He swore his oath of office on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible. He chose to give this year’s State of the Union address on Lincoln’s birthday. He rode to Washington in 2009 on a train route similar to that taken by Lincoln… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Abraham Lincoln’
So…Is Gun Control A Red Herring?
In the last week as the gun control debate has heated closer to boiling with Americans lining up on either side of a mythical old school battlefield shouting at each other, more than one online post floated the idea that… Read More ›
Saddle Up
Ok we’ve all had the weekend to look for silver linings in Supreme Court decisions, or to cry in our beer about the destruction of our America, or hide under our beds so the boogeyman doesn’t get us, GET OVER… Read More ›
Defending the Dream
You know, as do I, that America has never been a pile of rocks and dirt between the oceans. Whether your ancestors came over the Bering land bridge time out of memory ago, came on the Mayflower, came to escape… Read More ›
Reality Check: Judge Napolotano’s Lies the Government Told You
For some time, Judge Andrew Napolotano’s Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power and Deception in American History has been on my “To Be Read” list, and has been sitting there as other tasks took precedence. After reading it, I… Read More ›
Debating Lincoln
Worth a read. I’m always been very torn and can argue effectively and convincingly for each side and for the various causes represented in the Civil War. I abhor the “peculiar institution” that ended up ripping this nation apart and yet… Read More ›
