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Barack's Not Honest Abe -- But Neither Was Abraham Lincoln

Lowell Thompson | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Lowell Thompson

We like to look back on past presidents and precedents to compare to current leaders. But when you actually know something about the real history, it seldom compares with our pop version.

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Beer Metaphor Becomes Frosty-Cold Reality

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Lincoln's Other Legacy

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.11.2009 | Chicago

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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.

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