Emancipation Proclamation

Obama's Lincolnesque Nobel Peace Prize

William Bradley | Posted 12.11.2009 | World


William Bradley

Lincoln is Obama's professed ideal. We remember Lincoln today from civics lessons and the monument in Washington, but the historical reality is that he was both soaring idealist and ruthless pragmatist.

Lincoln's Other Legacy

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.11.2009 | Chicago


Hermene Hartman

Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation and in so doing he saved the nation. But he also gave us the rationale for American racism.

President Obama: Sign New Emancipation Proclamation to Free Us From Debt Slavery and Free-up the Economy

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Ronald B. Robinson

Mr. President, help us create "a more perfect Union" from the "bottom-up." You can be the Lincoln of our times and free us from the greed and "top-down" bondage that has brought us here.

How We Will Feel if Obama Wins

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Lanny Davis

On Nov. 5, if Obama is the president-elect, I think most people -- regardless of their party or ideology -- will take pride in the fact that America is a purple nation, not a red vs. blue one.