Abraham Lincoln

America’s Gloomy 250th

Bombast and grievance have their moments. But faith, love and forgiveness endure.

Iran War and Public Opinion

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. – Abraham Lincoln

Eight Score and Two Years Ago: Lessons from Abraham Lincoln amid Political Polarization

It’s no secret that America in 2025 is highly polarized. And yet, we were once even more so, and through shared points of reference like the King James Bible and the Declaration of Independence, America was able to unify

Antietam & the Moral Clarity of the Emancipation Proclamation

This week marks the anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history. In September 1862, at small town in western Maryland, nearly 23,000 young Americans were killed or wounded.

An Instrument of Providence: Abraham Lincoln and James Pennington

1863 saw the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation, but also horrible violence in the New York City draft riots at the North’s continued involvement in the Civil War

Lincoln’s Bishop: Review of Zaakir Tameez’s “Charles Sumner”

A new biography of famed abolitionist Charles Sumner highlights his constitutional legacy and connections to the Black community, two factors of his life too long overlooked

The Demagogue and the Statesman

Both the demagogue and the statesman use rhetoric to sway public opinion, but only the latter does so with the nation’s best interests at heart

Whiggish Churchill & Tucker Carlson etc

Seeing Churchill as icon of Anglo/American liberal order, some postliberals including Christians want to demote if not dethrone him

Republican Toryism in America

American conservatives would benefit from reading Ron Dart’s recent work, “The North American High Tory Tradition”