Doris Kearns Goodwin

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lands Role Of Historical Proportions

Posted 07.06.2011

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Renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin named her best selling volume on the Lincoln Presidency, "Team of Rivals," after the incredible group of advis...

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Historians Question White House Website's Presidential Bios

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 06.05.2011

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NEW YORK -- Doris Kearns Goodwin has read a lot of upbeat material about American presidents, but some of the entries on the White House website were ...

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Happy Presidents' Day: 7 Award-Winning Presidential Biographies (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of Presidents' Day, we compiled some of the most recent award-winning presidential biographies. Since most of you have the day off, it migh...

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Does George W. Bush Love Books?

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Raphael

The press surrounding George Bush's memoir reminded me of Karl Rove's claim from a few years ago that the two of them had a "book competition" for three years. Did Bush really have time to read?

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FILM: Daniel Day Lewis To Star In Spielberg's Anticipated Biopic, 'Lincoln'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Academy Award winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis has chosen what is sure to be yet another masterful role in a series of well-chosen, award-winning, and i...

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WATCH: Doris Kearns Goodwin And Stephen Colbert

Posted 05.25.2011

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, biographer, historian and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt," said to Steph...

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Stop the Violence: Taking on Today's Demagogues

Mike Signer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Signer

President Obama isn't exactly FDR, and Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin certainly aren't Huey Long and Father Coughlin, but the 1930s still hold powerful lessons for our leaders today.

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Martha Stewart's Kindle: What Is She Reading?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Martha Stewart answered 20 questions for the Financial Times on Thursday, and in one of the questions, Stewart dished on what she's reading right now:...

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Presidents' Day History: The Must-Reads Of Presidential Biographies (PHOTOS, POLL)

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth C. Davis

Here is a short list of some of my favorite Presidential biographies -- all what I call "must reads."

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Lincoln's Birthday: 9 Essential Books On Our 16th President (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt III | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's Abraham Lincoln's birthday today, and to celebrate the life of our 16th president, we've collected some of the best, most essential books about L...

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It All Started With a Book and a Curious Little Girl

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Hoenig

There is one young girl who is not only curious about the men and women who made it into history books, but is already, at the age of eight years old, inspiring others with her passion.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Wants "More LBJ" From Obama When Dealing With Congress (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Noted historian Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke with MSNBC's Ed Schultz tonight about the Obama presidency as it reaches the one year mark. Polls show tha...

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Why Can't Obama Be More Like LBJ?

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanton Peele

We are unlikely to ever again see the likes of LBJ -- or of the huge changes he crafted in our society -- and we are just now starting to understand what we have lost.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin On Rich History Of Mixing Politics And Drinking: "FDR During WWII Had A Cocktail Party Every Night" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the news confirmed that President Obama, Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley will get together at the White House to have a beer, Ed Schultz...

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How Abraham Lincoln's "Hot Letters" Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

We all have our limits. Abraham Lincoln's limit is that he left behind no wise counsel for the man who finds himself garmentless at 30,000 feet. But he did leave something for the Twitterers.

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Sacrifice Repaid: A Huffington Post Cause?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

It's not enough to honor servicemen and women with parades. We need to repay their sacrifice with the resources they need and deserve.

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American Idol After Iraq: Restoring America's Influence in the World

Doris Kearns Goodwin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doris Kearns Goodwin

This profound work deserves wide-ranging attention from policy makers in Washington, producers in Hollywood and all of us concerned with the competition for the hearts and minds of people in a global world.

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Abe Lincoln, my Historical Boyfriend

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jamie Stiehm

President Barack Obama isn't the only 40-something Abraham Lincoln admirer in Washington, D.C. We each love his way with words and his prairie populist provenance, but let's just say the 16th president is my historical boyfriend.

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Working Hard to Relax

Jamie Woolf | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jamie Woolf

We need reform in those pressure cookers we call the workplace. While your boss might not allow recess breaks, studies show that play increases productivity in the office up to 127 percent.

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Obama: Follow the Philosophical Footsteps of Abraham

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Lincoln's preservation of the union would not have been possible without his economic reform. It is the philosophy at the base of those achievements that must be the prototype for change in America now.

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Will Media Hucksters Wreck A Great American Story? They're Trying...

Tom Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Watson

The simple pageant of a peaceful transition of power in the United States doesn't need any tarting up. The inauguration of the first African-American man speaks for itself.

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Obama Poised to Become Most Ass-kissed President in History

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Borowitz

At the final press conference of his presidency, George W. Bush ruefully contrasted his treatment by the press with the historic level of suckage being bestowed on the President-elect's buttal region.

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Obama Reading Biography of Vlad the Impaler. May Decide to Insert Sharpened Sticks Up Rivals' Asses.

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry and Joe Long

An Obama spokesperson was quick to dismiss any thoughts of impaling. Though, off the record, expressed a wish that at some point they might come upon Joe Lieberman in the act of bending over.

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Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Quigg

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

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Jason Linkins

The Most Unlikely Bedfellows In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ever since the Season of Transition began, it hasn't escaped the media's attention that President-Elect Barack Obama has been signing up his political...

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