When queried about her comments by reporters for the Washington Post, Norton, through a spokesman for the transition of President-elect Bush, declined comment. Attorney General-designee John Ashcroft also is facing criticism for his references to the Civil War. Criticism of Ashcroft stems from a 1998 interview in Southern Partisan, a magazine that advances pro-Confederate views. Traditionalists must do more, I've got to do more. We've all got to stand up and speak to this respect, or else we'll be taught that these people were giving their lives, subscribing their sacred fortunes and their honor to some perverted agenda.
Slavery is abhorrent.
On a related note, Ashcroft is also a well-known opponent of the National History Standards. In that speech he also criticized the Standards for making too much of the Ku Klux Klan and nothing at all of Lee. Public, parochial, and independent school teachers are eligible. Seminars last about a week and stipends, books, room and board are all provided. Instructors for this year's seminars include Gordon S. Wood, Alan Brinkley, Daniel P. Jordan, Kenneth T. Jackson, James McPherson, Ira Berlin and others.