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Thanksgiving(?) Again

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln, Belief Systems, Enlightenment, Freedom, Thanksgiving, Canada, Democracy, Sovereignty, Judeo-Christian, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Paula Gordon

I was attacked for an earlier post as un-American for acknowledging Canada's Thanksgiving celebration and for not celebrating America's. Rest assured! I fully intend to celebrate next month as well.

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To Tweet or Not To Tweet: That is the Question

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.23.2009 | Comedy

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Maggie Van Ostrand

We've prepared a time-saver for those hipsters, geeks, and Twitteristas who haven't the time to reduce the classics to Twitter's required 140 characters, counting spaces.

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Conservatives (Re)acting Badly

Mike Lux | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

What bothers these conservatives so much is the idea that progressive values are at the heart of the American ideal.

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Abraham Lincoln's Vegetarian Address

Dave Astor | Posted 07.05.2009 | Comedy

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Dave Astor

"Four score and seven meals ago my conscience brought forth to the anti-rebel north a new diet conceived in kindness and dedicated to the proposition that all animals are created equal.

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Attempt At Gettysburg Address World Record Falls Short

AP | Posted 04.23.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An attempt to honor Abraham Lincoln by setting a new world record for the most people reading aloud fell short of the goal -...

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The Eloquent Presidency

James Moeller | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

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James Moeller

Does eloquence ensure a successful presidency? Will Obama's outsized communications abilities allow him to succeed in leading the country back to prosperity? Only time will tell.

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

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago

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

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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Obama: Follow the Philosophical Footsteps of Abraham

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

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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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We Hold Which Truths to be Self-Evident?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Globalgiving, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Civitl Rights, Barack Obama, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Dennis Whittle

Though all men were declared equal in 1776, a terrible political compromise meant people of certain racial heritages were not considered full men.

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Advice to Barack Obama: Be Modest in All Things

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Reese Schonfeld

It was a different Obama, with a different voice, that I heard at the press conference on Friday. He appeared to be flip and full of himself.

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Obama Inauguration Theme: "A New Birth Of Freedom"

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama will be sworn in as president just days before the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, and his inauguration theme will reflect ...

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A New Gettysburg Address

Robert Mackey | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Robert Mackey

How should a candidate for president articulate this vision of a better world, in an era of high energy prices, terrorism, health care issues and a host of other problems?

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