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Memorial Day 2025 I always return to Memorial Day not only as a moment of remembrance, but as a reminder of responsibility...

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783–1789 by  Joseph J. Ellis My rating:  4 of 5 stars When I moved from Boise to...

159 years later, reflecting on the Battle of Fort Stevens and the leadership lessons we still need I have an Abraham Lincoln...

There’s a particular kind of discomfort that comes from sitting in the middle seat on a long flight. Wedged between two strangers, one hoggi...

In a world where civic education is increasingly marginalized and political discourse seems dominated by soundbites and social media posts, ...

The Right Answer: How We Can Unify Our Divided Nation by John K. Delaney My rating: 3½ of 5 stars In December ...

Abraham Lincoln has been one of my heroes for as long as I can remember, second only to my parents. My earliest memory of a family vacation ...

In a 2008 blog post , I wrote that it has become passé to remember Thomas Jefferson's admonition that "Liberty needs to be watered ...

This past weekend, while I was out running errands with my daughter, she received a small red flower from a man in front of the grocery stor...