Ron Chernow

He sees the whole world passing through him and it kind of begins to give him an intimation of a wider world. But you're right. I mean, going through his letters, you know, when he's a teenager, not only statements kind of crude and racist about, you know, blacks, but Chinese, I mean, you name it. Yeah.

He sees the whole world passing through him and it kind of begins to give him an intimation of a wider world. But you're right. I mean, going through his letters, you know, when he's a teenager, not only statements kind of crude and racist about, you know, blacks, but Chinese, I mean, you name it. Yeah.

And this man grows an inconceivable amount in the course of his life, you know, from growing up in this, you know, small town, backwater, and he has all the prejudices, you know, of the general environment, and he becomes so much more enlightened and tolerant a figure.

And this man grows an inconceivable amount in the course of his life, you know, from growing up in this, you know, small town, backwater, and he has all the prejudices, you know, of the general environment, and he becomes so much more enlightened and tolerant a figure.

And this man grows an inconceivable amount in the course of his life, you know, from growing up in this, you know, small town, backwater, and he has all the prejudices, you know, of the general environment, and he becomes so much more enlightened and tolerant a figure.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting because he fairly early on becomes America's most popular and beloved humorist. And he recognizes that it's something of a trap. He's always afraid of kind of alienating his readers, particularly alienating his southern readers, because he had very, very strong views on not just politics, religion, and a lot of other things.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting because he fairly early on becomes America's most popular and beloved humorist. And he recognizes that it's something of a trap. He's always afraid of kind of alienating his readers, particularly alienating his southern readers, because he had very, very strong views on not just politics, religion, and a lot of other things.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting because he fairly early on becomes America's most popular and beloved humorist. And he recognizes that it's something of a trap. He's always afraid of kind of alienating his readers, particularly alienating his southern readers, because he had very, very strong views on not just politics, religion, and a lot of other things.

But as his life goes on, I really feel by the end of his life, he's become the conscience of American society, that he's dared to articulate all of those things that he was afraid to say. And I think that part of his power is he says things that all of us are thinking but won't say out loud.

But as his life goes on, I really feel by the end of his life, he's become the conscience of American society, that he's dared to articulate all of those things that he was afraid to say. And I think that part of his power is he says things that all of us are thinking but won't say out loud.

But as his life goes on, I really feel by the end of his life, he's become the conscience of American society, that he's dared to articulate all of those things that he was afraid to say. And I think that part of his power is he says things that all of us are thinking but won't say out loud.

And you mentioned, you know, his views on imperialism because at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, he's actually very much on the side of the U.S. He feels that we're defending these, you know, Cuban rebels against their Spanish overlords and we take over the Philippines.

And you mentioned, you know, his views on imperialism because at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, he's actually very much on the side of the U.S. He feels that we're defending these, you know, Cuban rebels against their Spanish overlords and we take over the Philippines.

And you mentioned, you know, his views on imperialism because at the beginning of the Spanish-American War, he's actually very much on the side of the U.S. He feels that we're defending these, you know, Cuban rebels against their Spanish overlords and we take over the Philippines.

And he again, idealistically imagines that we're going to liberate, you know, rather than subjugate the Philippine people. And he gets up at a dinner in New York. He was very often the toast master. He was kind of the perfect person to host a banquet. And he gets up there and he says that our soldiers in the Philippines are marching with disgraced muskets under a polluted flag. Well,

And he again, idealistically imagines that we're going to liberate, you know, rather than subjugate the Philippine people. And he gets up at a dinner in New York. He was very often the toast master. He was kind of the perfect person to host a banquet. And he gets up there and he says that our soldiers in the Philippines are marching with disgraced muskets under a polluted flag. Well,

And he again, idealistically imagines that we're going to liberate, you know, rather than subjugate the Philippine people. And he gets up at a dinner in New York. He was very often the toast master. He was kind of the perfect person to host a banquet. And he gets up there and he says that our soldiers in the Philippines are marching with disgraced muskets under a polluted flag. Well,

We all know, because we've all lived through wars, we know how difficult it is to criticize your own government and your own country. During a war. During a war, yeah. And people in the audience gasped. In fact, another, you know, one of the organizers of this event immediately rushed up to the podium and said, no, our soldiers are not, you know, marching.

We all know, because we've all lived through wars, we know how difficult it is to criticize your own government and your own country. During a war. During a war, yeah. And people in the audience gasped. In fact, another, you know, one of the organizers of this event immediately rushed up to the podium and said, no, our soldiers are not, you know, marching.

We all know, because we've all lived through wars, we know how difficult it is to criticize your own government and your own country. During a war. During a war, yeah. And people in the audience gasped. In fact, another, you know, one of the organizers of this event immediately rushed up to the podium and said, no, our soldiers are not, you know, marching.