Happy Thanksgiving

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Is that a current issue of Newsweek? The reason that I ask is that Sidney Blumenthal, author of the piece on The Great Campaigner, is a member of the Surratt Society and is working on a book that will include parts on Lincoln, Booth, and the assassination.

I had lunch with him and Terry Alford last year. He would not go into details, but I know that he does not believe in some modern assessments on those subjects. His book is due out, hopefully, near the end of 2013. He promised me that he would consider speaking at the 2014 Surratt conference. I told him I would slap him silly if he didn't finish the book in 2013 (told Terry the same thing about his Fortune's Fool book on Booth). Sidney told me that he would slap HIMSELF silly if the book wasn't out in 2013!

If you don't follow the political world, Sidney Blumenthal is a trusted adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton. I didn't hold that against him because he is a very nice person and very interesting to listen to.