Abraham Lincoln

• 
• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/16/2020
  

  Sorry, Abe Lincoln Is Not on the Ballot

  Historian David W. Blight contextualizes the use of Lincoln, and other not-so-popular presidents, in modern political discourse.

• 
• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/7/2020
  

  Trump Knows He’s No Lincoln. That’s Why He’s Obsessed With Him.

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Trump, with his martyr envy, has felt a compulsion to diminish Lincoln whenever he raises his name.

• 
• 5/10/2020
  

  Yes, John Wilkes Booth did Speak Those Notorious Words At Lincoln's Last Speech

  by Ken Lawrence

  There is ample evidence Booth declared his intention--complete with racist invective-- to kill Lincoln after hearing the President state his willingness to make black Union soldiers citizens. The quote helps keep Booth's motives in focus for students of history.

• 
• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  5/4/2020
  

  Presidential Historian Takes Apart Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Treated Worse’ Than Lincoln

  Doris Kearns Goodwin added some perspective to the president’s complaint.

• 
• 3/15/2020
  

  Does Lincoln or Trump Represent the Conscience of the Republican Party?

  by Richard Striner

  The comparison between Lincoln’s Republican Party and today’s Republican Party is especially troubling.

• 
• SOURCE: New York Post
  3/3/2020
  

  The 1619 Project’s outrageous, lying slander of Abe Lincoln

  by Allen C. Guelzo

  Humanities scholar Allen C. Guelzo defends Lincoln in the face of The 1619 Project's scrutiny.

• 
• SOURCE: Time
  2/16/20
  

  Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.

  by Edward Achorn

  Abraham Lincoln repeatedly tops polls as our greatest and most revered president. But few people thought so on March 4, 1865, when he took the oath of office for the second time.

• 
• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  12/9/19
  

  The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  How America’s 16th president went from virtual obscurity to ending slavery.

• 
• 11/24/19
  

  Lincoln – not Pilgrims – responsible for Thanksgiving holiday

  by William C. Kashatus

  Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States.

• 
• SOURCE: New Yorker
  10/24/19
  

  Trump’s Increasingly Weird Attempts to Compare Himself to Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Time and again, Trump has compared himself favorably to the sixteenth President, boasting, for example, that his poll numbers are higher—although, of course, there were no polls in the nineteenth century.

• 
• 10/13/19
  

  What the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Can Teach Presidential Contenders

  by Georgiann Baldino

  The Lincoln-Douglas debates became pivotal moments in national politics, and their lessons are vital today.

• 
• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/10/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln, Washington Nationals fan

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  The long history of baseball in D.C. after the Nationals clenchend a National League Conference Series appearance. 

• 
• 9/29/19
  

  What Abraham Lincoln Got Right About Addiction

  by Ed Simon

  This National Recovery Month, Ed Simon examines the history of addiction recovery movements. 

• 
• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9/4/19
  

  Donald Trump’s Republican Party is not the party of Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Republicans have embraced all that Lincoln loathed.

• 
• 9/8/19
  

  The American Left Needs a Contemporary Thad Stevens

  by Van Gosse

  Protest, “resistance,” and speaking truth to power are no longer enough. Leftists need to think about how to wield power in our complex political system and Thad Stevens offers a valuable blueprint. 

• 
• SOURCE: AP
  8/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum gets grants to help publish Abraham Lincoln papers

  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has received more than $400,000 in grants for a project that aims to publish every document written by the nation's 16th president.

• 
• 8/4/19
  

  When Republicans Encouraged Immigration

  by Jason H. Silverman

  Whereas Trump espouses a “go back where you came from” ideology, Abraham Lincoln endorsed the first, last, and only bill in American history to actually encourage immigration.  

• 
• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  July 27, 2019
  

  You know who was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln.

  Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx were friendly and deeply connected. 

• 
• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/25/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln’s Leap From a Window, and 4 Other Ways Lawmakers Have Fled Votes

  Republican state senators in Oregon have disappeared this month in an attempt to block a vote on climate change legislation. Minority parties have resorted to similar stunts for generations. One sure result: More division.

• 
• SOURCE: History Channel
  June 26, 2019
  

  Was Abraham Lincoln an Atheist?

  by Becky Little

  As a young man, Lincoln openly admitted to his lack of faith. As a politician, he spoke about God but refused to say he was a Christian.