correctness gets in the way of her historical analysis, with the end result being that some of her character studies end up being quasi hagiographies.
Fluff and lightweight. Not academically trained historian. Plagued by plagiarism. In the same league as Stephen Ambrose.
Was LBJ having relations with her? Wouldn’t be surprised.
Well Trump lies so everyone does WOW
She stated no sexual relatinship BELIEVE HER FOR GOD SAKES
Kearns has the Mailed Fist of the State so far up one of her orifices she can taste Rustoleum.