RIP Bill Moyers

[nycfan]

 

[Patb78]

One of the very last who really cared about giving people the truth first and foremost.

 

[nycfan]

 

[p5mmr9]

An all timer. His series with Joseph Campbell is great.

A principled man from a bygone era.

 

[Zoo_View]

Great man!

After passage of the Civil Rights Act, LBJ, according to Moyers, said, “Well, I think we may have lost the South for your lifetime and mine.”

Let’s hope LBJ was correct and the South being solid Trumplican ends with the death of Bill Moyers.

 

[fourheels]

Damn! That's a big loss. He was good friends with my divinity school advisor at Wake Forest, Dr. James Dunn, and was close to several of the founding faculty of Wake Div. He provided retirement remarks when Dr. Dunn retired as head of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in the late 90s. I'm sure I've posted it before, but here is a link to a very relevant interview he did with Dr. Dunn some years back.

The Intersection – Video with James Dunn and Bill Moyers

bjconline.org

Also highly recommend his interview of Elie Wiesel. We watched that one in theology class.

Facing Hate with Elie Wiesel | BillMoyers.com

Nobel Laureate and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel talks with Bill about the sources of hate and his own reluctance to feel it.

billmoyers.com

 

[donbosco]

This Moyers interview with Myles Horton, one of the founders of the Highlander Folk School, is golden. I watch it at least once a year.

 

[TarSpiel]

I assign his interview series with both Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith in my classes...he's a wonderful, principled man with his moral and spiritual compass pointed true north.

RIP Bill, and thank you.

 

[donbosco]

Ponder This

P.S.: Via ChatGPT - So accuracy may not be precise.

Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
• Bill Moyers (1965–1967)
• George Christian (1967–1969)

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Richard Nixon (R)
• Ronald Ziegler (1969–1974)

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Gerald Ford (R)
• Jerald terHorst (Aug–Sep 1974)
• Ron Nessen (1974–1977)

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Jimmy Carter (D)
• Jody Powell (1977–1981)

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Ronald Reagan (R)
• James Brady (1981–1989)*
• *Brady was seriously injured in the 1981 assassination attempt.

George H. W. Bush (R)
• Marlin Fitzwater (1989–1993)

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Bill Clinton (D)
• Dee Dee Myers (1993–1994)
• Mike McCurry (1995–1998)
• Joe Lockhart (1998–2000)
• Jake Siewert (2000–2001)

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George W. Bush (R)
• Ari Fleischer (2001–2003)
• Scott McClellan (2003–2006)
• Tony Snow (2006–2007)
• Dana Perino (2007–2009)

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Barack Obama (D)
• Robert Gibbs (2009–2011)
• Jay Carney (2011–2014)
• Josh Earnest (2014–2017)

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Donald Trump (R)
• Sean Spicer (Jan–July 2017)
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders (2017–2019)
• Stephanie Grisham (2019–2020) (held no formal briefings)
• Kayleigh McEnany (2020–2021)

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Joe Biden (D)
• Jen Psaki (2021–2022)
• Karine Jean-Pierre (2022–present)

In President Donald Trump’s second administration—making him the 47th President of the United States—the White House Press Secretary is Karoline Leavitt.

 

[Zoo_View]

Ponder This

P.S.: Via ChatGPT - So accuracy may not be precise.

What am I pondering?

 

[donbosco]

What am I pondering?

Down hill from Moyers or Baker to Huckabee and Leavitt.

 

[UNCMSinLS]

I went to school with his son (Cope Moyers), who battled an addiction to alcohol. He's written extensively on the subject.