Kelly in Kansas

It's been a busy two weeks for Project Mine teachers. Check out more over at teachinghistory.typepad.com/history.

I can't believe all the fuss over the Clinton "biography." It seems more than self-serving and is obviously timed for the election. Although will always have his groupies, his time is over. He's lucky Hillary is still putting up with him . . . or is she?

Am taking a few days to head west next week. Have promised myself to head west each year and am so far keeping that promise in Year 2!

The New York Times piece on this is great:

But he still spends a lot of time — like his wife did in her book — assailing right-wing enemies for his woes over Whitewater, the Paula Jones case and impeachment. In the end, he says, what brought him and his wife back together was weekly counseling sessions and their shared determination "to fight off the right-wing coup." He sheds little new light on his relationship with Mrs. Clinton, simply noting that he always admired her mix of idealism and practicality, and that she initially hesitated over his marriage proposal, knowing that "being married to me would be a high-wire operation in more ways than one." In another passage, Mr. Clinton tries to characterize his impeachment fight as "my last great showdown with the forces I had opposed all of my life" - with those who had defended segregation in the South, opposed the women's and gay rights movements, and who believed government should be run for the benefit of special interests. He adds that he was glad that he had had "the good fortune to stand against this latest incarnation of the forces of reaction and division."

So this is what we've been waiting for???

Yahoo! News - 9/11 Report: 10-Plane Attack Was Planned: "WASHINGTON - Sept. 11 plot mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed originally planned a much bigger attack involving 10 hijacked planes, one of which he would pilot and land after killing all the male passengers. Once on the ground, he was to deliver an anti-American harangue.

The plan was among new details revealed Wednesday in a report by the staff of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.
Based on documents and interviews with government officials, the panel said Mohammed initially proposed using 10 planes to hit CIA (news - web sites) and FBI (news - web sites) headquarters, unidentified nuclear plants and tall buildings in California and Washington state, in addition to the World Trade Center, Pentagon (news - web sites) and White House or Capitol. "

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ScrappleFace: Obituary: President Reagan Dies at 93: "Obituary: President Reagan Dies at 93
(2004-06-05) -- Former U.S. President Ronald Wilson Reagan died at home this afternoon at the age of 93, after a decade-long journey with Alzheimer's disease.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy, three children and several hundred million men, women and children in the former Soviet Union, and around the world, who were set free from the hopeless terror of communist tyranny through his steadfast courage and unwavering faith.
In addition to recordings and transcripts of dozens of the most compelling, sincere and influential speeches ever heard, President Reagan also leaves behind an America that is no longer afraid to call evil what it is, and to do something about it."