Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, ...

Here are the best nonfiction books about politicians to read in 2025, especially if you are completing the 2025 PS Reading Challenge.

What Trump did in his first inaugural speech was to paint a picture of a very dark reality, one that included not only ...

History is most clearly observed through the rearview mirror. Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their ...

In about the time it takes to say “Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday,” President Trump has launched a nuclear attack on ...

“We don’t have proof” that Lincoln did the cutting and pasting, said Michelle Krowl, a Civil War historian at the ... the second inauguration Monday of President-elect Donald Trump, it ...

Even his opponents are acknowledging that the president-elect has executed the greatest political comeback in American ...

Looking back, he might have preferred his mom's home cooking. But Abraham Lincoln's elegant last meal with his wife became ...