Abe Lincoln

Beer Metaphor Becomes Frosty-Cold Reality

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Barack Obama is the first president to not just accept the premise of the "having a beer" test, but to embrace it and turn it into reality.

Lincoln's Birthday Celebrations: Obama's Springfield Trip Highlights National Festivities

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago


Watch excerpts from Obama's Lincoln remarks in Springfield: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Folksy, melancholy Abraham Lincoln would have been dumbfound...

New Lincoln Pennies Unveiled: See Pictures Of Each Penny

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics


The first of four new pennies chronicling Abraham Lincoln's rise from a small Kentucky cabin will be put into circulation Thursday to honor the 16th p...

Obama Lincoln Bicentennial Remarks (LIVE VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics


President Obama and congressional leaders are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth in a celebration at the Capitol Rotunda. ...

Time Writer: Abe Lincoln Would Back Obama's Stimulus

Editor And Publisher | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Coming from TIME magazine tomorrow is a major piece by Walter Isaacson on how to save newspapers. Excerpt below. Here is link online: http://www.time...

How To Wish Lincoln A Happy 200th Birthday

AP | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A "Happy 200th Birthday" card is tough to find. But that's just what the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission i...

Shirtless Obama Pic More than Media Goofiness

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Whether staged or not, the topless shot made the right political statement that a president with a body that exudes health and confidence will exude the same for the nation.

Election Anxiety: Advice From Abraham Lincoln

Russell Bishop | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living


Russell Bishop

By the time the votes are tabulated and our choice for President is confirmed, we will find ourselves standing at a critical fork in the road, one tha...

Obama, Lincoln and The Encouraging Double Ds

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Advisers with the same initials a century-and-a-half apart persuaded their gifted but obscure Illinois senator friends to run for the highest office in the land. The Obama and Lincoln Parallels multiply!