i work the social media sometimes sidney daniel, your last quarter is your lovely thing. yeah, i'm a 49 year old dog man, but that's our social media works. right? yeah, i have a to 150 to these by now, and that's how it works. i had to order 2 police officers to physically movies my mother and put me on a plane back to my dad hollis. and i'm not that say this is actual insanity. chad sun now lives in the caribbean and he's still on the missing children's list. and chat is still on the wanted list. were you ever contracted by the government? no, going ever. do you think maybe and this is just me being curious? do you think that perhaps uh, something that you may have worked on for one of these companies might be a reason for any of this. i, i never worked on anything that was secretive or anything sort of that i have built software that's been in the space station and is used by the government. right. but it's communication software. when i moved to russia in early 2001, i married into a family and lived with a family who worked in a military aviation factory. and they di

sidney blumenthal, james oakes, ted widmer and. roger lowenstein. on behalf of my colleagues on the book prize jury, michele crowe, kristen mcwherter and daniel weinberg, it my honor and pleasure to announce the 2023 howard holter or lincoln book prize winner edward acorn for his the lincoln miracle inside the republican convention, the changed history. not yet. acorn presents a brilliantly written, riveting account of the 1860 republican convention that was held in chicago during summer of that year. he recounts in comprehensive how abraham lincoln the darkest, dark, stunned the political pundits of the time by defeating william seward of new york. considered by most observers as overwhelming favorite for the republican nomination for president. acorns page. turner. i must admit, i could not put this book down even i knew how it would end places the in the cigar smoke filled hotel rooms of party movers and shakers and on the raucous convention floor, introducing us to lincoln's rivals, and especially his convention managers who worked the key state delegations and made the essential deals to achieve lincoln's nomination. the 1860 republican conventio

sidney blumenthal, james oakes, ted widmer and. roger lowenstein. on behalf of my colleagues on the book prize jury, michele crowe, kristen mcwherter and daniel weinberg, it my honor and pleasure to announce the 2023 howard holter or lincoln book prize winner edward acorn for his the lincoln miracle inside the republican convention, the changed history. not yet. acorn presents a brilliantly written, riveting account of the 1860 republican convention that was held in chicago during summer of that year. he recounts in comprehensive how abraham lincoln the darkest, dark, stunned the political pundits of the time by defeating william seward of new york. considered by most observers as overwhelming favorite for the republican nomination for president. acorns page. turner. i must admit, i could not put this book down even i knew how it would end places the in the cigar smoke filled hotel rooms of party movers and shakers and on the raucous convention floor, introducing us to lincoln's rivals, and especially his convention managers who worked the key state delegations and made the essential deals to achieve lincoln's nomination. the 1860 republican conventio