abraham lincoln

A Dallas museum hopes a document found in its archives turns out to be an authentic government copy of a famous letter from Abraham Lincoln.

With leaners
Obama - 49%
McCain - 43%

Without leaners
Obama - 46%
McCain - 40%

McCain lost one since yesterday so it appears as if Obama’s overseas bounce continues to cause trouble for the Arizona senator.

I’m sure you’ve heard the reports of what this process actually feels like (a slow drowning), so I’ll spare you Hitchens’ explanation.

Hillary Clinton has asked for it, but this style of debate is apparently being characterized incorrectly.

"Change" may be the most common word being flung around on the presidential campaign trail this year.

But William Safire, who chronicles political words and phrases, notes that "change" was big in Abraham Lincoln's day, too.

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For a whole generation of us, Martin Luther King Jr. has always been dead. He was already an icon and a martyr before I was old enough to notice there were people of different skin tones.

He was, for most of my youth, a great speech and a mighty symbol. He wasn’t a real man in the same way Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are not real men.

They are vehicles for our national narratives.

The Library of Congress has discovered previously unseen photos of President Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration.

They had been housed at the library for years, hidden by an error in labeling. The photos show the crowd that gathered for the speech.

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