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It shouldn't be taught with boring textbooks. It isn't just about dates and quotations from obscure treaties and the like; it's about people," McCullough said. Yes, a great deal of it is about politics and the military and social issues, but you can't leave out music or art, or finance or medicine, or money or love, or tragedy or evil, or opportunity or freedom or the path to the truth. McCullough received his first Pulitzer in for "Truman," a biography of the 33rd president. According to Jeffrey Pasley, associate director of the Kinder Institute , McCullough's lecture is almost a "grand opening" for the institute, which opened its doors in August The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy is an interdisciplinary academic center that promotes teaching and scholarship on the American constitutional and democratic traditions, according to its brochure.
The institute offers programs ranging from minors in American Constitutional democracy for undergraduates to post-doctoral and dissertation fellowships for graduate students. Supervising editor is Katie Kull. Brad Bergner, Columbia Missourian reporter for fall I can be reached at brbbg3 mail. Showcasing small-batch artisan businesses and crafters all around the state.
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It also brings home the fact that we are softies by comparison. The second important thing is gratitude. I think we ought to return to where, in a liberal arts education, everybody should take at least one or two terms in American history, irrespective of whatever their major might be.
Just as you should take a term or more in English. What would you say to a math student or an engineering student who thinks history can be boring and not relevant to them? History should never be boring. It should never be made boring by boring teachers or by boring writers. And it offers lessons for each of us in modesty, honesty, and reaching out to help those who need help.
What do you make of this trend? I do not believe in flying the Confederate flag, particularly on public buildings, and I can understand why some statues seem to be an embarrassment to towns in the South. But to tell you the truth, anything that gets people really curious enough to find out what happened or who these people were, or why it might be offensive to some, is a good thing. We can never know enough about our predecessors and what they did, what they suffered, and their failures.
There are a lot of great stories in your new book. Is there one that stands out to you?
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