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Radio Show Date: May 19, 2014
Loathing Lincoln author Dr. John McKee Barr
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I got off a plane earlier today from the Move To Amend bi-yearly executive committee meeting. That meeting made me more resolved to bring our politics in a manner distilled for us all. Politics must not be for a lucky privileged few. After all, it affects us all.
It is for this reason that I promised to bring politics home. I promised to bring it in a form that means something to you. In that light, today Politics Done Right is honored to have professor of History at Lone Star College-Kingwood, Dr. John McKee Barr as our guest. Dr. Barr is the author of the award-winning new book from LSU Press titled Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present which explores critics of Abraham Lincoln from the 1850s onward. Loathing Lincoln examines major themes and personalities in American history, including federal versus state power, the meaning of freedom and equality, and American imperialism.
This is not just an academic exercise. I have asked Dr. John J. Theis to join the discussion. Dr. Theis is a Political science professor at Lone Star College-Kingwood (LSC). Most importantly he uses LSC’s Center for Civic Engagement to bring political engagement to the campus. He leverages that engagement to encourage kids to enter the body politic outside of the campus.
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Australian Senator Nick McKim slams Trump and warns America about Trump’s fascism.
- TRUMP THINKS YOU ARE STUPID: $5000 check per household and DOGE savings lie exposed.
- Trump-voting MAGA farmers are crying because DOGE froze their Biden-admin IRA subsidies.
- We are not the land of the brave as long as we continue to bend over for a tyrant.
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett has a plan for Democrats to take the house before the midterms.
- Joy-Ann Reid: Red States starting to feel the pain of Trump’s actions. FAFO is real.
- Bernie Sander’s excellent marching orders for progressives to take on the Oligarchy
- Why did the Sunday mainstream media news sound so normal? We must do better.
- Is it really possible to store large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) in building materials?
- What’s the connection between climate change and an increase in so-called atmospheric rivers?
- What’s so bad about wood pellet biomass energy anyway? Isn’t wood a renewable resource?
- Is leisure travel so bad for the planet that we are all better off just staying home?
- Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise?
- What can we expect regarding changes Trump is promising on climate, environment and energy policy?
- MAGA, you have one more chance to correct your mistake lest Trump’s takes your Medicaid and SNAP
- Congressman exposes the reason why Musk ‘ordered’ Trump to fire inspector generals.
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- I’ve heard that cattle cause a large share of global methane emissions that fuel global warming.
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