Tag: Abraham Lincoln
Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr
Art Jipson, University of Dayton
An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel...
Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump...
Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University
The principle of habeas corpus, a legal phrase, is a simple one: Translated...
What’s a constitutional crisis? Here’s how Trump’s recent moves are challenging...
Jeffrey Schmitt, University of Dayton
In a short few weeks, President Donald Trump has upended many core parts and...
Why virtue signaling isn’t the same as virtue – it actually...
Christopher Beem, Penn State
In a speech on July 23, 2022, before the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC,...
Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its...
Anne C. Bailey, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Some 156 years after the end of the Civil...
1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though...
Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
The outlook was not promising in 1864 for President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans had been killed, wounded...
Must the president be a moral leader?
Michael Blake, University of Washington
The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good...
On the Supreme Court, difficult nominations have led to historical injustices
Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
