LouAnne Johnson

Killing Lincoln: The shocking assassination that changed America forever, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is an astounding book based around the life of our former president, President Abraham Lincoln. The book is based in the nineteenth century, around the same time of the civil war. It gives great detail on the events that happened during his last few days alive. This book also focuses on the civil war and the generals in them such as Robert E. Lee. The first part of the book “Total War”…

History always has a way of repeating itself, but for some events there is hope it will not happen again. The President is theoretically one of the most well respected people in the United States. Sadly this has not always been the case and probably never will be. This can happen due to different views and opinions on how things should be done. In Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America forever, it explains the approach to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination…

Bill O’Reilly is a tv talk show host for Fox News. He is a journalist by trade and at one time he was a high school history teacher. Bill O’Reilly has also authored or coauthored many books including the one we are about to discuss. Killing Lincoln was written as if you are looking through the character’s eyes. Bill O’Reilly was a high school history teacher and even admits in the forward of the book Killing Lincoln he was surprised at all the conspiracies when they started writing the book.…

Controversial continues to be the adjective that defines Kanye Omari West. On his Saint Pablo tour in San Jose Last week, Kanye proclaimed that if he had voted he would have voted for Donald Trump. The large rectangular stage he stands on is suspended from the ceiling and is at the center of a Colosseum style stadium. The lights casts a reddish/orange hue on the stage, a stark contrast against the blacked out crowd. The design of Kanye’s concert is very much a metaphor for how he is viewed in…

The novel Killing Lincoln, written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, portrays the steps leading up to the assassination of President Lincoln and the effects after. The author sequences the book in chronological arrangement through the historical events. Bill O’Reilly is a political television show host on the channel Fox News. O’ Reilly is an accomplished author; he has produced numerous historical novels. Also, the author majored in history and graduated from Harvard, so this knowledge makes…

Championship Team In fall 2011 I played basketball for my father’s friend team. Our team name was the wizards. We played all over the city, sometimes we would play out of town but mostly in St. Louis. Our season was coming to an end, but not before playoffs. Like college basketball in march madness if you lose a game, you are eliminated. We were a great team so we advanced through the first few rounds pretty easily. But our last three games were all difficult. Our first difficult game was…

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, all names that come to mind when thinking about basketball’s greatest players. But LeBron James, is perhaps the one that stands above them all. His trip from a hard childhood in Akron, to high school stardom and becoming one of the most decorated NBA players of all time is often regarded as a hero’s journey. The concept of this 12 step journey was originally created by Joseph Campbell as an archetype for heroes in literature, particularly mythology.…

[BC] ~ ~ ~ ☣ ~ ~ ~ [BC] Bill Russell [C] Advantages: Athleticism, Versatility on both ends, Rebounding skills [C] Weaknesses: Shooting, Size vs other big’s [C]Seasons in the league: 13 [C]Games:963 [C]Career Stats: [C]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C]☤ 15.1 PPG☤ [C]☤ 4.3 APG☤ [C]☤ 22.5 RPG☤ [C]☤ .440 FG%☤ [C]☤ 13.4 FGA☤ [C]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] Accolades:11x NBA Champion, 5x NBA MVP, 12x All star, ‘63 Allstar MVP, 3x NBA first team, 8x NBA 2nd team, ‘69 Defensive first team, 4x Rebounding champ, NO. 6…

new president Andrew Johnson. First off, Sumner was a senator who fought for the rights of African Americans as well as their right to become a citizen of the USA. He felt that the words “all men are created equal” should apply to all men, even black men. Thaddeus had very much the same ideas as Sumner, his concern was on the economic opportunity for African Americans, and he wanted them to be able to make a living without the help of white people. Lastly, there was Andrew Johnson, who had a…

history of the United States from Reconstruction to the 1920 was completely outrageous. After the Civil War ended, 1863, and as President Abraham Lincoln took the responsibility to restore the south he was assassinated. Andrew Johnson took over and the animosity between Andrew Johnson and Congress guarantee that the Reconstruction as President Lincoln could have said, would be unsuccessful. The election of 1876 left the Southern, United States worst than it was before leaving the nation…