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5 days ago · The Lincoln worshipers – historian Gabor Boritt applies the word “Gospel” to Lincoln’s utterances – are simply wrong; and Johnson shows in dozens of ways how they don’t care if they are wrong as long as they can sustain the false façade of emancipator. In humble adoration of Lincoln, Mario Cuomo says his life is part of “American ...
3 days ago · In Our Ancient Faith, Allen C. Guelzo, a research scholar in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, explains how Lincoln’s deeply held and unshakeable faith in democracy developed, and how it guided his governing philosophy during the Civil War.
15 hours ago · In 272 words, and three minutes, Lincoln asserted that the nation was born not in 1789, but in 1776, "conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal". He defined the war as dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality for all.
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1 day ago · 5. Serpent. The snake, or the serpent, is one of the symbols of wisdom due to their dual nature, embodying both positive and negative attributes. In the Bible’s story of Adam and Eve, the serpent is portrayed as cunning, leading to the acquisition of knowledge.
4 days ago · Liberalism. Liberalism, the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights, is historically associated with thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu, and with constitutionally limiting the power of the monarch, affirming parliamentary supremacy, passing the Bill of Rights and establishing the principle of "consent of the governed".
3 days ago · Liberty or Death is very well qualified for that role, and is set to become a standard work on the subject. It is not only the complexity of events that make writing a narrative of the Revolution a challenge for historians. In the 227 years since its outbreak, the French Revolution has never ceased to attract controversy.
4 days ago · "True Sons of Freedom," by Charles Gustrine, is a poster depicting African-American soldiers fighting against the German army. Three hundred and fifty thousand African Americans participated in the segregated U.S. army during WWI, but they were often limited to being support troops.
