Nov 21st, 2008 · As Barack Obama prepares to become the country's 44th president, much of his political philosophy seems influenced by the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, who took office as the 16th U.S. president in 1861. Columbia University historian Eric Foner and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal discuss what the two leaders have in common — both personally and politically — and the implications of Obama's modern-day application of Lincoln's ideals.
Keywords: officer · politics · country · president · professor · modern · historian · philosophy · Presidency · preparation · Abraham Lincoln · Columbia University
Nov 19th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama wants to bring change by recruiting people from across the aisle for his cabinet. Some are comparing this plan to Abraham Lincoln's so-called "Team of Rivals." Civil War historian Matthew Pinsker says Lincoln's idea didn't work out so well.
Keywords: president · historian · recruiting · Cabinet · Abraham Lincoln · Civil War · Lincoln · Team of Rivals · aisles · Obama · Barack Obama · Matthew Pinsker
Nov 11th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama's transition from the Bush administration to his own Cabinet and staff will be the toughest since the Civil War, according to Paul Light of New York University's School of Public Service. "There are enough Republicans in the Senate to place legislative holds on nominations," Light said.
Keywords: Republicans · administration · Senate · president · legislation · transit · Cabinet · Civil War · Lincoln · Obama · Barack Obama · nomination
Oct 30th, 2008 · In Florida's 21st and 25th congressional districts, Democrats believe they see signs that South Florida's strong Republican Cuban-American voting bloc may be crumbling. The seats have been long held by brothers Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart.
Keywords: Democrats · congressional · Florida · districts · Crumbling · Lincoln · Bloc · South Florida · Republican Cuban American · Mario Diaz Balart
Oct 20th, 2008 · Abraham Lincoln had almost no military experience when he arrived at the White House in 1861. In Tried By War, author James McPherson explains how Lincoln defined the role of the American commander in chief as he led the country through the Civil War.
Keywords: White House · country · Americans · president · commander · military · Abraham Lincoln · Civil War · Lincoln · 1861 · emTried · By War
Oct 15th, 2008 · David Strathairn and the Sideways star are reenacting the Lincoln-Douglas debates in the play The Rivalry. Though the seven-part face-off occurred 150 years ago, when appearances were less important than eloquence, the actors say some things haven't changed.
Keywords: actor · Paul · Lincoln · reenactment · rivalry · David Strathairn · Giamatti · emSideways · Lincoln Douglas · eloquence
Sep 29th, 2008 · Along with his acting career, Paul Newman made a name for himself as a philanthropist and humanitarian, traits that made him an appropriate choice to narrate Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait, in a performance at Carnegie Hall with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Keywords: Paul · philanthropist · humanitarian · portrait · narrator · Lincoln · Hall · carnegie · Carnegie Hall · appropriate · Newman · Paul Newman
Aug 31st, 2008 · For nearly a quarter of his presidency, Abraham Lincoln lived not in the White House, but rather three miles away — in a large, airy summer home in Northwest Washington, D.C.
Keywords: White House · D.C · Presidency · Abraham Lincoln · Lincoln · airy · Northwest Washington
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