Big moments in a nation call not only for great statespeople to step up, but also for the wisdom of historians who can put it in context and help us all understand it, to look at the moment as history might even while we are all still in its midst, still struggling to comprehend its import as it unfolds. That's why I loved reading Jon Meacham's cover story in Newsweek this week about Sarah Palin.
Meacham is a historian's...
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