Caitlin Todd

Who was Mary Todd Lincoln? She was the wife of the 16th President, Abe Lincoln. Mary’s family was very wealthy. Mary is known for redecorating the White House and being the first Lady during the Civil War. Mary Todd Lincoln was born into a wealthy family in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born December 13, 1818, being the third child of Robert and Eliza Todd (Hull pg. 11). Mary’s family had 3 female slaves, five children all together, and Mary’s mother died giving birth to her fifth child (Hull…

In the year 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted to the death penalty by a fire that killed his three kids in which the court believe he had purposely started it. Twelve years later the Texas Forensic Science Commission found that the evidence provided was wrongfully interpreted, and the evidence used against Willingham became invalid. The worst part about this heartbreaking story was that it was later known that the fire was actually accidental, and the mistakes of people costed an…

Mary Todd Lincoln played a huge role in getting the United States where it is today. As the wife of Abraham Lincoln, she made a huge impact on his decisions to run for President and what he did during his presidency. She was a strong opinionated woman who had mental illnesses. Mary Todd Lincoln was mentally unstable because of her childhood, her losses, and her temper. Mary was born on December 13, 1818 in Lexington, KY. Her parents, Robert and Eliza Todd, had six children, Mary was the third…

Margarita Engle’s poem, “The Life of a Digger,” and Erica Funkhouser’s poem, “My Father’s Lunch,” reveal how life as manual laborers are filled with hard and strenuous work. Additionally, both poems concern specific people to show the differences in the repercussions of their work. In Engle’s poem, Henry the digger, finds his job leaves him feeling undignified, whereas in Funkhouser’s poem, the speakers father is rewarded with a good meal and his children’s appreciation. In both poems, the…

Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln’s wife, would often write letters to the President who was located in Washington D.C. at the time. He was a busy man, of course, dealing his role in the government. During a time in 1862, Mary wrote him about many different things, which included topics that were both political and personal. This letter written to him in November of 1862 offers insight to not only their relationship as husband and wife, but as the President and the First Lady. As a…

Sweeney Todd was rescued at sea by a young sailor by the name of Anthony Hope, and the two are on their way to London. Once they reach land Todds mood is worsened by a crazy beggar who asks Todd and Hope for spare change she also appears to recognize Todd. Anthony’s innocence is discouraged by Todd, when Todd tells a story about a barber, his wife and a corrupt judged who exiled the barber just to get at the barbers wife. After Todd enters a nearby meat pie shop on Fleet Street he asks the owner…

and the “lovey-doveyness” of Vivaldera. There were stunning scores written by Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi along with breathtaking costumes from the Royal Ballet designed by Jean Percival and by the company’s director, Ricardo Mendelez. In the theatre, Todd Rosenlieb and Ricardo Mendelez had a period of discussion with their audience members before the performance. They elaborated on the historical elements of the costume along with how dancers,…

In “Football High” produced by Rachel Dretzin and Caitlin McNally aired on April 12, 2011, the dangers of high school football are explored. The 53:11 minute episode deals with the pressures on high school football today and how the game has become more and more physical over the past few years. This documentary focuses on high school football players but the medical impact has effects on all football players who are constantly putting themselves at risk with major hits repeatedly. High school…

The appeal to nature and casual fallacies appear in conversations and in many forms of writing on a daily basis. Robert Todd Carroll has written two pieces, Becoming a Critical Thinker and Skeptics Dictionary, which explain what the two ideas are. In short, the appeal to nature is a claim that all things that are natural are good and all things unnatural are bad. A casual fallacy is a belief that because one thing happens something else occurs as a result. These two ideas are present in three…