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Abraham Lincoln
May 3, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump’s Ignorance Is Radicalizing U.S. Historians
They're in great demand by the media. But will many Americans even believe what they’re saying, or accuse them of partisan bias?
May 2, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Crude, Ignorant Theory of American History
His bizarre and mistaken beliefs about the past are a window into his mind—and serve his political agenda.
January 17, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Paul LePage thinks John Lewis should shut his mouth (unless he’s using it to thank white people).
June 6, 2016
Brian Beutler
Karl Rove, Vampire, is lucky he wasn’t killed by Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.
March 4, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Presidential Penis: A Short History
An obsession with the president's phallus is a feature of American history long pre-dating Donald Trump.
November 26, 2015
Jeet Heer
What Thanksgiving Says About America
A comparison with Canada's Thanksgiving reveals the national traits embedded in this secular holiday.
September 14, 2014
Geoffrey Kabaservice
Was the Spiritual Father of the GOP Actually a Democrat?
January 20, 2014
Michael Kazin
Slavery Is Having a Hollywood Moment. What About the Rest of Black History in America?
November 18, 2013
Sean Wilentz
Does the Gettysburg Address Distract Us from the Real Lincoln?
A prominent historian on the politician behind the oratory
October 28, 2013
Michael Schaffer
What If POLITICO Had Covered the Civil War?
Playbook, Emancipation Day Edition
July 31, 2013
Hana N. Rouse
The 7 Best and 6 Worst Depictions of Politicians in Film and TV
March 4, 2013
Paul Lukas
It's Time for a New President—on Our Coins
January 16, 2013
Nate Cohn
Americans Back Obama's Gun Control Plan, But That's Not Enough
January 10, 2013
Timothy Noah
Tony Kushner's Real Source For "Lincoln"?
January 9, 2013
Stephen L. Carter
"Borking" Hagel? Just What the Founding Fathers Would Have Wanted
December 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Lincoln in Hollywood, from Griffith to Spielberg
December 21, 2012
Charles Fried
Torture, America, and the Laws of War
October 5, 2012
Thomas Mallon
Mugabe and Me
June 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Efficacy and Democracy
April 30, 2012
Geoffrey Kabaservice
Should Obama Run as a Populist? Part One of a TNR Symposium

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