“The Lincolns had several Bibles in the White House, each in a convenient place so that they could be easily reached by the president. He liked to read the Bible every day when he could, especially ...
“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...
A rumor persists that Abraham Lincoln might not have been 100 percent straight because he shared a bed with his friend Joshua Speed. But as Menard, Illinois elementary school teacher Harmony Green ...
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln asked William Seward, his incoming secretary of state and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination, to critique a draft of his inaugural address. Seward ...
Every time I visit Disneyland, I make a point of seeing the 1964 World’s Fair audio-animatronic artifact Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, and would say the same about the Magic Kingdom’s Hall of ...
The flair for the theatrical is at the core of “Lavender Men.” The film is set in a small theater where a rather mediocre play about Abraham Lincoln is being staged. But no sooner has the proverbial ...
DIFFER WE MUST: How Lincoln Succeeded In a Divided America. By Steve Inskeep. Penguin Press. 352 pages. $30. In “Differ We Must,” Steve Inskeep is taking on one of the most challenging tasks for a ...
Karl Barth, who believed God’s word meets and saves us within our historical circumstances, famously opined that preachers should hold the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. American ...
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