June 14, 2014

Hillary Misses the 'Bigger Picture'

While promoting her new book, Hard Choices, former Secretary of State and presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, gave a series of interviews in which she not once, but twice, attacked her critics as half-brained numbskulls, who are...

September 18, 2013

Plagiarism in The Audacity of Hope?

President Obama's second autobiography, The Audacity of Hope, attempts to channel the spirit of great American statesmen. But it is one thing to channel the spirit of great men, and quite another to steal their words without assigning credit, especia...

August 25, 2013

Four Lincoln Quotes Progressives Always Get Wrong

1. Education is "the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in."To the People of Sangamo County: Political Announcement. March 9, 1832. Our first offender is former Democratic New York governor Mario M. Cuomo, who asserted in Why...

April 28, 2013

Lincoln Immortal?

As the month of April draws to a close, we reflect that nearly 150 years ago the funeral train of Abraham Lincoln was closing in on his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. The details of the assassination are generally well known. Less than a week aft...

January 24, 2013

The President Declares War on the Founding

President Obama's second inaugural address, delivered on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, is the clearest example so far of his understanding of the American founding. The speech is full of references to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independen...

January 15, 2013

Lincoln Divided

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln recently received twelve Oscar nominations, more than any other film. It is also one of the most popular films of the year, grossing more than $145 million since its November opening. Praise for the film has come from both ...