Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A ...
When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...
Since opening up an independent bookstore on Long Island, I’ve often been asked by my former colleagues in Congress for book recommendations. At the start of every new year, I survey members for their ...
Harry Jaffa suggested that Americans should adopt a “civil religion,” with Lincoln as a quasi-divine figure. This, of course, ...
Here are the best nonfiction books about politicians to read in 2025, especially if you are completing the 2025 PS Reading ...
Books and reading can change your life, said Abraham Verghese, eminent physician and author, most recently, of ‘The Covenant of Water’. Dr Verghese delivered the inaugural address at the 13th ...
Abraham Verghese would ... He also said reading was the only way to enhance a doctor’s imagination for the suffering of patients, mentioning books like Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich ...
Why are people so anxious today? They don’t read. If they had regular access to the deepest feelings of others, they wouldn’t ...
One local Republican group in Tennessee decided to promote its reading list of recommended books by including a quote from ...
Should you correct a colleague or friend who spreads misinformation? Ten years ago, I agreed to participate at a student ...
New this week The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the ... “Presumed Guilty.” If a book is not in a rank since the ...
With the arrival of the New Year, tricity readers can look forward to the completion of pending infrastructure projects to decongest traffic on Airport Road, hope for safer public spaces with ...