Abraham Lincoln on Townhall

• Barack Obama is no Abraham Lincoln Mon Mar 11
  Matt Barber
  The name “Abraham Lincoln” enjoys a boundless shelf life. The 16th president of the United States is more popular today than ever. The blockbuster movie “Lincoln” recently took home two Oscars, with Daniel Day-Lewis earning the “Best Actor” nod for his masterful portrayal of the Civil War president. ... more
• Inconvenient History: Lincoln and the GOP Wed Feb 27
  Fred Lucas
  Before Michelle Obama announced the Best Picture to a large group of Democrats at the Oscars Sunday, Daniel Day Lewis’s triumph as Best Actor for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln was as close as the gathered crowd came to cheering anything that remotely resembled a Republican. ... more
• Abraham Lincoln Wed Feb 20
  Walter E. Williams
  Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been a box-office hit and nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, who portrayed our 16th president. ... more
• That Tail Ain't a Leg Tue Feb 19
  Doug Napier
  Recently, Steven Spielberg released his award-winning film Lincoln. In one scene, Lincoln saunters into the War Room and has one of those conversations, mixing philosophy with his thoughtful wit, with two young men. ... more
• Does the Republican Party Have a Future? Mon Feb 11
  Star Parker
  The United States, from day one, was a project about principles and ideals. ... more
• The Old Republic and Obama's America Fri Jan 25
  Pat Buchanan
  "Second Term Begins With a Sweeping Agenda for Equality," ran the eight-column banner in which The Washington Post captured the essence of Obama's second inaugural. ... more
• Obama's Second Inaugural Wed Jan 23
  Paul Greenberg
  Presidential inaugurations are milestones in American politics and even history. And they may indicate a lot more than how far we have come and may have to go. ... more
• Forty Years in the Wilderness Tue Jan 22
  Marvin Olasky
  Abraham Lincoln, deeply troubled by four years of Civil War bloodletting, gave a great second inaugural address in 1865. By then Lincoln saw slavery as a terrible stench in God’s nostrils, so he mused about why God was taking so long to blow it away with His mighty breath. ... more
• Obama's Lincoln Presumption Tue Jan 22
  Mona Charen
  He swore his oath of office on Abraham Lincoln's Bible. He has asked to give the State of the Union address on Lincoln's birthday. He rode to Washington in 2009 on a train route similar to Lincoln's in 1861. He has compared his critics to Lincoln's critics. ... more
• Flashback: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Mon Jan 21
  Daniel Doherty
• Why Obama Will Never Be Lincoln or King Mon Jan 21
  Crystal Wright
  Watching the movie Lincoln, I thought there were some similarities between President Abraham Lincoln and President Barack Obama. Both men were popular during their times. During the film, Mary Todd Lincoln pleads with her husband not to squander his popularity with the American people by forcing Congress to pass the 13th amendment ending slavery as the Civil War was already coming to an end. ... more
• Emancipation: January 1, 1863 Tue Jan 1
  Ken Blackwell
  President Abraham Lincoln had been warned by Gen. George B. McClellan <i>not </i>to interfere with the institution of slavery. McClellan was a “War Democrat,” willing to fight to preserve the Union, but unwilling to do anything about the root cause of the rebellion that threatened the life of the nation. ... more
• After the Disaster: American Rebirth or Interment? Thu Dec 27
  Terry Jeffrey
  America is now in a time that in some ways resembles the 1850s, when freedom-loving people, attentive to political and cultural trends, saw a great crisis coming. ... more
• Obama to Boehner: 'I Will Use Inaugural Address, State of the Union to Blame GOP' Sun Dec 23
  Kate Hicks
• NewsBusted Conservative Comedy Fri Dec 14
  America
  ‘Daniel Day Lewis was so deep in character he insisted everyone on set call him Mr. President. Coincidentally to this day Al Gore does the same wherever he goes.’ ... more
• Learning from Lincoln: Both Onscreen and Off Sat Dec 8
  Daniel Doherty
  What is it about Abraham Lincoln that has captured the hearts and minds of the American public since his assassination nearly 150 years ago? ... more
• What Did Congress Do Today? Fri Dec 7
  Washington, DC
  Neil Cavuto reports on their preparations not for the fiscal cliff, but for a special screening of the movie Lincoln. ... more
• Chuck Todd: If Lincoln Were Dealing with These Republicans, We'd Still Have Slavery Tue Dec 4
  Guy Benson
• Allen West Exit Interview: "Lincoln Only Served One Term" Sun Dec 2
  Kevin Glass
• Stirrings of Secession Fri Nov 30
  Pat Buchanan
  "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another ..." So begins the Declaration of Independence of the 13 colonies from the king and country to which they had given allegiance since the settlers first came to Jamestown and Plymouth Rock. ... more
• Lincoln Re-Examined Fri Nov 30
  Suzanne Fields
  Every schoolchild with enough smarts and curiosity to get beyond the latest video game of "Call of Duty" ought to go see "Lincoln," the movie, and check out the references and his own attention span. It requires patience, but it shows through dramatic action how a self-taught rustic from the deep backwoods had the emotional and intellectual discipline to overcome poverty and grow up to be a president to rank among the greatest. ... more
• Parting Company Wed Nov 28
  Walter E. Williams
  For decades, it has been obvious that there are irreconcilable differences between Americans who want to control the lives of others and those who wish to be left alone. Which is the more peaceful solution: Americans using the brute force of government to beat liberty-minded people into submission or simply parting company? In a marriage, where vows are ignored and broken, divorce is the most peaceful solution. Similarly, our constitutional and human rights have been increasingly violated by a government instituted to protect them. Americans who support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways. ... more
• Politics With a Purpose Mon Nov 26
  Michael Gerson
  It is Steven Spielberg's singular achievement to have made a heroic movie about compromise and petty corruption. In "Lincoln," he pans away from a field of corpses 130 miles down the road in Petersburg and puts a tight frame on the Cabinet meetings, legislative debates and backroom confrontations where the final, decisive battles of the Civil War were fought. Combat determined the outcome of the War Between the States. Politics determined its meaning, culminating in passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. ... more
• Spielberg’s Lincoln is a Grand Tribute to a Masterful Leader Fri Nov 16
  John Hanlon
  Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is a different film than one would expect from the brilliant filmmaker responsible for ageless films like “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan.” ... more
• George Clooney is distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln Thu Nov 1
  Reuters News

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