A Lens on Present Day America: Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for Democracy

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @ellentroyer7889
    @ellentroyer7889 Рік тому +14

    Sensational conversation. Jon is a favorite biographer and a joy.

  • @carlettesouthern-robert2992
    @carlettesouthern-robert2992 Рік тому +4

    John is brilliant and wise; hopefully we will hear him because, he can help guide our nation to heal.

  • @whazzat8015
    @whazzat8015 Рік тому +3

    Entertaining, informative enjoyable

  • @msspi764
    @msspi764 Рік тому +6

    Wow! He knows about the connection between the Hodges letter and the anti-slavery Baptist division in Virginia and Kentucky that went on between the 1790s and around 1820. That’s a remarkably rare thing. Carter Tarrant’s role in the Baptists Friends of Humanity is largely ignored even when people know about the Lincoln family’s connection to abolition. That made some serious points with me. I feel less like the voice in the wilderness.

  • @randydavisman
    @randydavisman 10 місяців тому +1

    Finished "And There Was Light" a few months ago. A great, currently relevant read. Funny guy, too.

  • @paulkeniston5699
    @paulkeniston5699 9 місяців тому

    Liberty and Justice for All is the Goal

  • @geertdecoster5301
    @geertdecoster5301 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for this posting. Meacham for me personally is very much like America is for Europeans at times. I know that he's a dear but naive nevertheless too. He actually mirrored my own liking for Douglas and Nixon at the same time here. America needs great men but they'll never be truly perfect. Yes, Trump wouldn't have been president without his time on television. He mastered today's most popular media protection, the reality show. There, however, navity makes one fall down alright for someone like a Talleyrand would have seen the disaster coming and would have atleast tried to avoid it

  • @celestinesmith9113
    @celestinesmith9113 Рік тому

    Yes it is up to the citizenery

  • @PlayNiceFolks
    @PlayNiceFolks 3 місяці тому

    MAKE AMERICA GREEN AGAIN

  • @ИринаКим-ъ5ч
    @ИринаКим-ъ5ч Місяць тому

    Williams Steven Martinez Thomas Johnson Jose

  • @alvaroestrella7364
    @alvaroestrella7364 Рік тому +1

    🇺🇸 INDIANS WAR.. PEOPLE ARE DENNING THAT 1800 WAR.

  • @LawrenceMabel-y8y
    @LawrenceMabel-y8y Місяць тому

    Davis Jessica Martin David Martinez Edward

  • @richanglin7994
    @richanglin7994 8 місяців тому

    Thought provoking. Interesting comment that our many of our Presidents either had strong father figures who set a high bar for achievement (both Roosevelts, Kennedy, both Bushes) or were absent and/or less than inspiring figures (Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Obama).
    Lincoln had a strong moral compass that he followed, even though it pointed in a direction that the country was not ready to follow. While I don't necessarily agree with the direction that several of the Presidents necessarily wanted to take us over the past 100 years, the best of those Presidents: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Reagan, along with others, did have a vision for America being something better. Can't see it with Trump. And while Meachem is a friend/advisor to Biden, if Biden has strong moral convictions, he's not necessarily able, at this stage of his life, to both articulate them and/or lead the country in pursuing them.

  • @Terry-te1ij
    @Terry-te1ij 11 місяців тому

    Warmonger

  • @sarahhoffpauir9401
    @sarahhoffpauir9401 Рік тому +2

    The manner in which Jon cuts off the moderator and ignores her questions needs improvement. I had to stop watching 22:23

    • @whazzat8015
      @whazzat8015 Рік тому +2

      She didn't even get billing in the presentation's description.
      Of course you went through the introduction to find her name.
      They are old friends. She holds her own. Look her up.

    • @evansaleeby5186
      @evansaleeby5186 5 місяців тому

      what are you talking about?